Does Plex see all in a library scan? Do I have ghost files?

I have done some searches and see lots of folks asking about files that are not picked up via a Plex library scan. I figure those folks are looking for something specific that should be there. I cant seem to find a thread with the opposite question.

What I cant figure out if there is a way to tell if Plex is overlooking something that is there and it cant figure out for one reason or another. Is there a function or plugin that shows items not picked up by a scan? I have a feeling I’ve got plenty but I have no idea what they are.

Here are a few things you can do.
Number one is still proper naming of the files, particularly for tv series.

How to find the discrepancy between number of files on disk and the number of movies in the Plex movie library

This is helpful thanks.
I know that first and foremost its naming, naming, naming though its hard to know what to rename without some tools. There are only so many hours available in a day.
:slight_smile:

The best thing I’ve found, thanks to the folks around here; is FileBot renamer.

FileBot

It’ll breeze through most of your collection before you could manually change one file. I stubbornly did it all by hand for years; to make sure I knew what I was doing and because it’s literally so simple to use, I couldn’t figure it out, :wink:
It used to be a free download; but I think it’s only for sale in various app stores; but whatever they’re charging, it’s totally worth it.

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Don’t use Filebot’s default settings with Plex.
Adapt it to Plex’s requirements: Filebot

I have used the default and also tried the Plex settings. 99% of the time the default works well while I always seemed to have an issue with the Plex labeling.

@hancat I would try both and see which works best for you.

Am I piling on if I add what I use in FileBot?

All media mounted from /nas/tv and /nas/movies

Movies get: /nas/movies/{n} ({y})/{n} ({y})
Episodes get: /nas/tv/{n}/Season {s.pad(2)}/{n} - {s00e00} - {t}

All seasons are 2-digit field (except when seasons are published as 4-digit values) as are episode numbers. Greater than 100 episodes per season easily handled as well with padding. All this to make maintenance (directory listings) cleaner and easy to read.

Thanks for the suggestions. I was just curious if I had anything that plex didnt see. :slight_smile:

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