Server Version#: Player Version#: <If providing server logs please do NOT turn on verbose logging, only debug logging should be enabled> Plex will not add a few of my movies to a Library. Most made it and I’ve edited a lot of the Metadata for other movies. So, if I delete the Library and start ov…

did you place them in folders with the years? for example Pete’s Dragon there are 2 versions, one is set to: media/Movies/Pete’s Dragon (1977)/Pete’s Dragon.mkv and the other: media/Movies/Pete’s Dragon (2016)/Pete’s Dragon 2016.mkv if it helps, here is the script that I use in MusicBrainz Pica…

how are the files organized on drive. I’m wondering if they just got merged in as a duplicate of some other movie

[image] gbreb: P.S. if you’d like to get the Server and Player versions, where can I find them? Plex Android TV Client Server: Settings → Plex Media Server ( Plex Docs → -> Nvidia Shield → Setting Up and Managing Plex Media Server on NVIDIA SHIELD ) Client: Settings. Look in lower right co…

Yes they’re in the proper folders, etc. The problem is a conflict with “Blade Runner” and “Blade Runner 2049” Also with “Poseidon” and the “The Poseidon Adventure”. I checked the “Info” on “Poseidon” and it shows 2 files: [Screenshot 2026-01-29 161138] Simply renaming the files (in the Windows fo…

You are not putting them in separate folders for each movie. Put the year of the movies in parenthesis at the end as well. You can also add the IMDb is in {} at the end. This is all mentioned in the articles. This type of issue is why doing those things recommended in the articles others linked

[image] BigWheel: Put the year of the movies in parenthesis at the end as well. I can attest that if you’re using bulk folders (I do similarly though working on fixing that ), then including the year in parenthesis after the title in the file name really needs to be there at least for movies w…

I couldn’t possibly put everything in separate folders - including my music it would be hundreds of folders.

Yes. And it’ll make a noticeable difference on the performance when scanning your library. There’s apps like FileBot that can help naming/organizing your files if you feel this is too much work. Using dedicated folders for each movie will also simplify managing local assets (posters, clear logs, ba…

But you absolutely should :laughing: In my music folder along, I have 219GB of music, Containing 14292 songs and 704 folder. There is a degree of manual work to it but there are very much applications out there that can help. Musicbrainz Picard to give an example, which is what I use, there is a t…

So, as suggested, I created separate folders for Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, Poseidon, The Poseidon Adventure - didn’t work. I didn’t think it would if the software can’t differentiate between files with similar names - how could it for folders?

Missing Movies In A Library

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files

MarkV1320 January 30, 2026, 10:55pm 12

Did you do a Plex Dance after you created the folders?

If you follow the file naming instructions it will work.

https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-movie-media-files/

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