I don’t know if this has been covered before, but I am running into an issue where Plex does what its supposed to do, just not the right way.
I have a series that each plot is a muti part episode. for example Ep1 is “Name” Part 1 and Episode 2 is “Same Name” part 2 and so on. Well the files, for sake or organization are labeled all as episode one but has their respective parts. Plex realizes that, but instead of showing each part as an individual episode or merging all the parts into a single playback. It thinks they are alternate version of the same episode. So now when i want to play part 2 i have to change the version.
Is there a way I can tell Plex to treat each file as an epsiode while still keeping it tagged under the episode number?
I know this can be done because the 3 part special Syfy’s “Ascension” was 3 separate files per part, Plex realized that and when i played it. Plex seamlessly played all three as if it was a full event.
TV Shows ← the folder containing your shows .. / Ascension ← optionally Ascension (2014) - in case there’s a reboot .. .. / Season 01 .. .. .. / Ascension - s01e01 - Chapter One.ext ← ext referring to the file extension; the episode name is optional and will be ignored by Plex .. .. .. / Ascension - s01e02 - Chapter Two.ext .. .. .. / Ascension - s01e03 - Chapter Three.ext
Now… if some of those episodes are split among multiple files you’ve got 2 options:
merge the files, e.g. using MKVToolnix (preferred option as the resulting single file works with all clients
prerequisite: each file should have the same extension and all streams need to be in the exact same sequence / of the same type.
If you keep the same episode with varying suffix, Plex will always treat them as different versions of the same video (e.g. Ascension - s01e01 - Name XYZ Part 1.ext and Ascension - s01e01 - Name XYZ Part 2.ext)
So what should I do if the TVdb is wrong?
I mean its right, but wrong. the episodes are correct but the TVdb doesn’t take into account the multi parts either.
Here. its Doctor Who, each Episode was split into 4 or more parts. the TVdb takes into account the Part 1 of each episode but not the rest
Well… the guys over at TheTVDb are quite strong minded when it comes to their structure being right. They have a bunch of rules based on how the show aired etc. – file structures don’t really matter.
Of course you’re free to go over to their forum and try to convince them otherwise
In my experience your best shot is to go with their structure.
