Plex is creating duplicate files for some of my movies. This didn’t start occurring until recently. I am running Version 1.10.1.4602. I have tried the following recommended solutions so far: analyze each file in plex rescan library location empty trash and clean bundles replace and delete the libr…

@“MovieFan.Plex” said: Can you show me this page for that library? [image] [image]

@joelbloomer said: I’m having the same issue, and I’m not running SMB at all, at least not for the Plex server. I am using the proper naming convention, and I still see the same path and filename twice in the Info page. Removing the file from the location, scanning the library and adding it back u…

Thanks for the image. It looks right, you only have the 1 folder. @btmblue said: For instance, out of the last 10 movies that I added, it synced 4 of them correctly and the other 6 have this issue no matter what I do. Can you Plex Dance these 10 movies again then get me the entire log package?…

[image] Same here. Benn doing this for ever.

@“MovieFan.Plex” said: Thanks for the image. It looks right, you only have the 1 folder. @btmblue said: For instance, out of the last 10 movies that I added, it synced 4 of them correctly and the other 6 have this issue no matter what I do. Can you Plex Dance these 10 movies again then get m…

We would like to fix it, but we can’t fix what we can’t see. We need to be able to duplicate it or at least see a log from PMS when this happens so we can investigate what is going on. Personally, I’ve never seen a duplicate in my library so I have no idea what could be the cause.

Looking at the XML, it seems that the files are assigned sequential ID numbers. I have Sonarr set to trigger Plex when the file is moved over, and I’m wondering if that isn’t conflicting with the “Update my library automatically” and “Run a partial scan when changes are detected” settings, causing P…

There’s lots of threads regarding this issue, and the advice is always to Plex dance it. That does make the duplicate disappear, but doesn’t address the problem. I agree with @joelbloomer , Plex is finding the file twice. In fact, I have mentioned that several times in the related threads… Plex f…

@“MovieFan.Plex” said: We would like to fix it, but we can’t fix what we can’t see. We need to be able to duplicate it or at least see a log from PMS when this happens so we can investigate what is going on. Personally, I’ve never seen a duplicate in my library so I have no idea what could be th…

Yep, I’m seeing this also with my new Plex server install on Windows 10. I can re-create this issue every time on my Plex server simply by… Putting my Blue-Ray disc in the drive. Having MakeMkv rip it to a folder in my Movies library I now too see the little [2 File] icon in the upper left part …

How do i fix the duplicate file issue?

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ramFord85 May 31, 2019, 11:49am 29

Disabling “on grab” function in Sonarr has removed the duplicate file reference issues for me.

After data directory move, problem with duplication on library, but no duplicate files

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How do i fix the duplicate file issue?

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