Add TV Shows

General Discussions
1

Whenever I try to add TV Shows, I have to do the following:

TV Shows Folder ==> Show ==> Season

I follow the naming structure as recommended by Plex:

TV Shows
/Grey’s Anatomy
/Season 01
Grey’s Anatomy - s01e01.avi
Grey’s Anatomy - s01e02 - The First Cut is the Deepest.avi
Grey’s Anatomy - s01e03.mp4

My question:

How do I add content to Plex so it found content better?

If I add a TV Show and let’s say that show has Season 4, if I choose the path as:

TV Show — Show

What will add on Plex is Season 4, but not the TV Show. What I have to do is:

TV Show — Show — Season

This will detect the show.

Does this make sense?

What am I doing wrong? Is there a setting I have to complete?

2

Your TV show library should have just the root directory in it. For example:

D:\media v shows\

I have that as the directory where all TV shows are kept. As I add a new season/new show, I just put it in the proper location and then initiate a library scan. The shows are picked up.

How are you doing it?

3

Are you saying you add individual fodders under “Add folders to your library” within the edit mode of your library?

I have the same folder structure as you but I simply point my TV Show library to the high level “TV Shows” and PLEX will search all subfolders within it (Show / Season / Episodes) and find all media content accordingly.

4

@bbubulka & @kegobeer-plex -

I have it as follows:

D:\media v shows\Fear the Walking Dead\Season 3

When I go to “Add folders to your library” I have to go through the whole path on top in order for the show to add.

What I cannot do is go to “Add folders to your library” and add the path of:

D:\media v shows\

Make sense?

If I go to “Add folders to your library” and I add:

D:\media v shows\Fear the Walking Dead

On the Plex Web App as it’s scanning, I will get

Season 3

5

You do not have your library configured correctly. The directory should be d:\media v shows\. You should never add individual show directories to your library. You need to get your library squared away. Move everything out (ie: just remove the individual directories you have in your library),do a scan, then add only that directory to your library.

6

@kegobeer-plex and I are on the same page with the file structure. Just add the high level directory to your library and all will be well :slight_smile:

7

@bbubulka & @kegobeer-plex -

Thank you both for your help. It worked as stated.

8

If you have any other libraries set up that way, make sure to fix them as well.