Episodes incorrectly sorted as Specials

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Some of my anime episodes have incorrectly been sorted as Specials. The files are correctly named just like the other files in the series, and when I open the files up in VLC and check the Media information and metadata everything seems fine, but when I edit the episode in Plex the title on the top of the Edit dialouge box says “Edit Patlabor: The New Files - Episode 2 (S0 E2)”, or something in that general manner, even though the file is names “Patlabor - The New Files (1990) - S01E02”. I´m guessing that the Season number S0 it was makes it Specials, but I can´t for the life of me figure out how to fix it. I´ve allready tried setting the title and sorting title to the correct syntax with no luck.

Anyone have a solution?

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Plex actually expects 2-digit season/episode numbers in the season folder and sXXeYY pattern.

  • Check 1: are your files by chance organized in a Season 00 or Specials folder?
  • Check 2 any embedded metadata (maybe an empty season property)?
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Lika I said in my original post I am using double digit syntax, everything is sorted the way it should be and the metadata in VLC is also using the correct syntax. I have no clue where the “S0” came from.

Anyway, I managed so solve it by just moving the effected folders out of my Plex library folder and back again with a scan before and efter replacing, and that did the trick.

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