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I found a hard drive from way back in my college days before Plex existed. There are hundreds and hundreds of files not named in a proper format. On a chance I told the media server to scan it, and it did pretty well finding a bunch and adding them to the catalog properly.
Is there a way to find out what files it did not scan? I know Plex found a bunch of AVI and MKV files but couldn’t match the name to anything. Is that a list I can access somewhere?
There’s a view in Plex for unmatched items … if Plex detected the file in the first place.
(WebTools-NG (Level 3 Export) can also identify items that Plex added to the the Library but couldn’t match.)
I’m not sure if there’s still a good way to identify files that Plex hasn’t added at all. That used to be possible with ExportTools. @dane22 @trumpy81
If your media is named and structured inconsistently … the ideal solution might be to name it correctly.
Something like FileBot (or Radarr & Sonarr) can be useful. It’s good at filename parsing and interactively renaming things to match the Plex standard.
I usually take the approach of adding media after I’ve cleaned up the naming, instead of dumping it all in and looking for problems.
No such thing as Level 3 
See: Home · WebTools-NG/WebTools-NG Wiki · GitHub
You need to use custom levels, see:
When said, the old WebTools.bundle used to do this, but sadly broken with newer versions of PMS 
Gah. I’ve been feeling old all day today!
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