Plex Media Server Poor Filing / Display issue - Wanting Windows Tree Like sub Folder Structure
Hi guys,
I have a rather complicated question to ask but I have taken some screenshots to hopefully assist you in helping me sort out the problem that I have…
Basically I have a whole bunch of different folders which run into the thousands of video files and I would like to create some kind of “windows tree structure” with subfolders and sub-sub folders if need be.
Example, I have a folder for the kids called “CARTOONS VARIOUS”… Inside that folder is a whole bunch of various cartoon such as Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, Looney Tunes, Mickey Mouse Popeye etc… please see the attached screenshot to illustrate.
Now when I add the entire folder CARTOONS VARIOUS, in the Plex server I naturally have to select what type of content it is… Now I get that it is absolutely important to select the correct media type so that when I want to go into Bugs Bunny for example, I can see all 90 episodes of Bugs Bunny along with the correct and/or applicable name of that episode.
The problem comes in that when I use “TV shows” the Plex media server completely messes everything up in that it removes the name of the episodes and causes episode 1 episode 2 episode 59 in weird random orders.
Please see the pictures of the raw files so you can see that they have been carefully and properly renamed accordingly.
I have tried loading the media by giving the Plex media server a designation of “other videos”… But then it simply removes the subdirectory folder structure which “TV shows” offer and just puts the thousands of episodes onto one page which obviously as you can imagine is absolutely impossible to determine Mickey Mouse from Donald Duck episodes for example…
How do I force the Plex media server not to use its own built-in intelligence and force it to keep the folder structure that I have created on the NAS drive / media server and also to keep the exact filenames given to each media file and not rename each individual video file to what it thinks it should be?
You will also notice that in the screenshot I have attached is an example from the Plex media server that the folder Donald Duck is only showing 16 video files when in fact they are supposed to be 98 video files…
You will also note in the screenshot provided that when I do not give it the designation of TV show it puts thousands and thousands of files in one page which is completely impractical and inefficient… It is the picture right at the bottom of the screenshot…
I really hope that someone out there knows the answer to this is the exact same principle applies to many other video media and audio media throughout my media collection.
Other media servers out there such as Serviio do this with absolute ease and I do not want to use a completely different media server I would like to continue using the Plex media server as I have purchased the Plex lifetime membership and would really like the solution to work?
I thank you kindly in advance