New Plex-server doesn't find all TV Shows

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Looking at your logs I think you might want to review some of your file naming.

Example:

  • name the season folders based on the English word Season XX – not _Staffel X - HD or _Staffel X - FHD
  • there’s a weird mix of duplicate episodes, e.g.
    • 24.S01E01.German.AC3D.DL.1080p.WebRip.x265-FuN.mkv
    • infotv-24_s01e01_720p-HEVC.mkv
  • For multi-episode files, make sure to include the proper pattern in the episode file name → sXXeYY-eZZ (I found a few occurrences where you missed the - between the first/last episode numbers in those files)
  • Preferably make sure the <show name> part of the episode names matches the base name of the show-level folder – e.g. if the show is named The Office (US), name the episodes The Office (US) - sXXeYY - optional information.ext (where XX is a placeholder for the season number, YY for the episode number and .ext for the file extension)

The file names are close enough that Plex COULD under certain circumstances digest them. I suppose it’s the entirety of the different deviations that could throw Plex off. Therefore I suggest you fix your file names / folder structure before testing this again.

As per @dbirch’s suggestion… after so many changes it will be best if you can do a full Plex Dance before rescanning the library files (or test things with a new library).

Edit:
some more examples of bad names:

  • Community > Staffel 01 > ComIDL.01.avi → should be: Community > Season 01 > Community - s01e01.avi
  • Heartland > Staffel 4 > g-heartland.s04e01-xvid.avi → should be Heartland > Season 04 > Heartland - s04e01.avi
  • Heartland > Staffel 5 > crisp-heartland-s05e01.avi → should be Heartland > Season 05 > Heartland - s05e01.avi
  • Akte X > _Akte X - Staffel 10 - HD → should be Akte X > Season 10

Those types of names are all over the place.
In case you had already started cleaning them (given your screenshots don’t show any of those examples)… doing a Plex Dance should help Plex picking those changes up.
If the given examples above are the result of your attempts to rename your files with Filebot, you need to review the naming schema applied in Filebot!

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