How do I handle movies into series?

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Say Harry Potter. I dont want them confused amongst other movies, I would like them organized much like TV shows. I tried creating a library with TV shows as kind or contento, but I got garbled results.

Any hint?

Thank you.

2

It is possible, but it requires much more manual effort.

3

Non Plex Pass User (Oops, You Don’t Have Access) Version:
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1342502/#Comment_1342502

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@JuiceWSA said:
Non Plex Pass User Version:
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1342502/#Comment_1342502

Appreciated, although it describes a different approach.

Mine explains how to create a ‘real’ tv show.
I’ll copy it into here for better access:
(The question in the original thread was about making a tv series for ‘adult’ content. Please ignore that :wink: )

I think the best you can do is to create a custom tv show.

Add them into a tv show library, name the episode files like they were part of a tv show. Follow the naming guide for tv shows to-the-letter.
Especially do not insert any additional subfolder levels. Do not rename the season folders.

TV Shows
   Boys on Film
      Season 01
         Boys on Film - s01e01 - Hard Love.ext
         Boys on Film - s01e02 - Into Deep.ext
         ...
         season01.jpg
      Season 02
         Boys on Film - s02e01 - xxxx.ext
         Boys on Film - s02e02 - xxxx.ext
         ...
         season02.jpg
   show.jpg

Treat the edition number as Season number. So “Boys on Film 2” would be season 2.
That way you get a nice single poster in your library for the whole collection.

The only problem are the meta data. If you have cover posters for at least the different collections, you can add them as local season posters.
show.jpg is the poster for the collection as a whole.
season01.jpg is the poster for “Boys on Film 1” and so on
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220717-Local-Media-Assets-TV-Shows

Add textual descriptions to the seasons and episodes as you see fit

If Plex matches it as a different show, perform a ‘Fix Incorrect Match’ - Auto Match - “Personal Media Shows”.

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Cool.

The OP was requesting ‘grouping’ of Movies - as many users seem to want to do - so either of us probably offered a suitable approach.

TV Shows are a different animal and we have a similar approach - mine is contained in another post -so as not to overwhelm with ‘too much info’ all at once.

lol