I have a theory. Typically PMS will not scan the BDMV folder, because PMS will not support disk image formats. You have the option in PMS enabled for “Update my library automatically”. So when the files are being added, PMS ignores the fact that the file is in the BDMV folder and adds it to the library. When you manually update the library, it now sees that the files are in the BDMV folder and removed them from the library because it’s not suppose to be allowed.
If adding movies this way worked in the past, you were basically using a loophole in Plex’s scanning logic. I would suggest getting rid of the disc structure and just keep the actual video file inside a regular folder.
@MovieFan.Plex said:
I have a theory. Typically PMS will not scan the BDMV folder, because PMS will not support disk image formats. You have the option in PMS enabled for “Update my library automatically”. So when the files are being added, PMS ignores the fact that the file is in the BDMV folder and adds it to the library. When you manually update the library, it now sees that the files are in the BDMV folder and removed them from the library because it’s not suppose to be allowed.
If adding movies this way worked in the past, you were basically using a loophole in Plex’s scanning logic. I would suggest getting rid of the disc structure and just keep the actual video file inside a regular folder.
I took the M2TS file & put it in the 300 folder. It added the movie back but now I have 0 metadata. Even a hour ago when all the movies came back I still had the BDMV folder in place.
@anon18523487 said:
I have a theory. Typically PMS will not scan the BDMV folder, because PMS will not support disk image formats. You have the option in PMS enabled for “Update my library automatically”. So when the files are being added, PMS ignores the fact that the file is in the BDMV folder and adds it to the library. When you manually update the library, it now sees that the files are in the BDMV folder and removed them from the library because it’s not suppose to be allowed.
If adding movies this way worked in the past, you were basically using a loophole in Plex’s scanning logic. I would suggest getting rid of the disc structure and just keep the actual video file inside a regular folder.
I took the M2TS file & put it in the 300 folder. It added the movie back but now I have 0 metadata. Even a hour ago when all the movies came back I still had the BDMV folder in place.
Even a hour ago when all the movies came back I still had the BDMV folder in place.
Right, this is due to that loophole I was describing. Just doing something to the folders (such as deleting or renaming them) will cause the scanner to pick up the individual files as part of the automatic update procedure without looking at the actual name of the folder.
Now, it is finding the file regardless since it is no longer in the bdmv folder but due to the filename being 0000, it is not getting matched. The 300 that you see is coming from the name of the folder. Try renaming the file to 300 (2006).m2ts. If that doesn’t work you might have the default agent wrong. Edit the library and check what agent is listed in the drop down.
Even a hour ago when all the movies came back I still had the BDMV folder in place.
Right, this is due to that loophole I was describing. Just doing something to the folders (such as deleting or renaming them) will cause the scanner to pick up the individual files as part of the automatic update procedure without looking at the actual name of the folder.
Now, it is finding the file regardless since it is no longer in the bdmv folder but due to the filename being 0000, it is not getting matched. The 300 that you see is coming from the name of the folder. Try renaming the file to 300 (2006).m2ts. If that doesn’t work you might have the default agent wrong. Edit the library and check what agent is listed in the drop down.
I’m renaming the files & they’re showing up but I don’t know what to do about the movies that have more than 1 M2TS file.
@MU510 said:
I’m renaming the files & they’re showing up but I don’t know what to do about the movies that have more than 1 M2TS file.
2 possibilities:
copy the parts together in binary mode. This may not always work.
This is for Windows, it must be done on the command line. copy /b 0000.m2ts +0001.m2ts +0002.m2ts chained.m2ts
0000.m2ts, 0001.m2ts and 0002.m2ts are the parts which need to be “chained”
chained.m2ts is the filename into which the result of the copy process shall be written
the better way: let MakeMKV loose on your ‘disc folder’ You will get one single mkv file per movie, which contains all the audio and subtitle tracks you select.
@MU510 said:
I’m renaming the files & they’re showing up but I don’t know what to do about the movies that have more than 1 M2TS file.
2 possibilities:
copy the parts together in binary mode. This may not always work.
This is for Windows, it must be done on the command line. copy /b 0000.m2ts +0001.m2ts +0002.m2ts chained.m2ts
0000.m2ts, 0001.m2ts and 0002.m2ts are the parts which need to be “chained”
chained.m2ts is the filename into which the result of the copy process shall be written
the better way: let MakeMKV loose on your ‘disc folder’ You will get one single mkv file per movie, which contains all the audio and subtitle tracks you select.
Does this program work for files that already exist or only for when copying a disc?
@MU510 said:
I’m using it now but it’s taking a really long time.
If you are dealing with uncompressed BR rips (several Gigabytes per movie), it is very helpful to have more than one hard disk drive in your workstation.
That way you can read the files from one drive and let the remuxed version write to the second, thus “ping-ponging” the data from drive to drive, which is much faster.
Until you are done with remuxing and all the preparatory stuff, then copy the finished file to your plex media file storage, which can be on a NAS or on a second machine or an external hard rive.
@MU510 said:
I’m using it now but it’s taking a really long time.
If you are dealing with uncompressed BR rips (several Gigabytes per movie), it is very helpful to have more than one hard disk drive in your workstation.
That way you can read the files from one drive and let the remuxed version write to the second, thus “ping-ponging” the data from drive to drive, which is much faster.
Until you are done with remuxing and all the preparatory stuff, then copy the finished file to your plex media file storage, which can be on a NAS or on a second machine or an external hard rive.
Which adds to the problem. Performance with these drives can be a little “underwhelming” sometimes.
Try this:
drag the m2ts files from your mycloud drive into MKVtoolnix, but at the bottom, where you set the destination of the MKV file, put a folder on your local drive, on your computer.
Then let it process the files. When it’s finished and plays OK with a desktop video player software, rename it according to the Plex naming rules.
Then copy the finished file back onto your mycloud drive.
This approach may be ultimately faster, than trying to do it all on the mycloud drive.
Which adds to the problem. Performance with these drives can be a little “underwhelming” sometimes.
Try this:
drag the m2ts files from your mycloud drive into MKVtoolnix, but at the bottom, where you set the destination of the MKV file, put a folder on your local drive, on your computer.
Then let it process the files. When it’s finished and plays OK with a desktop video player software, rename it according to the Plex naming rules.
Then copy the finished file back onto your mycloud drive.
This approach may be ultimately faster, than trying to do it all on the mycloud drive.
What I’m probably goin to within the next week or 2 is purchase the Seagate 8TB desktop drive because I’m already using up over a TB of space on the my cloud drive. That might be a little faster since it’s USB 3.0
@MU510 said:
What I’m probably goin to within the next week or 2 is purchase the Seagate 8TB desktop drive because I’m already using up over a TB of space on the my cloud drive. That might be a little faster since it’s USB 3.0
You will still be running into speed issues if you read the files from the same drive to where you are also writing the processed data.
“Ping Pong” is definitely better, as long as we are using mechanical drives and not SSDs.
Even a hour ago when all the movies came back I still had the BDMV folder in place.
Right, this is due to that loophole I was describing. Just doing something to the folders (such as deleting or renaming them) will cause the scanner to pick up the individual files as part of the automatic update procedure without looking at the actual name of the folder.
Now, it is finding the file regardless since it is no longer in the bdmv folder but due to the filename being 0000, it is not getting matched. The 300 that you see is coming from the name of the folder. Try renaming the file to 300 (2006).m2ts. If that doesn’t work you might have the default agent wrong. Edit the library and check what agent is listed in the drop down.
I’m renaming the files & they’re showing up but I don’t know what to do about the movies that have more than 1 M2TS file.
I’ve renamed a majority of the files but 1 i thing I noticed when I view the info in Plex is that before it would say the type of soundtrack it is like Dolby True HD, DTS HD Master Audio Or LPCM. For some movies it doesn’t even indicate it anymore nor does it say weather it’s a 5.1 or 7.1 track. Anyway I can get that info back?
