Absolute file numbering but sorted into seasons?

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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I’ve just finished cleaning out my anime library and upgrading it to the new plex agent/scanner after using HAMA/ASS for years. I’ve nearly sorted everything out but have on issue remaining.

For some very large series - Gintama & One Piece - which are named in absolute order. I’ve lost all the season sorting that ASS did for me, and now they all show up in Season 1. I tried to edit the advanced properties of these shows in plex to use:
Seasons: Show
Episode Ordering: TheTVDB (Absolute)

Unfortunately this doesnt work and everything is still showing under season 1 for both shows. For some weird reason, One Peice, stayed sorted into seasons for a couple days after upgrading the library, but suddenly got re-organized earlier today.

Any ideas? It’s not fun trying to scroll through 900+ eps on some devices.

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If you use absolute ordering, there are actually no seasons.
Since Plex has no concept of a tv show without seasons, it will put all episodes within season one as a workaround.

If you want to see seasons in plex for this show, you need to select one of the “episode orderings” which actually has seasons. And rename your files accordingly.

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Thanks for the response Otto,
Is there any way to change the scanner for just these two shows?

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No. All you can do is selecting the episode ordering per show.
If you’re dreading the renaming process, take a look at Filebot and similar tools.

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