I understand that part
Regarding this:
The stop âBSâ doesntâ matter â PROVIDED â the total path length is legal
-AND-
You tell PMS to start searching at:
/hi/hello/wow/fantastic/geese/regis/search/grand/security/galaga/secrets/guts/registration/surfing/skiing/lol/Media
Look: This is what I am doing. I am not pointing at the âStar Trekâ folder. Iâm pointing it directly to the âStar Trek: The Next Generation (1987)â folder.
If i was pointing it at âpowermaxâ or âHDD1â or âStar Trekâ I would understand why the path matters. But Iâm not pointing it anywhere that broad.
I want to understand why Plex is looking at directories ABOVE where I point it rather than just looking at directories BELOW where I point it. If I wanted to store my files under a folder called âsupercalifragilisticexpialidociusâ why couldnât I?
How do you store movies ?
I havenât stored any movies yet. Still figuring out how to use Plex.
GoodâŠ
Please plan ahead.
You can do this as simple as:
/ANYTHING YOU WANT HERE/Media/TV Shows â and put all tv series under here
-with-
/ANTHING YOU WANT HERE/Media/Movies â and put all movies here.
Now, when you create a âTV Showsâ library section, Everything under âMedia/TV Showsâ will be interpreted as a TV Series name -AND- everything under âMedia/Moviesâ will be as a movie name (when you set that up)
I was hoping to have separate libraries for Star Trek shows vs other shows when I add them. Is that not OK? Thatâs why I named the Library âStar Trek (TV Shows)â Because I only intend to save star trek shows there.
Or does this mean I should have:
/ANYTHING YOU WANT HERE/Media/Star Trek (TV Shows)/Star Trek: The Next Generation/Season XX/
(files in this folder)
Or
/ANYTHING YOU WANT HERE/Media/Star Trek (TV Shows)/Star Trek: The Next Generation/
(files in this folder regardless of season)
You can have a separate library for Star Trek.
Hereâs an example of naming thatâll allow you:
Media/TV Shows/
Series1/
Series2/
.. etc.
Media/Trek/
Star Trek/
Star Trek Enterprise
Star Trek Voyager/
Star Trek Discovery/
Star Trek Deep Space Nine
Now you create a âStar Trekâ library section and point it at âMedia/Trekâ.
Normal TV Series are in âMedia/TV Showsâ
Looking back at this thread, I think I spot the initial error
You pointed Plex to HDD1/ to create the Star Trek library section when you wanted to point Plex to HDD1/Star Trek
That small error specifying the top-most level will screw up matching every time.
Ok, I think I get it. I will avoid naming the overall folder âStar Trekâ to avoid confusion.
I have already tried renaming it simply âMediaâ and it didnât fix my issue, so I think my next step is renaming all 178 files so they start with âStar Trek The Next Generationâ instead of âStar Trek TNGâ.
Thatâs gonna take me some time (because Iâm not familiar with the shell and I use the GUI), so I think Iâll have to tackle that tomorrow.
Yes. This renaming is required.
Do you have a renaming tool? (it takes about 1 minute to fix everything)
Huh? I didnât point Plex to HDD1/
I pointed it to HDD1/Star Trek/Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Where do you see it pointed to HDD1/ ?
that would be silly as HDD1 includes other files not meant for Plex.
I do not have a renaming tool
Sidenote- I am tired and probably should have just posted this question and closed the window, so Iâm sorry if I have been abrasive or rude. I very much appreciate your help ChuckPa.
Youâre right. (hour is late here). It was at the right place but the naming was wrong.
Fix the naming and rescan everything.
If this helps, a renaming rule you can use to put all Star Trek to standard is:
/media/powermax/HDD1/Star Trek/{n}/Season {s.pad(2)}/{n} - {s00e00} - {t}
Youâre not rude. I get being tired and frustrated⊠been there myself many times
Is that a terminal command? Can you explain what the command does and how it works?
https://forums.plex.tv/t/free-tv-episode-renamer-rename-my-tv-series-2/802125?u=jaysplex7
Filebot is ok but I think you have to pay for it now. You can try the renaming tool in the post i linked if you have to rename everything.
Do you have renaming rules he can use ?
Yes, I pay for filebot but itâs worth it to me given my NAS holds 100TB (formatted)
I think there is a way using the linux shell to do batch file renaming like we are talking about, and its free. I will have to look into it tomorrow⊠with fresh eyes.
No⊠I tried it many times. Itâs the lookup (to get the perfect name) that gets you.
Renaming is otherwise a snap in BASH with editing
