When creating a new library one show will have episodes from a bunch of other different folders added in as if they were that show. Case in point.
/public/video/tv shows/Peacemaker and it will have a /Season 1 folder. When I use the player interface on the server interface browser, it will say Peacemaker has 27 seasons. When I look at Peacemaker, it will show way different episode counts, like Season 1 will have 53 episodes, and if I look at the season, it has episodes from maybe 8 other shows, which are in their own folders. I tried deleting the entire library, fixed some folder names and added everything back and it’s done the same thing, now with Peacemaker.
My folders and season are all named properly, and I don’t understand why files in other folders are being added to this one.
Also is there anyway to just delete one show, like Peacemaker, and then add it back ? In the last iteration of the library, removing the media files and the Peacemaker directory did not cause the show to be removed from the library display, so I deleted the whole library, but problem still exists. I’ve filescanned and there is no other hidden “Peacemaker” directory.
When you created the library, which folder did you add to the library?
It should be exactly tv shows. Not even a single level above, nor below of that.
You only add /tv shows.
Never add any other folder levels – particularly if they are inside the same folder that you already added before.
Keeping the proper folder structure is immensely important when dealing with TV shows in Plex: https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/
Failing to do so will get you exactly the kind of issues that you are dealing with now.
Do you have “automatic library scans” activated?
Are the mixed-in episodes in mp4 format, perhaps? If they are, check them for embedded metadata. Or disable “prefer local metadata” in the properties of the library, then perform the Plex Dance with all mixed up shows.
Is this a single show, or is this a subfolder used for thematic grouping?
If the latter, you cannot use this with Plex. There must be no additional folder levels than what is shown in the linked naming guide.
ok, that’s fine. I had just copied out all the bad show folders like /ufo before I added the library back, in the hope that this time it won’t get messed up. As I fix each show, I’ll copy the folder back to the main library and let plex just scan it back in.
