Help with why Plex Server is not picking up recently added TV shows

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I have read the post about media not being picked up, and I am hoping that because I have not named things correctly, is the reason why I am having problems

I have created mkv files of my collection of 2003 Battlestar Galactica dvds

This is the mini series, the one off Razoz movie, prequel, and Seasons 1 to 4

Plex is picking up the seasons, but it is not picking up everything else

This is how they are stored on the server

Battlestar Galactica

  • Blood and Chrome
    | + Battlestar Galactica Blood and Chrome.mkv
  • Mini Series
    | + Battlestar Galactica.mkv
  • Razor
    ! + Battlestar Galactica Razor - Wepisodes.mkv
    | + Battlestar Galactica Razor.mkv
  • Season 01
  • Season 02
  • Season 03
    |+ Battlestar Galactica S03 The Resistance Webisodes.mkv
  • Season 04
  • The Plan
    | + Battlestar Galactica The Plan.mkv

I have deliberatly not listed the mkv files that I am not having problems with

What am I doing wrong so that these are not being picked up.
I would add these in manually if I could by all I can ever see it options to rescan

Thanks

Your best shot is with verifying the correct orders and assignments from The Movie Database and TheTVDb. It appears there’s some slight differences between the two:

Mini Series

TMDb has listed the mini series as a separate show while TVDb is listing it as specials of the main show (s00e01, s00e02).

Blood & Chrome

TMDb has listed Blood & Chrome as a standalone show while TVDb is listing the webisodes as single special episode (s00e40)

Razor

Razor has an easy and a more complicated part :wink:

Webisodes

The webisodes are listed as specials of the main show on both repositories – though as different episodes

Episode TMDb TVDb
Day 4,571 s00e12 s00e33
The Hangar s00e13 s00e34
Operation Raptor Talon s00e14 s00e35
Free Fall s00e15 s00e36
The Lab s00e16 s00e37
Survivors s00e17 s00e38
Escape s00e18 s00e39

“Main event”

TVDb is listing the the “main event” as a 2-part special (s00e04 + s00e05) while TMDb is listing it as a movie

The Resistance

Same as with Razor, the webisodes of The Resistance are listed as specials of the main show – again with different episode numbers

The Plan

Similar to the Razor “main event”, The Plan is listed as a movie on TMDb but as a special on TVDb (s00e22).

Long story short… you’ve got quite a project :wink:
Start with verifying which schema best meets your files and how you want to organize the show – e.g. if the Razor main event is a single file it might be best to follow The Movie Database’s structure by listing it as their separate movie – if you’ve got the files as 2 45-minute episodes it might be easier to use TheTVDb as your reference. There’s no objective truth as the community on each repository will claim their’s is the gold standard :wink:

Once you decided, rename your files and re-add them to your library.

Edit: reworked the formatting

Where was this a month ago when I was pulling my hair out!?!

Lol, go with the TVDb as your source for naming. It will play in sequence based on “air date”.

So say we all…

:slight_smile:

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