# Duplicates without duplicate filename **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [November 9, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586 "2021-11-09T18:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![slurk3k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@slurk3k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/slurk3k)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/1 "2021-11-09T18:16:08Z")
Server Version#: 1.24.5.5173 Season 6 of American Dad is duplication with Season 5 without sharing filenames or directory paths. Screenshot below [Capture|690x445](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/hsrxL0JUUfeXFBXXJYMYBJq4jud.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/2 "2021-11-09T19:13:19Z")
Try for a start and name the season directories as `Season 05` instead of `S05` ---
**Author:** ![slurk3k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@slurk3k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/slurk3k)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/3 "2021-11-09T20:02:29Z")
ill give it a try =) thanks! ---
**Author:** ![slurk3k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@slurk3k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/slurk3k)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/4 "2021-11-09T20:17:20Z")
Nope, still the same ![Capture](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/5/3/7/5374232409fe0d96d88b25a8c5cdc916cc8c9726.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/5 "2021-11-09T20:21:40Z")
What Primary Agent is used for the library? Have you checked, that it’s not an embedded Tag in the mkv file? Also try and change Show directory from `American Dad` into `American Dad! (2005) {tmdb-1433}` ---
**Author:** ![slurk3k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@slurk3k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/slurk3k)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/6 "2021-11-09T20:39:44Z")
Looks OK to me ![Capture](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/5/b/4/5b4ffe8d008a0df7fef20b1431b5cf7e55052307.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Blkbyrd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/blkbyrd/32/251758_2.png) [@Blkbyrd](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Blkbyrd)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/7 "2021-11-09T20:59:32Z")
Once you have made the suggested changes to the files and folders I would do the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064). The [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) in my experience tends to alleviate like 90% of errors like this. ---
**Author:** ![slurk3k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@slurk3k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/slurk3k)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/8 "2021-11-09T22:18:16Z")
> [@dane22](#): > > American Dad! (2005) {tmdb-1433} Nope still f\*cked Also did the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) after directory namechange ![Capture](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/0/7/e/07ee49e8034df610fb3ed19a809c37a3bdc62695.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/9 "2021-11-09T22:21:51Z")
Did you check the embedded metadata for S05E01 as well? And you forgot to tell us what Primary Agent you have selected for your Show Library! Edit: And I myself generally avoid having any metadata embedded, and remove when I see them ---
**Author:** ![Blkbyrd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/blkbyrd/32/251758_2.png) [@Blkbyrd](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Blkbyrd)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/10 "2021-11-09T22:24:44Z")
I think I may have found an issue. The titles of the episodes that you have do not line up with the aired order of episodes. 100 A.D. was the first episode of Season 7 and In Country… Club was the first episode of Season 6. I would go through and make sure you have the right episodes matched up to the Aired or DVD order that is shown on TheTVDB. ---
**Author:** ![slurk3k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@slurk3k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/slurk3k)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/11 "2021-11-09T22:29:56Z")
Not according to IMDB I went with the IMDB order for all the other seasons and everythings fine with those ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/9/2/a92ad4018aef0a7230d399462970508790977bba.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/0/2/4/024518c79603d0cb1386893a6f2cb0210f3da5fd.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/e/a/aea4d6d7a9ac0ca08b94eb4839b1f2fee226e627.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![slurk3k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@slurk3k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/slurk3k)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/12 "2021-11-09T22:32:36Z")
By Primary Agent do you mean the “Movies” “TV Shows” “Music” etc? ---
**Author:** ![Blkbyrd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/blkbyrd/32/251758_2.png) [@Blkbyrd](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Blkbyrd)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/13 "2021-11-09T22:35:49Z")
IMDB doesn’t really matter as the agent doesn’t use it to match episodes. The episodes are matched from TheTVDB. As far as I know TheTVDB is the only source the Plex agent uses for episode matching. ---
**Author:** ![slurk3k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@slurk3k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/slurk3k)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/14 "2021-11-09T22:58:56Z")
I took the season 5 folder out of my Plex directory and did library update and cleaned out the trash, then Season 6 showed as it should. Put Season 5 folder back in, library update and now season 4 and 5 are duplicates… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/f/5/4/f54f80c0667efe9b59093055da660068e343d80b.png) ---
**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/15 "2021-11-09T22:59:20Z")
> [@Blkbyrd](#): > > The episodes are matched from TheTVDB Not so with the new agent 😉 ```auto By default, the Plex TV Series agent uses the episode ordering based on TMDB. However, if you know that your files are named according TVDB, you can change the Episode Ordering preference (under Advanced) when creating or editing your TV library. Examples of the file naming/organization mentioned can be found at the end of the article. ``` Ref: [https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/) ---
**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/16 "2021-11-09T23:02:16Z")
> [@slark2k\_hotmail\_com](#): > > By Primary Agent do you mean Edit Library, and select Advanced. What’s shown under agent? Edit: And you still haven’t answered what metadata for S05E01 looked like? ---
**Author:** ![slurk3k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@slurk3k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/slurk3k)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/17 "2021-11-09T23:03:39Z")
TV Shows ofc Who would anyone select “Movies” when setting up their TV-show media library? o.O ---
**Author:** ![slurk3k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@slurk3k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/slurk3k)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/18 "2021-11-09T23:04:57Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/9/9/b/99bb1091fd3a4cb0d6521d0f9e613c606c880d19.png) Anything wrong here? ---
**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/19 "2021-11-09T23:05:36Z")
> [@slurk3k](#): > > TV Shows ofc You didn’t look ! It’s either: `TheTVDB` or `Plex TV Series` ---
**Author:** ![slurk3k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@slurk3k](https://forums.plex.tv/u/slurk3k)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586/20 "2021-11-09T23:06:51Z")
Under advanced it says: “Plex TV Series” [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/duplicates-without-duplicate-filename/756586.md?page=2)