# Multiparted movies

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiparted-movies/724784>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [June 26, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiparted-movies/724784 "2021-06-26T06:51:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThomasCSR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/thomascsr/32/12675_2.png) [@ThomasCSR](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ThomasCSR)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiparted-movies/724784/1 "2021-06-26T06:51:42Z")

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#### Version 1.23.3.4707

I have a few movies with more than one part. I placed them in the same folder as ”movie file pt1.mkv”, ”movie file pt2.mkv” and so forth.

Sometimes Plex recognize these files as parts of the same movie and sometimes it doesn’t. If recognized as part of the same movie I can’t split them up. If Plex see then as different editions of the same movie it’s possible to split them (and as I see it, I have to do so to gain access to part 2).

How do Plex distinguish two parts of the same movie to one movie in two editions?

Is there any way I can gain control of this?

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiparted-movies/724784/2 "2021-06-26T10:45:09Z")

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Movies which were recognized by Plex as multi-part cannot be split.  
The rules to achieve multi-part are explained here [https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-movie-media-files#toc-2](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-movie-media-files#toc-2)

All other movies may be recognized as different _versions_ of the same movie. These can be split.

Please provide actual filenames for either case, so we can investigate why it is detected as multi-part or not.

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**Author:** ![ThomasCSR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/thomascsr/32/12675_2.png) [@ThomasCSR](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ThomasCSR)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiparted-movies/724784/3 "2021-06-26T18:36:02Z")

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Thank you.  
Seems I’d been using random notification for this. Once corrected it works perfectly.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiparted-movies/724784/4 "2021-09-24T18:36:37Z")

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