Hi, so I just happened to notice that I have a show in my plex tv library that cannot be found in plex at all. I tried pulling up the main actor as well, to view their movies/shows in my Library but do not see it thinking it might be under a different name somehow. How do I find out why this folder…

[image] cory_l: episodes accidentally lumped in under a different show To sort for duplicates: View the TV show library in Plex Web. Change TV Shows to Episodes. Change All to Duplicates Also, Plex can read embedded metadata from mp4/m4v files if configured to do so. If the metadata is …

Thanks for the replies, I always appreciate the quick responses. I’ve learned a few things from these posts which is great. So I had sort of tried the ‘dance’ with one of the shows. I had moved it out and re-scanned and then added the {tvdb-SHOWID} and moved back and scanned, but for whatever reas…

How to find missing shows in library

Plex Media Server

dbirch June 30, 2025, 11:23pm 3

perform the plex dance and then provide a copy of your server logs and the exact filename of a couple episodes.

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How to find missing shows in library

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