Consolidating existing TV file safely

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Server Version#: chrome web
Player Version#: amazon fire tv

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I keep all TV shows, series in one folder. Originally I just added the individual shows to the folder. I hadn’t got many and I wasn’t sure how to put each series in their own folders. I’m now wanting to tidy up the folder and put each series on it’s own folder.

What’s the best way to do this? Just put them in their folders and rescan? Presumably I will have to empty trash at some point?

I have tried to attach a snapshot of my TV folder

Many thanks

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Wow! There’s some reading! 40 years ago I found it very easy to read and digest that sort of thing. Nowadays it takes a little longer. The ones that I have in sub-folders seem to have been recognised and work fine. So I’m thinking that I’m not far off.

I’m concerned with the ones that are not at the moment in their own sub-folder, which I want to place in a sub-folder. Plex has already recognised them and they work fine.

If I cut and paste them into their own sub-folder. Will I encounter any problems? Plex already has them individually.

You can see in the photo that I have placed the later ones straight into sub-folders, as I became a little more adept with Plex.

Thank You

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Simply moving them from their current place into a subfolder within the same folder should be no problem. Don’t forget to create Season 0x subfolders.

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Ok Thanks, I’ll give it a go.

I just prefer to ask beforehand.

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You should have no problems moving the files to folders.
Like @OttoKerner said, don’t forget the Season folders below the Show folders.

/TV Shows
   /Fox
      /Season 01
         Fox - 1x01 - King Billy.mp4
         Fox - 1x02 - Arched fingers for Bach, Flat Fingers fFor Love.mp4
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Actually, that should be

/TV Shows
   /Fox
      /Season 01
         Fox - s01e01 - King Billy.mp4
         Fox - s01e02 - Arched fingers for Bach, Flat Fingers For Love.mp4
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Yes, it should be but I figured one step at a time. :blush:

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For some reason, Season 1 folder is only recognising 1 episode instead of 8. Earlier in the day it had picked up the correct total, but no images. I have just re-scanned all library files and it has “lost” 7 episodes, but found all the pictures.

#Does anybody have any idea what may be happening?

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The black arrows and yellow arrows should both add up to the same (56)

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The numbers below the black arrows are the number of unwatched episodes. Did you watch the first 7 episodes? If not, go into the season and mark them unwatched.

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OMG!! I understand now!! Thank you, I have learned something else!!!

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