Hi, I have many shows and movies inside subfolders to group them together, i.e
Here I have 3 shows all part of the Stargate franchise, but Plex will only see SG-1 or mismatch the other ones. Is there a solution to this other than moving the folders out?
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Plex canāt āseeā it how you āseeā it, as a franchise.
You will have to separate the three series.
Meaningā¦
/media/tv series/Stargate Atlantis
/media/tv series/Stargate SG-1
/media/tv series/Stargate Universe
And you cannot mix movies and shows in the same library. Sometimes you may get lucky and some of the movies are part of the series and listed under specials.
An example of this is The Ark of Truth
https://www.thetvdb.com/series/stargate-sg-1/seasons/0
You canāt mix Movies and TV Shows.
TV Shows require file names and structures that are basically set in stone.
(do not anger the beast - or it simply wonāt work)
https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/your-media/naming-and-organizing-tv-shows/
Stargate SG-1 āMoviesā can go in a Specials Season, or Specials Folder, be named in accordance with TVDB and theyāll work that way. FileBot will go to TVDB and gather the proper file names. If you donāt use FileBot/Other you have to go to TVDB yourself to reveal:
Then you comply with naming and structuring guidelines:
ā¦ and you get fully populated items that play from On Deck at the moment they are required (these play after Season 10, of course)
All those other, seemingly āunmatchedā items are just that - the unwashed masses. Those āSpecialsā are DVD extras Iāve gathered over the years - they are not listed at TVDB and gather no info.
Until recently they were all āHand-Editedā to perfection, but I had to move a bunch of libraries recently and they got blowed-up-real-good. When I have time Iāll fix those.
As you can see, however the two movies do have info - and when named/structured correctly they populate just fine.
PS:
I also have those Movies in my Sci-Fi Sets Collection. 'causeā¦ why not?
ā¦ and Iām still wiffed they left olā David Blue out there in hyperspaceā¦ to do - who knows what? Sure do wish we had a āMovieā to put a bow on that eternal cliff-hangerā¦
Bastids.
lol
Thanks for the input. Thatās a letdown, I liked having franchise shows/movies all together ;/ Maybe itās possible through a custom plugin? Specials are also an issue
As far as TV Shows and āCollectionsā of same - thatās easy enough:
We are required to separate Movies and TV Shows - unless you make the proper adjustments to their names, add them to Special Seasons, listed as episodes beyond what is already listed, and hand edit as required.
Somewhere in here theseās a āwork-aroundā thatās gonna work for ya. You just have to get your head wrapped around the possibilitiesā¦
How do you make Collections from TV Shows? thought it was only possible for movies.
(edit: nvm found it)
Another big one: (sorted chronologically)
The same way you add Movies:
There really is no difference.
After you make the Collection and have your first TV Show in it - edit the Advanced Section to change the internal sort order, if you like. You can also adjust the Collectionās Sort Order to put it in the big list where you want it.
(I have my TV Show Collections sorted to the front of the list in, āsome kind of order that makes sense to meā.
We donāt have a movie, buuuutā¦ https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Stargate_Universe:_Back_to_Destiny_1
Hmmmmā¦ well, thatās something, I guessā¦ not exactly what I had in mind, butā¦
Yeah. The last dying breath for a cancelled Sci-fi show is the concluding graphic novel.
Ha!
Yea, thatās a good oneā¦ probably funded by SyFy - out of guiltā¦ 
(No, it wasnāt, but it should have been)
Bastids
BTW:
I kinda wish more US TV was like UK TV in that it seems each season is conducted as if it was the last - A Beginning, The Meat, An End.
US TV is: A Beginning, Billions of Dollars on the Meat, Cancelled before The End.
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