Naming convention is fine, but Plex still wont index

General Discussions
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I have several tv episodes that are named correcty but plex still wont pick them up. It insists on showing only 8 of 50 some odd episodes and names them “episode 1, episode 5, etc” even though that isnt the name. Is there a way to just force the index of the files no mater what so i can view the rest of the files??

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Go to Settings - Server - Agents - Shows - TheTVDB
In there, grab the line ‘Local Media Assets’ with your mouse and drag it downwards, so it ends up being at the bottom of the stack of active agents.
Repeat the same under
Settings - Server - Agents - Shows - TheMovieDatabase
+
Settings - Server - Agents - Movies - Plex Movie
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Settings - Server - Agents - Movies - TheMovieDatabase

Afterwards, perform the Plex Dance

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These steps didnt work

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Please tell me your file names and how you put them into subfolders

TV shows in Plex in general:

  1. Look up your show on TheTVDB
  2. Take the title as it is used on TheTVDB. If there is something in parentheses, take that too. If the title contains invalid characters (depends on your file system), like § : % *, simply leave them out.
  3. Check the naming and the folder structure of your show. Name the top folder of the show exactly after the title on TheTVDB. No abbreviations. No additional subfolders. No aliases.
  4. Name the episode files according to the above linked naming guide. Use the same title as for the top folder. Show's Title - s01e01 - additional info.ext (’- additional info’ can be left out)
  5. After you corrected the naming and folder structure, perform the Plex Dance with all files for this show.