I don't use any outside sources.. I just re-ripp my reauthors and store them on my Terabyte hard drives to watch from my dedicated entertainment computer.
I don't totally follow. A few questions:
1: Are you using Plex?
2: If so, do you mean that in the Settings--Agents portal on Plex, you've turned off the metadata puller thing? (TheTVDB, or whatever)
If you're not using Plex, do you use some other media server type thing?
EDIT: Turns out I was organizing errythang wrong. I just fixed it and all is working beautifully now. Regardless, I'd love to know if you're using something other than Plex, and if so, what you like about it.