# Messed up library **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-synology\ **Created:** [December 19, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/messed-up-library/899397 "2024-12-19T23:57:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shawnallin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@shawnallin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shawnallin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/messed-up-library/899397/1 "2024-12-19T23:57:26Z")
Server Version#: 4.141.0 Player Version#: n/a I have created 2 libaries, one for my movies, one for TV Shows. They point to folder trees on the same Synology DS418J NAS as Plex servier is running. The Movie library seems to have scanned correctly, but the TV one is totally screwy. One example is my Dexter shows. The folder structure is Television/Drama/Dexter/Season XX/Episodes I think I have the naming convention correct (although I didn’t include the year) E.g. In the Season 01 folder, I have “Dexter - S01E01 - Dexter.mp4”, etc. Once Plex has scanned the library, I’m seeing different series’ episodes mixed in with the Dexter ones. I’ve attached files to show an example of the file hierarchy and what it looks like in Plex. ![Plex file structure](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/0/6/4/064528452d307d44ab83d323836f3e84b287373f.jpeg) ![Plex db view](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/e/8/8/e88a911b5bc2a00072491df3a0155a1e8a3cfa09.jpeg) Also, I have Comedy Series and Drama folders (Dexter is in the Drama one) with many shows. Plex has only listed 3 in total. Any help would be appreciated. Regards, Shawn Allin ---
**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 20, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/messed-up-library/899397/2 "2024-12-20T00:01:26Z")
Keep in mind that Plex is pretty strict about folder structures when it comes to tv-series based content. If you point your library at `Television` while having subfolders for different categories, that’s due to fail. If you must have those subfolders, you need to point the Plex library to each of them, e.g. `Television/Drama`, `Television/Documentaries`, `Television/Comedy`… ---
**Author:** ![shawnallin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@shawnallin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shawnallin)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/messed-up-library/899397/3 "2024-12-20T01:16:46Z")
Ok, thanks. I’ll give that a try. ---
**Author:** ![shawnallin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@shawnallin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shawnallin)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/messed-up-library/899397/4 "2024-12-20T18:43:15Z")
That seems to be a vast improvement. I do have one observation however; I get that metadata/thumbnails, etc can get screwed up if naming conventions aren’t followed correctly, but having Plex randomize what video is pointed to by what icon is not good. I randomly chose episodes out of 3rd Rock from the Sun and got: Startrek, Beverly Hillbillies, Maude, etc. It didn’t give me a lot of confidence in Plex. ---
**Author:** ![BanzaiInstitute](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/banzaiinstitute/32/293273_2.png) [@BanzaiInstitute](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BanzaiInstitute)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/messed-up-library/899397/5 "2024-12-20T19:10:31Z")
The organization rules are so important, I think the system should do a sanity check and warn you if things are not to spec. Problems like these are probably THE most common questions. ---
**Author:** ![MarkV1320](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@MarkV1320](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MarkV1320)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/messed-up-library/899397/6 "2024-12-21T03:37:43Z")
> but having Plex randomize what video is pointed to by what icon is not good. If your folder structure and file naming is correct Dwight Schrute says this is false. Randomly choose another 3rd Rock from the Sun episode (or better yet choose one that you say played a incorrect show earlier) click the 3 dots, click Get info and post a screen shot of the folder structure and file name. Like so. ![Capture](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/b/b/6/bb68dc6d7756272162598b99ff48da6608698459.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Karol77758](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Karol77758](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Karol77758)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/messed-up-library/899397/7 "2025-01-27T19:10:28Z")
Can someone explain to me how Plex managed to link completely different files to one series and season. (two entirely different files, difrett folder, subfolder, and eaven titles don’t match)? I don’t even have the option to manually click - remove from list. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/3/6/336d250dd33a20e6898f0c3721b4e352d25d81c1.png) ---
**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:** [January 27, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/messed-up-library/899397/8 "2025-01-27T20:13:37Z")
Same question as above: Which folder(s) from that list of paths are linked to your library? Independent of that, your file names are quite far off from the official naming schema. That’s always a possible cause for things getting mixed up. [https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/) ---
**Author:** ![Karol77758](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Karol77758](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Karol77758)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/messed-up-library/899397/9 "2025-01-27T21:51:21Z")
All TV Show are in: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/d/a/0/da045e9d3d988869c4177c1b1cdd01ff40db6976.png) Structure inside {TV show name}{Season X/Book X}{fileName} in most cases the structure is mix my language (PL) and ENG e.g. “Seriale\Avatar Legenda Anga\Księga 1 Woda{fileName}” or “Seriale\Czrodziejki\Charmed - Season 1 - [01-22] - DVDRip{fileName}” In most cases everything is ok. only about 10 series out of 100 have something mixed up. e.g - “Seriale\Czrodziejki” - OK - “Seriale\Dark Angel (Cień anioła)\Sezon xx” - Plex detects as some kind of anime But you are right after I added imdb markings to folders e.g. “Cień anioła {imdb-tt0204993}” - everything started working much better ---
**Author:** ![dbirch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f19dbf/32.png) [@dbirch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dbirch)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/messed-up-library/899397/10 "2025-01-28T00:04:31Z")
I would recommend referencing [https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/) and I would also recommend using the `{tvdb-NUMBER}` in the foldername of the show ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/messed-up-library/899397/11 "2025-04-28T00:05:30Z")
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