I know Mythbusters is a complex subject since they released them one way, and then renumbered the episodes when they were released on DVD, so what my sagetv listed them when they were recorded had to be changed when I removed the commercials and saved them for use on Plex. The problem is, despite t…

Plex is using TheTVDB as its default metadata source for tv shows. So make sure that your episode numbers do follow what is used on there. Since you are using mp4 files, there might be incorrect metadata embedded in your files. Do this to prevent them to be used: Go to Settings - Server - Agen…

Thanks, I made the change and will try the dance when I’m done watching…

It wasn’t clear how to make it ‘clean bundles’ on demand after emptying the trash. Is there a way to trigger that? Thanks again!

Yea, I clicked on that and it jhsut explains what it is and when it runs, not any way to trigger it manually. I ended up just changing the run time to the top of the next hour and waited before re-adding the files. Subsequently, all episodes now show up as “Episode1” “Episode2” etc… Even tried ‘Ref…

[image] 229Mick: Yea, I clicked on that and it jhsut explains what it is and when it runs the text itself is a link. If you follow it, you will get to https://support.plex.tv/articles/200392106-library-actions/ which then shows the place where the command can be accessed. You just need to scr…

Thanks for your patience and help. I had followed that and just found; "Clean Bundles Poster images and other metadata for items in your library are kept in “bundle” packages. When you remove items from your library, these bundles aren’t immediately removed. Removing these old bundles can reduce …

Take a look at this screenshot: [image]

Can’t imagine how I missed that! I’ll run through the whole process again just to be safe and let you know if they come back with the episode names this time. Thanks again!

OK, ran through ‘the dance’ again and ended up with the ‘episode 1’ ‘episode 2’ thing again. Any suggestions? Thanks again!

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