Hi, all.
I’ve ripped this 2 disc title, put them in my TV shows named as follows but it doesn’t seem to show up in the UI:
TV Shows/
Planet Earth 2/
Season 1/
Planet Earth 2 - pt1
Planet Earth 2 - pt2
Any ideas? Thanks!
Normally, you want to match up your naming how the TV Series would be found on the TV Agent. In this case that would most likely by Planet Earth || on thetvdb.com.
https://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=season&seriesid=318408&seasonid=684701&lid=7
TV Shows/
| Planet Earth ||/
| | Season 01/
| | | Planet Earth || - S01E01 - Islands.mkv
| | | Planet Earth || - S01E02 - Mountains.mkv
| | | Planet Earth || - S01E03 - Jungles.mkv
| | | Planet Earth || - S01E04 - Deserts.mkv
This is following the Plex naming convention found here:
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows
Which follows as:
Series - SxxExx - (Optional Episode Title)
Series is the series name.
Sxx is the season
Exx is the episode number
(Optional Episode Title) is a title for your organization and does not get read into the metadata.
Here is mine to compare.
Planet Earth II (2016)\Season 01\Planet Earth II (2016) - s01e01 - Islands [720p].mkv
Planet Earth II (2016)\Season 01\Planet Earth II (2016) - s01e02 - Mountains [720p].mkv
Planet Earth II (2016)\Season 01\Planet Earth II (2016) - s01e03 - Jungles [720p].mkv
Planet Earth II (2016)\Season 01\Planet Earth II (2016) - s01e04 - Deserts [720p].mkv
Planet Earth II (2016)\Season 01\Planet Earth II (2016) - s01e05 - Grasslands [720p].mkv
Planet Earth II (2016)\Season 01\Planet Earth II (2016) - s01e06 - Cities [720p].mkv
But I’m not sure what two part episode of Planet Earth you have…
Take a look here to find out what to name it and where it will go, eg. season01 or specials.
https://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=318408
Hi, jmckee and NewPlaza.
My blu ray is a 2 disc set. When I rip from MakeMKV i see this for each of 2 discs. I rip the large one and it is now 1 continous movie for disk 1 and another for disc 2. Any ideas? Thanks!
Title 1, 2, 3 are the three episodes. Title 4 is all three in one continuous file(which you can discard.)
Rip the top three, (encode if you want them smaller), name them correctly, and add to PLEX.
Yep. There are 6 episodes:
https://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=season&seriesid=318408&seasonid=684701&lid=7
3 on one disk, 3 on the other, trash the big one. Name them exactly like @NewPlaza showed above - Plex Dance if necessary:
The Plex Dance®:
- remove show/movie from library
- rescan library files
- empty trash
- clean bundles
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200392106-Library-Actions <— scan library files, empty trash, clean bundles - bring names and structures into compliance/Move LMA/etc
- replace corrected show/movie into library
- rescan library files
All Steps. In Order. No Shortcuts.
I was hoping I could put it as “Season 2” for Planet Earth but it looks like you aren’t able to. That’s a bummer.
Looks like you all have put me on the right track. Thanks!
If I wish to have it appear under movies as it is a documentary film in 6 parts, would it be impossible to find the artwork and metadata? I was hoping to put it all in a movie collection called “Planet Earth II” with the 6 chapters under that umbrella.
you can, however in that case you’d have to bundle all the single episodes in 1 file (or at least 1 library item) – this could be troublesome as each episode will have its own opening titles and credits.
however… The Movie Database has “Planet Earth II” listed as a movie (apparently without English descriptions/details).
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/515274-planet-earth-ii
Edit: personally I’d stick with the tv show approach.
This is a perfect example why there should be iso support.
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How so? To force yourself into dealing which what’s intended to be a tv show as a movie instead using incomplete metadata?
@vic976 said:
This is a perfect example why there should be iso support.
No, this is a perfect example of a user not knowing how to rip a disc with MakeMKV for use in Plex.
Eventually - everyone gets the hang of it… or not.
@tom80H said:
you can, however in that case you’d have to bundle all the single episodes in 1 file (or at least 1 library item) – this could be troublesome as each episode will have its own opening titles and credits.
Edit: personally I’d stick with the tv show approach.
I think of miniseries as hybrids between TV shows and movies; movies are one-offs, TV shows are many episodes in usually multiple seasons. But from a library browsing standpoint, I prefer to look at it as a long documentary in parts rather than a “season” of a TV show. Tomato, to-mah-to.
however… The Movie Database has “Planet Earth II” listed as a movie (apparently without English descriptions/details).
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/515274-planet-earth-ii
That’s helpful for getting it properly tagged with metadata/art! Thanks for that.
I would still go with the tv show approach and configure the show to hide seasons – saves you another click but keeps the structure as intended.
@davidahn said:
That’s helpful for getting it properly tagged with metadata/art! Thanks for that.
The reason most people recommend a TV Show listing vs a Movie listing for it, mostly has to do with how multi-part movies are handled. A lot of clients previously could not handle multiple part movies which meant when you went to watch the full combination you would only get the very first part and that was it.
If you match it as a movie there is only a few options to really get it working:
1)Rip/combine all the parts into a single file so that it can match properly to the TV Show.
2)Add each part individual as part A, part B, etc and let the server handle putting it back together so it acts as a single file during playback.
3)Add each part individually, and split them off from the main Planet Earth II entry so they can be treated individually.
Each one of these has advantages and disadvantages, but it all comes down to personal preference. For myself I created a Documentary Library (from a TV Show library) and added all my documentaries there. Like you I see them as a hybrid in between, but the easiest way I have found to handle them was the TV Show route. If you look on the MovieDB you will see that it doesn’t really have any metadata besides artwork, but you could try creating a free account there and adding some in. (I’m not actually sure how strict they are on Movie vs TV Show listings)
@JuiceWSA said:
@vic976 said:
This is a perfect example why there should be iso support.No, this is a perfect example of a user not knowing how to rip a disc with MakeMKV for use in Plex.
Eventually - everyone gets the hang of it… or not.
So here is the thing for me, I rip bds using makemkv no problem. Its a crap shoot if plex will see it or not. And I cant find a clear answer why. I am gonna try your “plex dance” you mentioned above to see if that helps. But honestly, why is it such a hassle? Western Digital had no problems with iso files, hell kodi supports it too.
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I guess for me, dealing with series type disks, its easier to strip the junk and rebuild the iso than to try and name all the eps in a way that plex will recognize. Probably a unpopular opinion here, but I could care less about metadata.
@jmckee said:
@davidahn said:
That’s helpful for getting it properly tagged with metadata/art! Thanks for that.The reason most people recommend a TV Show listing vs a Movie listing for it, mostly has to do with how multi-part movies are handled. A lot of clients previously could not handle multiple part movies which meant when you went to watch the full combination you would only get the very first part and that was it.
If you match it as a movie there is only a few options to really get it working:
1)Rip/combine all the parts into a single file so that it can match properly to the TV Show.2)Add each part individual as part A, part B, etc and let the server handle putting it back together so it acts as a single file during playback.
3)Add each part individually, and split them off from the main Planet Earth II entry so they can be treated individually.
Each one of these has advantages and disadvantages, but it all comes down to personal preference. For myself I created a Documentary Library (from a TV Show library) and added all my documentaries there. Like you I see them as a hybrid in between, but the easiest way I have found to handle them was the TV Show route. If you look on the MovieDB you will see that it doesn’t really have any metadata besides artwork, but you could try creating a free account there and adding some in. (I’m not actually sure how strict they are on Movie vs TV Show listings)
I was not intending to join the files (I’m just now finding the time 3 years after buying my Plex Pass to rip my collection!), just bundle them in a “collection” (a la James Bond movies in one collection), to be watched one at a time. (No one has time to watch 6 hours of Planet Earth in one sitting, anyway!). But I haven’t actually tried collections to see if it works as I imagine; what cover art would it show? How granular is my control over the artwork and naming?
Thanks for the in-depth response. I now get more clearly how the handling of TV shows works better for a series like Planet Earth. And your point about the good data being as a TV show is really hitting home. I hate reinventing the wheel, so feeding all the program descriptions, etc. is not my dream. I think you’re talking me into not swimming upstream on this. 
As soon as one discovers how Plex mishandles ‘stacked’ anything they also discover the TV Show ‘episode’ approach is vastly superior in every way possible.
