# Library not displaying properly **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [December 7, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-not-displaying-properly/762859 "2021-12-07T17:04:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ocunha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ocunha/32/263063_2.png) [@ocunha](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ocunha)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-not-displaying-properly/762859/1 "2021-12-07T17:04:09Z")
Server Version#: 1.38.0.2734-ec4489fe Player Version#: I’m new here and frankly I’m getting frustrated… I’m sure I’m doing something wrong; I fear it’s a case of ‘can’t see the wood for trees…’ Any help greatly appreciated. I have dozens of TV shows that I have sorted into folders in the following way: \TV Shows\Automotive\Top Gear\Season 1 When I first installed PLEX server the scan only picked up a few of the shows and after a quick search I thought I had it sussed as the naming convention was incorrect. I have started editing file names to accommodate the convention. But still no joy. I have ‘scan my library periodically’ on and set to 15 minutes. I have checked the logs and the process appears (ocassionally) to be processing these ‘new’ folders, but overall it appears to be getting worse. I have now moved Top Gear to \TV Shows\Top Gear\Season 1 and allowed the process to do it’s thing and still no luck. In fact the process has now run twice since I dragged the folder to the root and it’s failed to recognise there has been a change. Saying that there seems to be an exception the rule; ‘24’ seems to be fine despite following an incorrect convention!! (24.s01e01.blahblah) To further infuriate me; now even files that were at least playable before (but not in the correct folder) appear to be ‘unavailable’. Do I just have too much? Is PLEX incapable of handling just 3Tb of TV shows? Can’t be. Where am I going wrong? Cheers ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-not-displaying-properly/762859/2 "2021-12-07T19:32:17Z")
I suggest you re-review your files. Make sure the folders are properly organized with no extra levels – it appears you already considered that for Top Gear by dropping the `Automotive` folder. Similarly make sure the files are named ok – Ideally they should be following the schema ` - sXXeYY - optional information that'll be ignored.ext` (where `XX` is the season number, `YY` is the episode number and `.ext` is a placeholder for your actual file extension). When you’re done, create a new TV Show type library and point it to the `TV Shows` folder. # I suspect things got a bit crazy in your current setup due to the moving of files which Plex had already indexed. ---
**Author:** ![ocunha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ocunha/32/263063_2.png) [@ocunha](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ocunha)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-not-displaying-properly/762859/3 "2021-12-14T16:14:15Z")
Thanks for your response. Sorry for the tardy reply; been away… After rebooting PLEX has starting re-indexing. Still randomly cataloging items that are nested in sub-folders and also not following name convention… I’ll play some more… Thanks again ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/library-not-displaying-properly/762859/4 "2022-03-14T16:15:03Z")
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