Can Plex tell me which files in my library were scanned but not added (due to bad filename etc)?

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Hi Guys,

I’ve just transitioned across from Kodi where I had a library of about 1400 movies.

Upon Plex scanning the same directory of files, it told me I only had about 1330 movies. I suspect this is due to different scraping databases being used (IMDb vs TMDB) and mismatching years on some movies.

Is there a quick way for me to identify the 70-odd files that Plex is not matching to movies so I can resolve them?

I’ve got Filebot but that just shows me how to rename my entire library, it doesn’t necessarily identify the subset of movies that Kodi can find but Plex can’t…

Thanks

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A good start would be to see if you have any duplicates.

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Thanks for the quick response!

I found 7 duplicates, which I’ve resolved.

Now for the remaining 63-odd files…

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You could install WebTools

It will list unseen/unrecognised movies.

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Wow, again, thanks for the prompt response that appears to have fixed my problem.

Webtools didn’t find any missing files, save for the 7 mismatches in the library from my earlier duplicate fixes which I hadn’t rescanned through the library. So its relatively safe to assume that Kodi was misreading 63-odd additional files which weren’t movies. Yet another reason to move away from Kodi!

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That’s possible.
One thing you can do is physically count your files then compare to what plex has. Since you have solved the dup’s you should have, one file=one movie=one listing in plex.

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