Running Arch Linux. I was running the SNAP version of plex and I removed it and ran the version from the AUR so I can stay up to date with updates easier.
So I have Rockos Modern Life complete series. Now Everything reloaded except for this. I use Filebot for proper renaming
The Directory Structure is correct as I use the same for everything
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Nickelodeon
Rockos Modern Life
S01
S02
S03
S04
My file names are al like this - Rocko’s Modern Life - S01E01 - No Pain, No Gain.avi
I did the Plex dance. I Removed the entire Playlist and recreated it. I tried to drop it in alternate playlists. For the life of me I cannot figure out what is wrong. Any ideas would be a great help.
Also not an entire plex noob. I have been using it for years and I have the plex lifetime pass
tried that they were all named season 1 already and i changed them to S01 since that is also proper plex naming since about 80% are named that way. but just for S&G I did as you said and its still not showing. I am downloading the exact copy again and I know it will work cause I had this issue with True blood where I downloaded 4 out of 7 seasons then it wouldn’t see season 5-7 but then get the entire thing and it works.
They are all named Season 0x Now and still nothing. Any more ideas.
I also compared file sizes between the 2 copies and they are the same. Its just odd.
What’s with the Nickelodeon folder? Is that an arbitrary subfolder within your “TV shows” folder?
Or is this the folder that you added to your Plex library?
Only the latter would be correct, while the former is a big no-no in Plex.
Nickelodeon is linked to plex. Inside that folder is the Different shows about 30 of them. inside each show liek invader zim, doug, catdog, etc is the seasons folders. Season 01, Season 02, Season 03 etc. I don’t link a main directory.
Now i add any other TV show to this directory it adds it properly. I just wont autodetect this 1 folder. I also have about 25 plex library’s. TV shows, Kids Cartoons, Animations, Movies etc. Every one has the show or movie folder with videos in it. 655 movies. 55 animations, 15000 episodes.
If you look a the top of the folder you can see the file structure with the main folder being Nickelodeon as the library file. So the Plex folder it the root of the dedicated HD and then the folders start.
Your naming is not optimum for plex. Couple of high level things which should be improved in your naming…
The show is called Aaahh!!! Real Monsters and not Aaahh, Real Monsters. I’d recommend renaming this to Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1994) or even better Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1994) {tmdb-2429} where plex will use tmdb-2429 to match exactly.
The season folder is called Season 1 (1994-95). Firstly, dates are not supported at the season folder level, they are only supported at the show level. Secondly the format should be Season 01 and not Season 1.
The filenames have a space in the episode number formatting. These need to be changed from S01 E01 to S01E01 removing the space between S01 and E01.
BTW… as you are using filebot consider using this naming {n} ({y}) {"{tmdb-$id}"}/{regular ? 'Season ' + s.pad(2) : 'Specials'}/{n} - {s00e00} - {t}{subt} which is what I use for TV series.
Sorry I guess that example hurt everyone there is no problem with Real Monsters the issue is with plex not seeing Rockos Modern life. Real Monsters works just fine shows up fine. I was just showing that as a directory structure.
I have about 12tb of movies and videos that all work on plex. I was just having an issue with that 1 after moving from a snap package to the AUR package.
So back to rocko
Main Folder Nickelodeon
Sub folder Rocko’s Modern Life
4 Subs inside Named: Season 01 Season 02, Season 03, Season 04
Here is a screenshot show you can see the naming scheme and I did a side by side with the folders
It was already asked above: what about access permissions? That’s real thing in Linux, and it can always throw a spanner in the works, unless you prevent it by managing those permissions and make good use of inheritance etc.
Permissions are correct Plex has its own dedicated HD all with user permissions The hard drive is mounted to /home/plex I think if there was a permission problem it wouldn’t affect only 1 file. plus a also created a file with the same name after renaming the original and transferred the files in it.
Well it seems this is unsolvable. So I downloaded another copy and renamed it with filebot and it worked. This is some kind of metadata issue with plex not scanning files. I have seen this before with other tv and shows. I was seeing if someone knew a trick to force plex to scan but I guess the feature is just not there yet.
