Recently any time I add or try to re add media to TV shows it will group random episodes from random shows into the same season grouping for no real reason.
For example. I have seasons 1-7 of the league all named correctly but now season 7 shows up in a generic show titled TV shows with 6 episodes of Gundam and then all of season 2 of hammer house of horror shows up as season 2 with mixed random episodes of other shows. it has about 150 files now that even when deleted readded renamed keep auto grouping into this new TV shows grouping when it should group into the specific show. before this everything always tagged and sorted correctly. the only thing that changed is a reinstall and readd of the library and about 98% of the files sorted and added correctly except for about 150 or so files and now those and anything new all group incorrectly. I have tried deleting them closing plex media server reopening and refreshing the library multiple times then trying to add them to no avail.
I have two paths 1 for movies and 1 for tv shows. it couldnât be more OCD of a labeling convention. Like I said its grabbing random shows and seasons and lumping them in one so I cant even fix match them because there is no way to do it on an indiviudal basis it seems. For example in the picture you listed imagine it grabbed The barb and the troll ep 8-12 and left all the rest of the entire show labeled correctly and then smashed those random episodes into a generic âTV SHOWSâ as in that is the label that should just be the show name, for example instead of it listing 12 Monkeys it shows up under âTâ TV SHOWS or some weird sweadish word Then TV show so âSWEADISH TV SHOWâ and then has seasons 1-X of random shows and seasons it picked inside like all the other shows. I dont even have sub catagories like animated. Just TV SHows/Name of Show(Year)/Season/Name of Show - SeasonEp# - Name of Episode if Known
When I ask it to scan files it will grab season 4 and 5 which are labeled the same and label them like the show is named âtv showâ and throw them in as season 4 and 5 of the show called âtv showâ
Since posting the only work around I have found is to delete anything that is labeled as such. Then add 1 show or season at at time and then Fix Match 1 by 1 and it seems to take. But if I do 2+ different shows at the same time it will not allow me to fix the match as it will label everything as just 1 show even if that is not the case
So when I added Hammer House of Horror labeled In the same way as the example in the picture of aqua teen hunger force it added it as shown
I have also tried it with 2 digit seasons as well and I get the same result, I have also tried no season folder for single seasoned shows and again it gets labeled as Tv Show. So you can see how this becomes a mess when you add multiple shows and random bits all end un in a show called Tv Show. As you can also see its not a global Issue as it can clearly see all the other shows and some how tag them all fine.
I am not doing that. I only added the TV SHow to the library then as I add to the folder on the HD then I choose to scan library files from the 3 dots on the side to update the shows, the same way I have done since I have installed and used plex. Like I said above this is a recent Issue as in the past week or so since a fresh Install of Windows and most current Plex Media Server and all possible updates from within the program itself
I have verified that there is no checkbox ticked for local metadata
same result. I was able to force it to label through Fix Match through the 3 dots but the next item that I tried to add just before this post and after verifying the settings, which is 3 seasons of Night Gallery and it does the same thing except with 3 seasons and so forth
The Path to The Folder holding all the TV Shows goes there⊠exactly as shown in my screenshot waaaay up the pageâŠ
I have MANY TV Show Content Folders - as you can see.
All Media goes in a Folder off the root - and all Media Folders containing TV Shows are added to the Library - as shown in my screenshot above.
If you use that button to âBrowseâ to your TV Show Library Folder(s) - Plex will put the correct path in for you - unless itâs not - and that would be cause for serious concern.
But here again - you can see the difference:
You canât aim a Plex Library at the Root of a Drive.
You aim it at the Media Folders off the Root containing the Media (Shows).
IF everyone on Earth put their TV Shows in folders called TV Shows - Plex could work when aimed at the Root⊠however, a look at my screenshot explains in painful detail why thatâs not possible.
I donât have many TV Show Content Folders called TV Shows.
I need to tell Plex where they are.
