I use a lot of custom metadata with my movies, mostly because a lot of them are fanedits or custom cuts. Recently I’ve noticed though that the tag used to designate the year the movie was released has not been working; I’ve tried entering years and full dates but neither work and nothing is displayed.
Am I using an outdated tag? I’m using the published tag because that’s the one the guide uses.
Are you using XML or NFO files?
<premiered> would be the tag to use with NFO files.
Using XML
I’ve tried refreshing the metadata but it still doesn’t work. Here’s an example of one of the files:
<media type="Movie">
<title>Alien: Virtual Workprint</title>
<description>The crew of commercial spaceship Nostromo answer a distress signal and find themselves with an unwanted passenger of undetermined origin. An extended virtual work print with a runtime of 2 hours 20 minutes total that replicates an late draft of a beloved classic.</description>
<rating>R</rating>
<userStarRating>9.1</userStarRating>
<published>1992</published>
<genres>
<genre>Horror</genre>
<genre>Science Fiction</genre>
<genre>Fan Cut</genre>
</genres>
</media>
You’ll actually want to include the month and year in this field as well.
EG
<published>2010-07-16</published>
Just tried that and no luck sadly.
Edit:
Nevermind, just had to refresh.