Server Version#:Imac Player Version#:Version 4.147.1<If providing server logs please do NOT turn on verbose logging, only debug logging should be enabled> no matter what i try for certain movies Plex will not add my Extras..90% of my Extras add with NO problem doing absolutely NO editing of the fi…

[image] noname351: no matter what i try for certain movies Plex will not add my Extras Are you saying no extras at all will add to certain movies? Are you saying for a certain movie some extras are found while others aren’t? May I ask what macOS version? Apple Silicon or Intel? Is your PMS…

thanx for the help but asking tons of questions is not helping……it has nothing to do with what os version etc etc…….can you show me an example of how an extra should be formed? IE: interview with john doe.mkv? use hyphens? underscores? how should it properly be named

[image] noname351: thanx for the help but asking tons of questions is not helping The questions are because people are having difficulty re-creating the problem. They’re trying to figure out if there is something unique about your setup that might be causing the problem. QUESTION: Where ar…

hey thanx…i didn’t mean to be rude about the questions but to understand my problem is 90% of my 1500 movies that have extras populate on Plex without and renaming……etc etc…..so it’s not my OS but yes my movies are on a local external hardrive……i’ll try all the examples you gave..thanx for taking th…

question about an example from your server….so? you have separate folders for what your showing……behind the scenes is a stand alone folder not included in Featurettes folder> etc

[image] noname351: behind the scenes is a stand alone folder not included in Featurettes folder> etc An extras folder can contain only files. [image] OttoKerner: [image] noname351: Interviews should be a sub folder inside featurettes sub folder? No, you can’t cascade extras. The I…

thanx the thumbnails are the most helpful….i’ve been taking out the deleted scenes etc from their folders because i thought too may folders was bad….

OK i did everything you sais step by step except there is no way to add Add Background Check.mkv to the Featurettes folder. No way to copy paste or type….is it supposed to be in folder form? Plex did the same thing it always does….adds the Featurettes as separate movies..see below [Screenshot 2025…

Not sure why that is happening. Let’s do two things - look at the file path, then see if the log files show anything. First, edit the Red Dragon movie (the pencil icon) and click on Info. That shows the full path to the file. Take a screenshot and post it to the thread. Second, let’s look at th…

Help with naming movie extras

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files

noname351 October 31, 2025, 7:19pm 21

heres everything step by step…i added a settings screen to show how agents legacy is set for movies….THANX for your help….my workaround has been taking all the scrambled individual extras Plex scatters and put them into a collection next to the movie…

Plex Media Server Logs_2025-10-31_12-16-38.zip (5.4 MB)

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Help with naming movie extras

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