# Plex not detecting all video files - help please?

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> [@Yodamin](#):
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> 101 - Cartman Gets an ■■■■ Probe.avi

For Plex to recognize these names with any consistency, this will need to be:

```auto
TV/
     South Park/
          Season 01/
               South Park - S01E01 - Optional Episode Name.avi

```

If you use any other format, you can expect issues such as you’re currently seeing. I think technically you can leave the show name out of the file name, but the SxxExx piece is mandatory.

If you have a lot of files you need to rename, a tool like Filebot can be very useful. And once you have everything renamed properly, you may need to perform the “[Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064)” to get things recognized correctly. This is particularly true if they were matched as duplicates of other episodes or a different series entirely:

> [@The Plex Dance ™](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064):
>
> The purpose of this is to remove all cached metadata and xml data for an item that Plex usually keeps. This helps when you want to “start from scratch” for particular item move all files for the media item out of the directory your Library is looking at, so Plex will not “see” it anymore scan the library library (to detect changes) empty trash clean bundles (in menu next to server name, when accessed under ‘More’) double check naming schema and move files back scan the library Support articl…

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