This might have been covered, but searching yields all sorts of non-specific cases.
I have a multi-disc movie/musical of Steve Vai Where the Wild Things Are (2009). I named the 2 discs files in the folder according to the instructions. This method worked with Gone with the Wind and Dr. Zhivago. However, the Steve Vai movie requires a manual match and when I do that it does not allow for a contiguous play. I end up with the 2 in the upper left corner and no way to tell which item is which disc.
What is the method to manual match but have it combine into a single movie item?
Ok…
Naming for that movie should be: Steve Vai Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
For Plex to pick up it’s different parts of the same video, there’s certain prerequisites… e.g. the files being in a dedicated movie folder, the stream types and sequences to match etc… and of course last not least the proper naming
Go with the following schema:
Movies <- the folder linked to your Plex library
Steve Vai Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Steve Vai Where the Wild Things Are (2009) - disc1.ext
Steve Vai Where the Wild Things Are (2009) - disc2.ext
Where .ext refers to the file extension; instead of discX you should also be able to use e.g. ptX or partX
While all the dots could work (and might have always worked since you started using this schema)… sticking with a clear name + release year in brackets will make it easier for Plex to understand which is which.
@tom80H appreciate the reply. I followed your recommendation but it still struggled to match. I tried manual and auto using the movie database.
When I used the auto match it collapsed them into a single item with the 2 in the upper left corner. Looking at the XML file, the disc2 is first item. I cannot seem to get it treated as a single 2 disc set.
I must be missing something obvious on cleaning this up. Any further hints?
Plex\Movies\Steve Vai Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Steve Vai Where the Wild Things Are (2009) - disc1.mkv
Steve Vai Where the Wild Things Are (2009) - disc2.mkv
Plex\Movies\Steve Vai Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Steve Vai Where the Wild Things Are (2009) -disc1.mkv
Steve Vai Where the Wild Things Are (2009) -disc2.mkv
Thanks folks. Unfortunately deleting the space didn’t quite fix the problem. However, I used the MKVtoolnix to join the movie. I think there might just be a small gap in function where there are multi-discs AND the scrapper doesn’t pull the correct information. Not a big deal for me. Learning that MKVtool actually helps with other things, such as having a mkv where the default audio track is incorrect and set to forcing. Was able to tweak a few files that where acting up.
