Only 1 tv show per season shows up

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Server Version#: 3.83.1
Player Version#: 3.831.1

When i uploaded my tv show Friends. Only 1 episode shows up per season. It says there is 23 files under that episode and it shows every episode in the “get info” but there is no way for me to play the other episodes within plex.

Here is the naming convention for all the episodes (Friends Season 01 Episode 01 - Pilot) and it seem that any tv show that is not named "SXXEXX plex only recognizes 1 episode in the season. Is there a way around this?

One
One943×530 176 KB
Three
Three943×530 104 KB
Two
Two943×530 132 KB

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Your files are incorrectly named.

  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. Add the (year) in parentheses of when episode 1 of season 1 of this show was aired.
  4. Name the episode files according to the above linked naming guide. Use the same title as for the top folder. Show's Title (year) - 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.
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Thanks for the reply. While that is possible, it is not practical. I dont understand why Plex wont even allow me access to a file that is just named wrong. In addition I have probably over 1,000 episodes I would have to rename just so they show up in Plex.

Is there a work around or easier way?

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It will if you don’t put those files in an TV Library but put them in “Other Videos” library instead. Then Plex will just display the filenames as they are.

You could try something like this: https://www.filebot.net/

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Both of those are great suggestions, I will try them when I get home. Thank you!

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