Server Version#: 1.25.9.5721-965587f64 Since the last time that I updated Plex Media Server on my Windows machine (few days ago) the file name pattern for all of my tv shows has stopped working, and now when I update my library Plex just deletes all my tv shows because it does not “find” any episod…

[image] CSG1986: PS: please avoid pointing me to this link , the important thing is that these chars [] were working by default, and now it does not work anymore. It should exist a specific reason for it. “But officer, I’ve always travelled at 5 MPH over the posted speed limit here; I’ve neve…

[image] pshanew: My suspicion is that Plex is more formally enforcing the idea that information in square brackets be ignored by the scanner(s). Doing so allows folks to do dumb things, like leave their “scene” naming scheme intact (inside the brackets). I have also gleaned from reading the f…

[image] CWallace: P.S. Plex seems to use the curly brackets for the TVDB/TMDB/IMDB Id’s. May not want to substitute those even though they work now. Completely agreed; use the suggested naming conventions.

[image] CSG1986: [S01-E02] Above has never been supported, use S01E01 instead Also note, that a square bracket tells the agents/scanners to ignore everything they contains! Correct naming would be like: Magic Knight Rayearth (1994) {tmdb-34158} <--- Show folde…

I stumbled upon this change recently when a show stopped scraping. I’ve been using Plex since just after it stopped being OSXBMC. A large portion of those years I used the default naming convention of tvnamer. This uses the bracketed format [SSxEE], not exactly what OP used, but close. After a fair…

[image] onekmilesbehind: preferred format I’m sorry, but fail to find the word preferred in the tech article For season based shows it says: To name season-based shows create files with the season and episode notation sXXeXX Ref: https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-…

Most people only come here when there is a problem so they end up missing the discussions and development announcements. [image] [BETA] New Plex TV Series Scanner Metadata & Adding Files With the release of Plex Media Server 1.22.0 today you’ll now have a new …

[image] pl_5309: Most people only come here when there is a problem so they end up missing the discussions and development announcements. For sure, there are a ton of different aspects to Plex and I absolutely don’t keep abreast with all the changes by any means. I do scan the forums every fe…

[image] onekmilesbehind: There was never an instruction to rename your entire library to be compliant with the official format … Up until a recent update the scanner kept referencing other naming formats The documentation is consistent about how to name TV show files. 2014: It is importan…

My TV shows name patterns stopped working

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Most people only come here when there is a problem so they end up missing the discussions and development announcements.

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My TV shows name patterns stopped working

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