Multiple of same TV episode not showing in Plex

As an example I have two listings:

  1. The Rain S02E01 1080 WEB H264.mkv
  2. The Rain S02E01 1080 WEB X265.mkv

Listing 1 was added weeks before and that is what shows in Plex. Now listing 2 has been added in another folder. The only one that shows in Plex is listing 1. I did move listing 2 file to listing 1’s folder and it is still not being seen by Plex.

I know in movies it shows if there are two of the same movies.

It depends on what you are expecting to see and where.

Go to the preplay page of this episode.
Then look at the Plex media info of it.
Do you see one file path or two?

Seems to be working similarly on tv show episodes.
Keep in mind there’s no visual indicator on the episode thumb.


I‘m currently misusing this for editions of the same episode, knowing that versions and editions aren’t the same.

Edit: current representation in the new mobile app:

I’m on the Desktop GUI so it is a little different but I did find the option to “View Files” and it does show both. Knowing if there are duplicates is quit nested in Plex for TV shows.

Apparently there is no easier way to show duplicates in TV?

What do you have in mind?

Set your tv show library to Episodes view mode.
Enable the Duplicates filter.

That works :slight_smile:

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