Organizing my home videos

[JuiceWSA]

You need to use file names and structures that are valid in a TV Show Library:

A TV Show Library/
.......Home Videos/
...........Season 2015/
............Home Videos - S2015E01 - MVI_3098.mp4
........for instance... 'Home Videos' can be any name - the rest must be compliant

Also do this - you don’t need embedded metadata right now and any metadata that’s present may hinder the operation:

Video File Naming

With LMA in priority, Embedded Titles within MP4/M4V files are preferred - even over a perfect file name. Local Media Assets should - AT ALL TIMES - remain enabled (unless specifically instructed to turn it off). Local Media Assets should be ‘Demoted’, to the bottom of the stack of active agents under ALL tabs in Shows and Movies, but should NOT be disabled. Local Media Assets is needed for many things - it doesn’t need to be given Tip-Top-Priority (as Plex has so hatefully placed it as it’s …

Then, create the structure and file name theme above - or one very close to it with Season Folders and File Names that are valid TV Show items - then drop it in a TV Show Library.

Then:
Fix Match
Search Options
Agent
Select Personal Media
Select the only item in the list - your ‘fake show’
Done

That tells Plex to stop trying to match that ‘show’ and you can hand edit it without issue.

The ‘Fake Show’ will behave like a regular TV Show…
can’t be any easier to access…