# Bambi is missing!

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/bambi-is-missing/884836>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-windows, library-management\
**Created:** [August 9, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bambi-is-missing/884836 "2024-08-09T16:22:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![fordbm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fordbm](https://forums.plex.tv/u/fordbm)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bambi-is-missing/884836/1 "2024-08-09T16:22:14Z")

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Server Version#:  
Player Version#:  
\<If providing [server logs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) please do NOT turn on verbose logging, only [debug logging](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201643703-reporting-issues-with-plex-media-server/#toc-1) should be enabled\>  
I have 100 or so movies on the same hard drive, all named with the same convention, in separate folders, but a few aren’t found no matter how many times I scan or refresh my server. For example, Bambi:  
Naming convention: Drive/Public/Media/Movies/Bambi/Title00.mkv  
Any ideas why this specific movie doesn’t show in my Plex library. It plays if I open it directly from the hard drive location.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![fordbm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fordbm](https://forums.plex.tv/u/fordbm)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bambi-is-missing/884836/2 "2024-08-09T16:39:54Z")

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P.S.: Could I just rename the file “Bambi\_title00.mkv” in the existing folder or, rename and drag it to the “movies” folder without corrupting the 3gb file? Might that help Plex find the file?

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**Author:** ![AmazingRando24](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/amazingrando24/32/351517_2.png) [@AmazingRando24](https://forums.plex.tv/u/AmazingRando24)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bambi-is-missing/884836/3 "2024-08-09T17:24:44Z")

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I would refer you here:  
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-movie-media-files/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-movie-media-files/)

Ideally, you’d have Drive/Public/Media/Movies/Bambi (1942)/Bambi (1942).mkv

Programs like FileBot can help you get stuff like this organized. I totally get that it works sometimes the way you have it. If you want it to work all the time, you’ll do it this way.

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**Author:** ![anon5074910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@anon5074910](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon5074910)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bambi-is-missing/884836/4 "2024-08-09T18:28:58Z")

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For reference, just do a very quick search at tmdb for Bambi [Bambi — The Movie Database (TMDB)](https://www.themoviedb.org/search/movie?query=Bambi) and see how many movies it finds 🙂

Based on how you have named the media for this movie and the number of movies with that name plex most likely won’t match it or will match it incorrectly. How could it, the name does not have enough information. Best to get your naming correct as @AmazingRando24 suggests.

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**Author:** ![Insomnic\_1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/insomnic_1/32/215416_2.png) [@Insomnic\_1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Insomnic_1)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bambi-is-missing/884836/5 "2024-08-09T18:41:17Z")

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It should be pulling _something_ if it’s a new movie file even if it’s not matching. It should show up with just no meta data pulled for it.

Try flipping your filters on the movie library to “unmatched” and see if it comes up there; also try “duplicates” to see if it matched to a different movie.

![Screen Shot 2024-08-09 at 1.37.42 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/e/d/3ede23a33ca550218d3a316bec2c08795ca98ea7.png)

Renaming can work too but you might need to try the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) in that case.

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**Author:** ![fordbm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fordbm](https://forums.plex.tv/u/fordbm)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bambi-is-missing/884836/6 "2024-08-10T17:06:20Z")

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Good suggestions all, thanks!

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**Author:** ![fordbm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fordbm](https://forums.plex.tv/u/fordbm)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bambi-is-missing/884836/7 "2024-08-10T17:20:10Z")

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Just renamed one of the missing movies and the scan picked it up. So, the only mystery is how it ever picked of any of my misnamed movies. Will start the process of manually renaming all of them. Thanks for the help! Nomad

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**Author:** ![anon5074910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@anon5074910](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon5074910)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bambi-is-missing/884836/8 "2024-08-10T17:24:12Z")

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> [@fordbm](#):
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> So, the only mystery is how it ever picked of any of my misnamed movies.

Pure luck 🙂 Actually, plex tries to be smart and will on occasion auto match with the top result but sometimes there are too many and it’ll just leave it unmatched.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bambi-is-missing/884836/9 "2024-11-08T17:24:18Z")

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