I am putting my copies of Wagon Train episodes on in the following hierarchy of folders - TV Shows/Wagon Train/S1 S2 S3 and so on…Currently I have ripped four episodes and put them in S1. They all ripped fine and play in QuickTime Player. However, they do not show up in Plex. All my movies in the Movies folder in Plex are recognized just fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have refreshed and rescanned the folders still no joy.
Can you take a screenshot of your file structure? Off-hand, the only thing I’d suggest is have the season folders named “Season 01”, “Season 02”; etc. . . Then the same in your file names “Wagon Train - S01E01”
Proper naming and structure is the most important thing for Plex to get matching correctly handled.
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TV Shows <— The library points here
---------TV Show Name (Year first aired if needed) <— This folder holds the season folders
------------------Season 01 <— This folder holds all the episodes for season 01
-------------------------ShowName - s01e01 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------ShowName - s01e02 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------And so on for the rest of season 01
------------------Season 02 <— This folder holds all the episodes for season 02
-------------------------ShowName - s02e01 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------ShowName - s02e02 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------And so on for the rest of season 02
------------------Season 03 <— This folder holds all the episodes for season 03
-------------------------ShowName - s03e01 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------ShowName - s03e02 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------And so on for the rest of season 03
---------2nd TV Show Name (Year first aired if needed) <— This folder holds the season folders
------------------Season 01 <— This folder holds all the episodes for season 01
-------------------------2nd ShowName - s01e01 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------2nd ShowName - s01e02 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------And so on for the rest of season 01
------------------Season 02 <— This folder holds all the episodes for season 02
-------------------------2nd ShowName - s02e01 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------2nd ShowName - s02e02 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------And so on for the rest of season 02
------------------Season 03 <— This folder holds all the episodes for season 03
-------------------------2nd ShowName - s03e01 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------2nd ShowName - s03e02 - Episode Name.ext
-------------------------And so on for the rest of season 03
Note: The year after the show name is only normally needed or desired if there is more that one show with exactly the same name. Check http://thetvdb.com/ if you are not sure and match exactly the name used there. There are some exceptions to this where the year is needed even if there is no other show of that name or if the show does not have the year in TheTVDB.
There are naming methods other than the above that work but this does work 99.9% of the time.
If you are going to use Plex it is best to use the proper naming conventions so Plex makes the best match possible. Trying to force Plex to use other naming methods is just asking for frustration.
https://plexapp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Based-TV-Shows
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@flamebird said:
Can you take a screenshot of your file structure? Off-hand, the only thing I’d suggest is have the season folders named “Season 01”, “Season 02”; etc. . . Then the same in your file names “Wagon Train - S01E01”
Many people don’t know how to take a screenshot - but with some instruction they can grab a set of log files - then a quick walk through the Scanner.log will reveal the naming/structuring method being employed…
Log Files Please:
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200250417-Plex-Media-Server-Log-Files
Drag zip file to message window and drop it.
Here is my screenshot…
Won’t work.
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/categories/200028098-Media-Preparation
Particularly:
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows
https://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=76974&lid=7 - Wagon Train @ TVDB
Will Work:
A TV Show Library/
…Wagon Train/
…Season 01/
…Wagon Train - S01E01 - The Willy Moran Story.xxx
…Wagon Train - S01E02 - Episode Name Optional.xxx
…Wagon Train - S01E03.xxx
FileBot (link in my signature) can handle that for you automatically or manually in seconds.
What FileBot can’t do is remove possible embedded metadata in the Title Field of MP4/M4V files. Plex will read this info and prefer it over a perfect file name/structure (you don’t have any of those yet), but you can combat that situation by moving Local Media Assets to the bottom of every agent list you can find. All tabs in TV Show and Movies here:
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200241558-Agents
Just drag LMA to the bottom of the list and drop it.
If you do have embedded metadata this will cure the issue, if you don’t it won’t matter. LMA will do what it has to from the bottom.
Renaming/restructuring is best performed OUTSIDE the library and you’ll need to write a new bundle for the show so The Plex Dance® was invented:
The Plex Dance®:
- remove show/movie from library
- update library
- empty trash
- clean bundles
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200392106-Library-Actions <— update library, empty trash, clean bundles - bring names and structures into compliance/ or the ultimate bundle reboot operation
- replace corrected show/movie into library
- update library
All Steps. In Order. No Shortcuts.
Thank you for the help! Greatly appreciated!
One last question…I have Storm Of The Century and it is in three parts. How do I make each part show up?
You mean this one?:
A Movie Library/
…Storm of the Century (1999) - part1.xxx
…Storm of the Century (1999) - part2.xxx
…Storm of the Century (1999) - part3.xxx
( https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200264966-Naming-Multi-File-Movies )
or - my personal favorite negating Plex’s mishandling of stacked movies:
https://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=85538&lid=7
A TV Show Library/
…Storm of the Century/
…Season 01/
…Storm of the Century - S01E01 - Part 1.xxx
…Storm of the Century - S01E02 - Episode Name Optional.xxx
…Storm of the Century - S01E03.xxx
