@JuiceWSA said:
Issue one is Non-Compliance:
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-ShowsKnight Rider - 1x01.xxx
won’t work.
Plex simply can’t match that file name to any show at TVDB.Issue two is Plex has completely screwed matching shows that have remakes/reboots. The user MUST inject the year (not shown at TVDB) into the show folder and file name as per this ‘research’ that was done - then forgotten: https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/254362/tv-series-name-matching-research - you’ll need to go to TVDB, look up the show, get the year (not shown in the name) and inject it into the name or Plex defaults to the latest remake/reboot:
Knight Rider - TheTVDB.com - Knight Rider at TVDB - (YEAR) is (1982)A TV Show Library/
…Knight Rider (1982)/
…Season 01/
…Knight Rider (1982) - S01E01.xxx
…Knight Rider (1982) - S01E02.xxxI see you have episodes 1 and 2 joined together then you go to 3 - that’s fine and what I would do. What I can see of your structure is also fine (I have no idea what the whole story is), but 1x01 simply won’t work.
The above structure in my example produced an instant, fully populated match with two test files:
FileBot (link in my signature) can handle that for you automatically or manually in seconds.
What FileBot can’t do is remove possible embedded metadata in the Title Field of MP4/M4V files. Plex will read this info and prefer it over a perfect file name/structure (you don’t have any of those yet), but you can combat that situation by moving Local Media Assets to the bottom of every agent list you can find. All tabs in TV Show and Movies here:
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200241558-Agents
Just drag LMA to the bottom of the list and drop it. If you do have embedded metadata this will cure the issue, if you don’t it won’t matter. LMA will do what it has to from the bottom. This only matters for MP4/M4V files, but is required if you ever want to use them, so you might as well do it.Renaming/restructuring is best performed OUTSIDE the library and you’ll need to write a new bundle for the show anyway so The Plex Dance® was invented to do just that:
The Plex Dance®:
- remove show from library - Yep, the whole thing
- update library
- empty trash
- clean bundles
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200392106-Library-Actions <— update library, empty trash, clean bundles- bring names and structures into compliance, Move LMA, etc.
- replace corrected show into library
- update library
All Steps. In Order. No Shortcuts.
Ok I tested it. First thing I should mention is that if I go to properties on every episode, go to the Details tab, under the description/title it is completely blank. I then did all the steps you mentioned. I removed every episode except the first from the first season and threw it into a separate folder. I renamed it Knight Rider (1982) - S01E01 and left it like that with no episode name. I then added a library named Knight Rider (1982) and directed it to the folder, then to the Season 01 folder. It worked.
The problem I now have is how do I add the other seasons without adding another library? I wanted to add a library that just points to the Knight Rider (1982) folder, and have each season folder within it automatically populate.
Also, if I try to rename using Filebot (been using it for a few months) I get this:
