Media Library folder and subfolder confusion

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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There are a few quirks with QNAP.

  1. CodexPack is QNAP proprietary and doesn’t work well with anything except QNAP’s software.

  2. Any dotnamed folder will be deleted by QTS when the corresponding software is removed. dot folders are Linux’s “hidden” folders and shouldn’t be used by users.

  3. Use the real shared folder names when you’re working with Plex, e.g.
    – /share/Movies
    – /share/TV
    – /share/Music
    – /share/HomeMovies
    – /share/Photos

  4. Plex allows you to add multiple folders to a library section, For example. Let’s say you curate your media by age. You might have a TV shared folder, sub subfolders for each decade, and then your shows under each appropriately.

  • /share/TV/1980s
  • /share/TV/1990s
  • /share/TV/2000s
  • /share/TV/2010s
  • /share/TV/2020s

  1. Now, let’s suppose, you want to create one TV library section.
    All you need to do is create one TV library section and add each of these 5 top level folders to the TV Library section definition (“Add Folders” tab)
    ( Here, I group mine differently but this shows how to add multiple locations … on a different server platform )

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  2. If you push the grouping down , you run the risk of things being misidentified.
    The structure to use is : <top_level_directory>/SeriesName/Season xx/......

There’s a lot to learn but it’s easy if you play with it.

Here’s the QNAP FAQ.

Of importance to your question, I recommend looking at:

Q14: Where should I put my medias?

I’m sure you’ll have more questions so don’t hesitate. There’s always someone around to help (users or staff)