Currently, Plex handles multiple episodes in a somewhat inconvenient way. If, and only if, your episode format begins with S## E##-E##, it will detect that the file is for multiple episodes and then, under the season folder, show entries for each episode in the range that all link to the same file. …

This is basic stuff. Plex should list a multi part episode as one episode if that’s how the file is named and call it (e.g.): Season 1, episode 1 - 2. Example episode (1) - Example episode (2) If you’ve watched that episode then you’ve episodes 1-2. If you pause it and come back to it; it s…

Ah yeah, I can see that. I guess the only real reason I think of TVDB as doing it “wrong” is that a lot of physical media combines the episodes, so when I rip them from my collection, I’m either faced with the extra step of splitting them (which I don’t do) or I’ve just gotta live with the fact that…

I have already voted, Plex should improve the way of managing it.

I, too, would appreciate updating the playback algorithm such that multi-part episodes continue playing the next episode in line, not repeating the same file over and over.

165 votes…surely that’s enough for such a simple fix Elan…pretty please :slight_smile:

[image] borg10: 165 votes Take a look here… [image] Google home integration Feature Suggestions Please integrate with Google home. I’d suggest starting with simple stuff in the mobile app and working up from there.

If you look at my own post at the bottom of the Google Home thread you’ll see that Plex has said “there are technical limitations preventing us from supporting it at this time”. There’s no technical limitations holding back multi-episode files :slight_smile:

:roll_eyes: Slight difference in the work effort required!

[image] borg10: Slight difference in the work effort required Always, right? lol.

Probably not, but in this case…

[implemented] Change how Plex Handles Multi-Episode Files

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NewPlaza February 26, 2019, 7:27am 55

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[implemented] Change how Plex Handles Multi-Episode Files

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