Missing files / mistaken seasons with all agents

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Server Version#: 1.25.0.5246-7000
Player Version#: WEB/Samsung TV

I have some issues with a specific series of shows.
I have digitized a DVD collection of Sherlock Holmes. 4 series with a few seasons each.
I have directory and naming like this:

S:\Crime\Sherlock Holmes
	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)
		Season 01
			The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S01E01 - A Scandal in Bohemia.mkv
			The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S01E02 - The Dancing Men.mkv
			The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S01E03 - The Naval Treaty.mkv
			The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S01E04 - The Solitary Cyclist.mkv
			The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S01E05 - The Crooked Man.mkv
			The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S01E06 - The Speckled Band.mkv
			The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S01E07 - The Blue Carbuncle.mkv
		Season 02
			The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S02E01 - The Copper Beeches.mkv
			The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S02E02 - The Greek Interpreter.mkv
			The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S02E03 - The Norwood Builder.mkv
			The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S02E04 - The Resident Patient.mkv
			The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S02E05 - The Red-Headed League.mkv
			The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - S02E06 - The Final Problem.mkv

	The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991)
		Season 01
			The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes - S01E01 - The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax.mkv
			The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes - S01E02 - The Problem of Thor Bridge.mkv
			The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes - S01E03 - Shoscombe Old Place.mkv
			The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes - S01E04 - The Boscombe Valley Mystery.mkv
			The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes - S01E05 - The Illustrious Client.mkv
			The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes - S01E06 - The Creeping Man.mkv
		Season 02
			The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes - S02E01 - The Master Blackmailer.mkv
		Season 03
			The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes - S03E01 - The Last Vampyre.mkv
			The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes - S03E02 - The Eligible Bachelor.mkv

	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994)
		Season 01
			The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - S01E01 - The Three Gables.mkv
			The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - S01E02 - The Dying Detective.mkv
			The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - S01E03 - The Golden Pince-Nez.mkv
			The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - S01E04 - The Red Circle.mkv
			The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - S01E05 - The Mazarin Stone.mkv
			The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - S01E06 - The Cardboard Box.mkv
			
	The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)
		Season 01
			The Return of Sherlock Holmes - S01E01 - The Empty House.mkv
			The Return of Sherlock Holmes - S01E02 - The Abbey Grange.mkv
			The Return of Sherlock Holmes - S01E03 - The Musgrave Ritual.mkv
			The Return of Sherlock Holmes - S01E04 - The Second Stain.mkv
			The Return of Sherlock Holmes - S01E05 - The Man with the Twisted Lip.mkv
			The Return of Sherlock Holmes - S01E06 - The Priory School.mkv
			The Return of Sherlock Holmes - S01E07 - The Six Napoleons.mkv
		Season 02
			The Return of Sherlock Holmes - S02E01 - The Devil's Foot.mkv
			The Return of Sherlock Holmes - S02E02 - Silver Blaze.mkv
			The Return of Sherlock Holmes - S02E03 - Wisteria Lodge.mkv
			The Return of Sherlock Holmes - S02E04 - The Bruce Partington Plans.mkv

The problem with this is that it will only recognice “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”, and add a random “season 03” from The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes.

Each of these are separate series, but somehow still identified as just one.

Any idea how I can force Plex to get all 4 series? Is my naming wrong? Or is there something wrong with the agent detection?

Thanks.

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Which folder did you add to the TV Library, Crime or Sherlock Holmes?

If Crime, Plex does not support subfolders such as Sherlock Holmes for TV series.

Move the shows to the Crime folder instead of Sherlock Holmes.

s:\crime\The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)
s:\crime\The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991)
etc.

If you have all your crime shows grouped by franchise and want to keep them that way, you can add each franchise folder to the TV library instead of the Crime folder.

This lets you keep your preferred organization and also adhere to Plex’s requirements.

EDIT: Add “General” folder as catch-all for all other shows, as recommended by @DracoChronicles.

For example:

s:\crime\Sherlock Holmes  <-- Add to "Crime" TV Library
......\The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984)
......\The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991)
etc
s:\crime\Law & Order  <-- Add to "Crime" TV Library
......\Law & Order Special Victims Unit
......\Law & Order Criminal Intent
etc
s:\crime\CSI  <-- Add to "Crime" TV Library
......\CSI
......\CSI New York
etc
s:\crime\General <-- "catch all" for non-franchise shows.  Add to "Crime" TV Library
......\Lie to Me
......\Dexter
etc
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Thanks.

I was not aware that subfolders was not supported within TV-series
I will see what I can do about it. Move them one step down then, or do like your second suggestion. Will see how it looks. It’s not only the estetics of the Plex server, that I think is important, but also the organization of the file-structure :slight_smile:

Subforlder support, might be a good suggestion for an improvement?

Thanks again.

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Alright, so I immidately found a problem on your second suggestion.

Since I have some series that are not part of a theme or franchise, I would still like to have the standard CRIME folder added, but adding the folder crim\Sherlock Holmes to the library did nothing.
I think I would have to organize all in subfolders, and add them all to the CRIME category.

\volume1\Crime\CSI
\volume1\Crime\NCIS
\Volume1\Crime\Law & Order
\volume1\Crime\Sherlock Holmes
\volume1\Crime\Agatha Christie

And for good show, add a “general folder” to the structure for non-franchise/theme shows

\volume1\Crime\General

And move all standard single shows there.
\general\Lie to me
\general\Dexter

etc.

Do you agree this would be the way?
Would like to have a confirmation before I start moving everything… :slight_smile:

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Precisely.

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Yes. I edited my post to add such a folder.

Otto already confirmed, but yes.

FWIW, I’m doing something similar with my movies, splitting them into sub-folders based on first letter in the file name, then adding the sub-folders to my Plex movie library.

I did this to make backups easier, not because of any Plex issue, but Plex works just fine with it.

/movies/#-d/  <-- add to Movies library
/movies/e-h/  <-- add to Movies library
...
/movies/w-z/  <-- add to Movies library

/movies is larger than any one of my external USB drives. Using subfolders makes it easier to backup to multiple USB drives. Nothing magic about four letters per subfolder, it was just easy.

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