# Files not recognized by PLEX

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**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [July 27, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/files-not-recognized-by-plex/732242 "2021-07-27T16:52:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![cybsin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/cybsin/32/185362_2.png) [@cybsin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cybsin)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/files-not-recognized-by-plex/732242/1 "2021-07-27T16:52:06Z")

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Hello,

for some time now, a lot of files are not recognized by plex any more in my SERIE TV type library, although they see them well in a FILM type library. it happened recently.

Do you have an idea ?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/files-not-recognized-by-plex/732242/2 "2021-07-27T17:27:56Z")

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Plex has very specific requirements to the naming of tv-show content and will ignore files that don’t match that naming schema / folder structures.

> **[Naming and Organizing Your TV Show Files | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/)**
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> The scanners and metadata agents used by Plex will work best when your major types of content are separated from...

> **[Why is some of my content not found? | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201543057-why-is-some-of-my-content-not-found/)**
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> Naming and Organization The biggest reason by far for items to not be found during a library scan is due...

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/files-not-recognized-by-plex/732242/3 "2021-10-25T17:28:09Z")

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