# Plex does not see media files

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-does-not-see-media-files/785817>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux, server-docker\
**Created:** [April 1, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-does-not-see-media-files/785817 "2022-04-01T00:22:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![j2hdwd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@j2hdwd](https://forums.plex.tv/u/j2hdwd)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-does-not-see-media-files/785817/1 "2022-04-01T00:22:51Z")

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Server Version#: 1.25.9.5673-bf5697c5d  
Player Version#:

Hi guys, I recently realised that I lost all of my movies from my movies library.  
My plex setup is in docker and I’ve re-instated the containers numerous times.  
I even renamed my old config files, created a new blank config folder, but when I tried adding my movies folder, it only found 1 movie from the library.  
Weirdly, I can’t remove the library from plex once they’re added.  
When I go inside the docker container, I can see the all the movie subfolders within the “movie” parent folder, and I can see all the files within each of the subfolder.

I can’t understand why this is happening.  
Has anyone experience the same issue?

I’m down to the last resort of re-installing the debian O/S that my docker sits in…  
help please. thanks

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**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-does-not-see-media-files/785817/2 "2022-04-03T20:26:37Z")

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@j2hdwd

I have moved you to your own thread.

The other was overrun by Windows.

Can you please provide ZIP files which show what’s happening when you try to scan the files ?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-does-not-see-media-files/785817/3 "2022-07-02T20:27:27Z")

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