so, my external SRT files weren’t showing up for futurama, so I did step one of the Plex dance ; I removed the Futurama folder from the folder that Plex has access to, and then I scanned my TV Shows library. the last several times I’ve done this, I’ve had to scan two or three times in order to get th…

Refresh metadata (not scan). Assuming, of course, you’ve followed Plex’s guidance for naming external subtitles.

the first step of the Plex dance is clearly to scan after removing the files. but, if you hit the three buttons, once you’re inside a show description, you can just delete it. then it goes into the trash, and you can do the rest of the Plex dance successfully.

I’m saying that the Plex Dance is generally not necessary in cases where you’re just missing metadata. Just refresh metadata. For the show or season, or a particular episode. Just follow the naming guidelines.

External subtitles and tv shows are extremely sensitive to the folder organization of that show. If you deviate from the Plex guidelines here, the subs might not get recognized: https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/

I’ve been following the naming convention to a t since the first time we had this conversation years ago. but every time I add a new show to the library, and then add the subtitles later, I have to do the Plex dance to get the subtitles recognized. it’s gotten to the point where I always have to kee…

Where are your media stored? On hard drives inside of the server machine? On externally connected hard drives? On network file shares (file server/NAS etc.)? Or worse? (cloud storage, and the like) Have you performed a database repair lately? Or ever? If not, shut down plex server and execute …

external hard drives. and this is the first I’ve heard of database repair. what does it mean and what does it do?

The script is exporting the db files to a SQL text file, then imports it again and rebuilds the database. By doing this, it can purge many inconsistencies in the internal file structure, optimize the file, and re-create index tables. This process is also more thorough than the offically recommende…

First step in Plex dance not working repeatedly

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ipalm December 27, 2024, 5:25am 5

I’ve never had refreshing the metadata work to pull an external SRT file. if it did, I wouldn’t be dealing with the hassle of a Plex dance

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First step in Plex dance not working repeatedly

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