Server Version#: 4.132.2 Player Version#: Unknown <If providing server logs please do NOT turn on verbose logging, only debug logging should be enabled> I have created a new folder called Shorts. I added this Library as Other Videos, Plex Scanner. When I add video files (MP4) to the folder and ru…

An other-video type library will expect videos named as movies – so if your files are named/organized like a tv-show, the scanner might skip them. There’s some other options like permissions (though that should not be an issue if you’re running the server under your own account and you can see/acces…

The test file I added is named Janis Joplin bitches about European audiences.MP4. I run Scan Library Files and nothing gets added. I am running the server under my own account and I can see and access the video.

Any embedded metadata that could identify the video differently?

I removed all embedded tags and tried again. Still nothing.

My menu doesn’t look like that. Mine has Unpin, Reorder, Scan Library Files, Grant Access and Manage Library. Under Manage Library is has Edit, Reorder, Empty Trash, Analyze, and Delete. I emptied the folder, emptied the trash, checked the filename and made sure all tags were gone, moved the file ba…

New Personal Video Folder Not Finding Files

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tom80H August 9, 2024, 4:54am 6

If there had been embedded tags which somehow misled Plex, you might need to perform a Plex Dance.

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New Personal Video Folder Not Finding Files

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