OK, I have been going through the forums for DAYS.
All I want to do is copy my directory fo “The X Files” and it’s sub directories, S01 - S11, and MANUALLY add it to my plex server list in the tv shows. PLEX keeps trying to add it to another show already in the list and all it’s seasons, and I am getting rather sick of this. I want to manually move my directories and manually add it to the list, name/and then each season. If I cannot do this, then plex isn’t for me and I won’t be going premium.
This support article is usually a good starting point.
https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/
Generally you don’t add shows to Plex but point your library to the “library folder” that contains the individual show folders.
e.g.
TV Shows <- the folder linked to your library
The X Files (1993)
Season 01 <- no abbreviation or alternate naming
The X Files (1993) - s01e01 - Pilot.ext
The X Files (1993) - s01e02 - Deep Throat.ext
The X Files (1993) - s01e03.ext <- episode titles in files aren't required
...
The X Files (1993) - s01e24.ext
If Plex mixes things up that’s usually happening if you mix up the folder structures or point your library to individual show folders instead of a library folder.
Except it won’t add properly. I created one directory undel shared video, for TV, a directory under that, The Blue Whisper, and properly added that series. The under TV, I created a new directory, The X Files, and it tried to add shose shows, all 11 seasons to the blue whisper, instead of creating a new show, the X files. That’s why I need to know how to manually create the series to show up separately.
Full example of the folder structure and exemplary file names, please.
Incl. what folders are linked to the library.
This is what I have now
When I created a NEW folder under TV called "The X-Files and scanned the library, it added ALL 11 seasons, to my The Blue Whisper show
Go to one of the episodes that’s being combined with the wrong show
Click the 3 dots on the poster and choose “get info”
Take a screen shot of the box that pops up
What folder do you have your plex library pointed to? Shared videos ?
It’s pointed to the /shares/Public/TV Directory , and I placed the OTHER directories under TV, should I add each one separately, create a new directory and add it by itself?
And somehow it added “Demigods and Semidevils”, that was in a totally separate directory not even in the shares, I played one of them using Twonky DLNA and somehow plex added the directory and the whole season!
@darknesscomes Please take a screenshot of your library folders, I suspect there is something going on there.
EDIT:
IE:
Where do I find that, now I cannot find the libraries folders setting at all! WTH?
The triple dot next to the library in the sidebar when you hover over it, then Manage Library, then Edit…
Plex actually uses the media files themselves and works its way up. So if it finds your .mp4/.mkv/etc file, then it looks up 1 folder level for the season name, then up 1 folder level from there for the show name. If you have extra folders in between, then it can cause some interesting issues.
You don’t have to actually follow their recommended naming scheme, just the structure overall. So basically…
TV Show Library\TV Show\Season ##\filename.ext
My TV Shows are like such…
TV Shows\Squid Game (2021-Present) ~ [Korean]\Season 01 (2021) ~ [Netflix]\Squid.Game.S01E01.Red.Light.Green.Light.2021.KOR.1080p.NF.WEB-DL.x264.DDP.5.1.Atmos.mkv
Clearly not what Plex recommends for the naming of each file/folder, but it works just fine since the structure is the same. And since Plex looks up from the actual media file itself, you really just need to follow the last “TV Show\Season ##\filename.ext” and make sure that movies are in the Movies library and TV shows are in the TV Shows library, since that effects matching.
You can try adding a .plexmatch file in the “The X-Files” folder or in each season folder, refresh the metadata, and see if that works. But this might be more advanced than you’d like.
https://support.plex.tv/articles/plexmatch/
I take it from this and what you shared earlier that your stuff is all organized as…
\shares\Public\Shared Videos\TV\The X-Files (year)\Season ##\filename.ext
Or is there any other folders in that path?
You are not pointing the library at the TV folder. You are pointing it at everything contained inside the “public” folder which probably at least 2 folders above where you want to be.
This is why it’s combining everything as one show
You need to delete what you have currently and start over
The last thing you should see in that same path is “TV”
\shares\Public\Shared Videos\TV
^^^^^^^^^ This ^^^^^^^^^^^^
The folder paths do not follow the standard organizational format, which caused your issue.
\shares\Public\Shared Videos\TV is where it should point
This topic was automatically closed 90 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.
