# Plex Library **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [June 5, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666 "2017-06-05T19:10:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jreink01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@jreink01](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jreink01)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/1 "2017-06-05T19:10:43Z")
Hello, i just installed plex and i am loving it but have kind of a newbee question. When setting up my libraries, will plex find my videos in a subfolder? Example I have my videos in B folder/Big Bang Theory/Season 1. If i set up plex to look in B folder, will it find the videos in the Season 1 folder too? Thanks for the feedback. ---
**Author:** ![beckfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/beckfield/32/7227_2.png) [@beckfield](https://forums.plex.tv/u/beckfield)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/2 "2017-06-05T19:16:14Z")
Yes, it will. You might want to read through some of the articles in this [Help section](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/categories/200028098-Media-Preparation "Help section"). ---
**Author:** ![jreink01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@jreink01](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jreink01)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/3 "2017-06-06T05:02:22Z")
Thanks for the response. I did read the help section and couldn’t find anything about sub folders. My media is in the season 1 folder, when i set up plex to look in B/Big Bang Theory/ Season 1, it does not find the media, even when doing update library. Please help ---
**Author:** ![Kraevin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kraevin/32/96968_2.png) [@Kraevin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Kraevin)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/4 "2017-06-06T07:06:52Z")
You should follow the Plex Naming Guidelines for best results. [https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows) ``` /TV Shows /The Big Bang Theory /Season 01 The Big Bang Theory - S01E01 - Pilot,mkv The Big Bang Theory - S01E02 - The Big Bran Hypothesis.mkv The Big Bang Theory - S01E03 - The Fuzzy Boots Corollary.mkv /Season 02 The Big Bang Theory - S02E01 - The Bad Fish Paradigm.mkv The Big Bang Theory - S02E02 - The Codpiece Topology.mkv The Big Bang Theory - S02E03 - The Barbarian Sublimation.mkv ``` Try and see if this works for you. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/5 "2017-06-06T10:36:57Z")
You onl\> @jreink01 said: > My media is in the season 1 folder, when i set up plex to look in B/Big Bang Theory/ Season 1, it does not find the media, even when doing update library. You don’t point Plex to your `Season 01` folder. You only point it to your `TV Shows` folder (in @Kraevin s example above) If you have created ‘index letter’ folders underneath of `TV Shows`, then you have to point Plex to each of these index letter folders individually. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Wolfclaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@Mr.Wolfclaw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mr.Wolfclaw)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/6 "2017-06-06T11:24:41Z")
Use Filebot to rename your library to the correct format for movies and TV shows. ---
**Author:** ![rsava](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rsava/32/3737_2.png) [@rsava](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rsava)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/7 "2017-06-06T14:04:57Z")
> @OttoKerner said: > You onl\> @jreink01 said: > > > My media is in the season 1 folder, when i set up plex to look in B/Big Bang Theory/ Season 1, it does not find the media, even when doing update library. > > You don’t point Plex to your `Season 01` folder. > You only point it to your `TV Shows` folder (in @Kraevin s example above) > > If you have created ‘index letter’ folders underneath of `TV Shows`, then you have to point Plex to each of these index letter folders individually. Is this the same for movies? I subdivide my movies like this: \Movies \A-I \Moviename \Moviename (2017).mkv And I have no issues with those. I think the biggest issue the OP has is that the series name is actually “The Big Bang Theory”, not “Big Bang Theory”. Of course not knowing the name of his files who knows. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/8 "2017-06-06T14:06:59Z")
> @rsava said: > Is this the same for movies? I subdivide my movies like this: No. Movies are much more forgiving. But with TV shows you better aim for 100% compliance or you’ll find yourself in a world of hurt - sooner or later. ---
**Author:** ![rsava](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rsava/32/3737_2.png) [@rsava](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rsava)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/9 "2017-06-06T14:09:30Z")
Thanks @OttoKerner . ---
**Author:** ![jreink01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@jreink01](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jreink01)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/10 "2017-06-07T02:31:35Z")
> @Kraevin said: > You should follow the Plex Naming Guidelines for best results. > [https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows) > > ``` > /TV Shows > /The Big Bang Theory > /Season 01 > The Big Bang Theory - S01E01 - Pilot,mkv > The Big Bang Theory - S01E02 - The Big Bran Hypothesis.mkv > The Big Bang Theory - S01E03 - The Fuzzy Boots Corollary.mkv > /Season 02 > The Big Bang Theory - S02E01 - The Bad Fish Paradigm.mkv > The Big Bang Theory - S02E02 - The Codpiece Topology.mkv > The Big Bang Theory - S02E03 - The Barbarian Sublimation.mkv > > ``` > > Try and see if this works for you. Just to clarify, if I go by your example, if I point plex to the : The Big Bang Theory folder, in theory, it should see all the season subfolders then where the media actually is? As long as I name the main folder TV Shows/ ---
**Author:** ![kegobeer-plex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kegobeer-plex/32/17444_2.png) [@kegobeer-plex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kegobeer-plex)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/11 "2017-06-07T02:37:22Z")
> @jreink01 said: > Just to clarify, if I go by your example, if I point plex to the : The Big Bang Theory folder, in theory, it should see all the season subfolders then where the media actually is? As long as I name the main folder TV Shows/ You add the TV Shows directory to your TV library. You don’t add individual show directories. ---
**Author:** ![Kraevin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kraevin/32/96968_2.png) [@Kraevin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Kraevin)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/12 "2017-06-07T03:48:28Z")
> @jreink01 said: > > > @Kraevin said: > > You should follow the Plex Naming Guidelines for best results. > > [https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows) > > > > ``` > > /TV Shows > > /The Big Bang Theory > > /Season 01 > > The Big Bang Theory - S01E01 - Pilot,mkv > > The Big Bang Theory - S01E02 - The Big Bran Hypothesis.mkv > > The Big Bang Theory - S01E03 - The Fuzzy Boots Corollary.mkv > > /Season 02 > > The Big Bang Theory - S02E01 - The Bad Fish Paradigm.mkv > > The Big Bang Theory - S02E02 - The Codpiece Topology.mkv > > The Big Bang Theory - S02E03 - The Barbarian Sublimation.mkv > > > > ``` > > > > Try and see if this works for you. > > Just to clarify, if I go by your example, if I point plex to the : The Big Bang Theory folder, in theory, it should see all the season subfolders then where the media actually is? As long as I name the main folder TV Shows/ If you use the setup as listed above, point Plex to the TV Shows Folder, not The Big Bang Theory Folder. Plex will scan the TV Shows folder of all the shows in it which in turn will add all the TV Shows to the library. ---
**Author:** ![jreink01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@jreink01](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jreink01)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/13 "2017-06-07T13:38:35Z")
> @Kraevin said: > > > @jreink01 said: > > > > > @Kraevin said: > > > You should follow the Plex Naming Guidelines for best results. > > > [https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows) > > > > > > ``` > > > /TV Shows > > > /The Big Bang Theory > > > /Season 01 > > > The Big Bang Theory - S01E01 - Pilot,mkv > > > The Big Bang Theory - S01E02 - The Big Bran Hypothesis.mkv > > > The Big Bang Theory - S01E03 - The Fuzzy Boots Corollary.mkv > > > /Season 02 > > > The Big Bang Theory - S02E01 - The Bad Fish Paradigm.mkv > > > The Big Bang Theory - S02E02 - The Codpiece Topology.mkv > > > The Big Bang Theory - S02E03 - The Barbarian Sublimation.mkv > > > > > > ``` > > > > > > Try and see if this works for you. > > > > Just to clarify, if I go by your example, if I point plex to the : The Big Bang Theory folder, in theory, it should see all the season subfolders then where the media actually is? As long as I name the main folder TV Shows/ > > If you use the setup as listed above, point Plex to the TV Shows Folder, not The Big Bang Theory Folder. Plex will scan the TV Shows folder of all the shows in it which in turn will add all the TV Shows to the library. i tried exactly that and plex would not find the videos. By chance , I created another library under movies (instead of tv shows) and directed plex the same way, it indeed did pick up all the videos in the subfolders. For some reason tv shows does not pick up videos in subfolders for me. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/14 "2017-06-07T13:49:45Z")
> @jreink01 said: > i tried exactly that and plex would not find the videos. By chance , I created another library under movies (instead of tv shows) and directed plex the same way, it indeed did pick up all the videos in the subfolders. For some reason tv shows does not pick up videos in subfolders for me. If your files were picked up in a movie library, then they are not named like they should for a tv show. [https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201543057-Why-is-some-of-my-content-not-found-](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201543057-Why-is-some-of-my-content-not-found-) ---
**Author:** ![jreink01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@jreink01](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jreink01)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/15 "2017-06-07T13:55:31Z")
> @jreink01 said: > > > @Kraevin said: > > You should follow the Plex Naming Guidelines for best results. > > [https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows) > > > > ``` > > /TV Shows > > /The Big Bang Theory > > /Season 01 > > The Big Bang Theory - S01E01 - Pilot,mkv > > The Big Bang Theory - S01E02 - The Big Bran Hypothesis.mkv > > The Big Bang Theory - S01E03 - The Fuzzy Boots Corollary.mkv > > /Season 02 > > The Big Bang Theory - S02E01 - The Bad Fish Paradigm.mkv > > The Big Bang Theory - S02E02 - The Codpiece Topology.mkv > > The Big Bang Theory - S02E03 - The Barbarian Sublimation.mkv > > > > ``` > > > > Try and see if this works for you. > > Just to clarify, if I go by your example, if I point plex to the : The Big Bang Theory folder, in theory, it should see all the season subfolders then where the media actually is? As long as I name the main folder TV Shows/ I named them exactly like the post I quoted and it still didnt pick it up ---
**Author:** ![kegobeer-plex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kegobeer-plex/32/17444_2.png) [@kegobeer-plex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kegobeer-plex)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/16 "2017-06-07T13:56:21Z")
> @jreink01 said: > I named them exactly like the post I quoted and it still didnt pick it up You might need to do the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) to get things straightened out. ---
**Author:** ![JuiceWSA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/juicewsa/32/12253_2.png) [@JuiceWSA](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JuiceWSA)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/17 "2017-06-08T09:41:47Z")
Might be time for a set of log files: [https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200250417-Plex-Media-Server-Log-Files](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200250417-Plex-Media-Server-Log-Files) Drag zip file to message window and drop it. I have a hunch there’s some non-compliant folder nesting happening or The TV Show Library is aimed at more than just the TV Show Library Folder or both or something completely different like Plex’s inability to drop a bogus bundle and write a new non-bogus bundle. In this case: The Plex Dance®: 1. remove show from library 2. update library 3. empty trash 4. clean bundles [https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200392106-Library-Actions](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200392106-Library-Actions) \<— update library, empty trash, clean bundles 5. bring names and structures into compliance 6. replace corrected show into library 7. update library All Steps. In Order. No Shortcuts. The MP4 file disaster may be in play. I also have a hunch the lines of communication have broken down. Log files will probably help bridge this rift and reveal other possible trouble spots. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-library/194666/18 "2020-01-07T23:22:38Z")