My son wanted a show put on the server so I have been putting the videos into their perspective season_1/season_2 etc folders and all seems ok so far. Now I’m into Season 3 and none of the videos will show up. Is there a way to force plex to display a season even if it’s named and placed correctly and still not showing up?
@muddysmind said:
My son wanted a show put on the server so I have been putting the videos into their perspective season_1/season_2 etc folders and all seems ok so far. Now I’m into Season 3 and none of the videos will show up. Is there a way to force plex to display a season even if it’s named and placed correctly and still not showing up?
The little bit of info you gave looks quite wrong.
Follow Plex’s naming conventions EXACTLY and you will have few problems:
TV Shows <— The library points here
---------TV Show Name (Year first aired if needed) <— This folder holds the season folders
------------------Season 01 <— This folder holds all the episodes for season 01
-------------------------ShowName - s01e01 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------ShowName - s01e02 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------And so on for the rest of season 01
------------------Season 02 <— This folder holds all the episodes for season 02
-------------------------ShowName - s02e01 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------ShowName - s02e02 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------And so on for the rest of season 02
------------------Season 03 <— This folder holds all the episodes for season 03
-------------------------ShowName - s03e01 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------ShowName - s03e02 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------And so on for the rest of season 03Note: The year after the show name is only normally needed or desired if there is more that one show with exactly the same name. Check http://thetvdb.com/ if you are not sure and match exactly the name used there.
There are naming methods other than the above that work but this does work 99.9% of the time.
If you are going to use Plex it is best to use the proper naming conventions so Plex makes the best match possible. Trying to force Plex to use other naming methods is just asking for frustration.
https://plexapp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Based-TV-Shows
Elijah_Baley thanks, after a few hours all sorted now.
