# Folder structions for TV Shows, problem with folders in folder? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [April 15, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/folder-structions-for-tv-shows-problem-with-folders-in-folder/709574 "2021-04-15T09:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![soder1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/soder1/32/112934_2.png) [@soder1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/soder1)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/folder-structions-for-tv-shows-problem-with-folders-in-folder/709574/1 "2021-04-15T09:23:31Z")
Normally I keep my TV shows in a folder called /series and in that folder I got a folder for every TV Show. In that folder I keep the files directly, but also sometimes the files in a own folder (often named as the file). This works well mosty. I have a show we can call “name” and I kept it in /series/name. All was good. But for different reasons, I had to move most of the files to /series/name/name but I also kept some files in /series/name. By doing that, it was like Plex didn’t get that there was files in /series/name. I then moved back to keeping all in /series/name but got one episode directly in that folder, but also in a separate folder, named like the file. It was an episode in a better video quality, and I want Plex to index both versions, being able to “play version”. The naming is correct of the files, with S01E01, but Plex will now not index the file /series/name/“folder with episode name”/“file with episode name” but only the first version. /Söder ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/folder-structions-for-tv-shows-problem-with-folders-in-folder/709574/2 "2021-04-15T09:25:10Z")
Only this folder organization is supported: [Naming and Organizing Your TV Show Files | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/) Anything else _may_ work for a while but is in no way guaranteed to do so forever. ---
**Author:** ![soder1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/soder1/32/112934_2.png) [@soder1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/soder1)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/folder-structions-for-tv-shows-problem-with-folders-in-folder/709574/3 "2021-04-15T09:29:57Z")
But, if the first folder after /series/ is recognized as a show, then everything in it, with file structure as “name.S01E1.something.avi” will be scanned, right? Even though that file is in a folder? ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/folder-structions-for-tv-shows-problem-with-folders-in-folder/709574/4 "2021-04-15T09:30:47Z")
Please read the article. ---
**Author:** ![soder1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/soder1/32/112934_2.png) [@soder1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/soder1)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/folder-structions-for-tv-shows-problem-with-folders-in-folder/709574/5 "2021-04-15T09:35:30Z")
Oh, I have. But the only part that I find relevant for me now, is this? ## Standard, Season-Based Shows Most television shows have episodes organized into seasons. To name season-based shows create files with the season and episode notation SXXEXX - /TV Shows/ShowName/Season 02/ShowName – s02e17 – Optional\_Info.ext This is only an example. The important bit in the file name is the appropriate season and episode number notation **s02e17** which in this example means Season 2 Episode 17 It does not matter if you use dashes, dots or just spaces. And I got the s02e17 for both files. And Plex gets other shows with some files directly in the folder, and some files in folders named as the file. That’s why I ask if Plex may skip the file in the separate folder since there’s already a file with the same episode, instead adding it to be two versions? ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/folder-structions-for-tv-shows-problem-with-folders-in-folder/709574/6 "2021-04-15T09:42:09Z")
If you have duplicate versions, add them into the same `season` folder as the other version. Add some distinguishing info in square brackets at the end of the file name. e.g. ```auto /TV Shows/ShowName/Season 02/ShowName – s02e17 – Optional_Info[SD].ext /TV Shows/ShowName/Season 02/ShowName – s02e17 – Optional_Info[HDR].ext ``` It doesn’t really matter what you use inside the brackets `[...]`. It only serves to make the file names unique. You can also opt to build a completely separate folder structure for the same show: ```auto /TV Shows/ShowName [SD]/Season 02/ShowName – s02e17 – Optional_Info.ext /TV Shows/ShowName [HDR]/Season 02/ShowName – s02e17 – Optional_Info.ext ``` This latter option enables you to use “[Split](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201018248-merge-or-split-items/)” at the show level (for whatever reason). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/folder-structions-for-tv-shows-problem-with-folders-in-folder/709574/7 "2021-07-14T09:42:14Z")
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