Plex incorrectly merging different series

Plex Media Server
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Plex Documentation → Your Media
→ Naming & Organizing Your TV Show Files
→ Naming & Organizing Your Movie Files


  1. Add the show year and TVDB or TMDB ID to the folder name of each show.
  2. Plex Dance both shows, moving them out of the library at the same time and returning them separately (make sure one show is OK before adding the next).
  3. Unrelated, but consider adding a TV Shows folder to the drive, d:\TV Shows.
    Plex does not like to be pointed at the root of a drive. Applications occasionally write temporary files there, and it can cause difficulties for the Plex scanners.
    Also, it makes it easier to move a show or movie out of sight of the Plex scanners if/when you need to perform the Plex Dance or just re-organize your media.
/TV Shows
   /House of Cards (1990) {tvdb-79861} <-- show_name (intro_year), TMDB/TVDB ID optional, but helps.
      /Season 01 <-- "Season" in English, two digits for number
         /House of Cards (1990) s01e01.ext  <-- ext = mkv/mp4/etc
   /House of Cards (2013) {tvdb-262980}
      /Season 01
         /House of Cards (2013) s01e01.ext