Server Version#: 1.16.0.1226 Player Version#: Web Hey Guys, I wanted to port over some of my blu-rays to plex and put them in a folder but when I ran the TV Shows scan, it picked up Parks and Recreation but was unable to get any information. No metadata, images, descriptions, dates, or even epi…

Don’t. Just don’t. Never, ever move the Plex data folder to a network share. It will either not work or you will have a damaged plex main database file. Use a local hard drive, formatted as NTFS.

[files] ^^ These are the names of the files that are there.

Restarted Media Server - Images are appearing now. Checking if names are updating now.

Episode Titles not updating. [PNG]

Do the descriptions for the episodes or the whole show appear? If they do, check your files for embedded ‘Title’ meta tags and remove them, if present.

No title metatags on the files, and the metadata no longer appear. The date also appears as 1900- Parks and Rec definitely was not a tv show from the 1900s. Metadata has now disappeared. [1990] [PNG]

activate debug logging (not ‘verbose’!) quit Plex Server wait 1 minute start Plex Server wait 2 minutes Perform the Plex Dance with this season wait 3 minutes fetch log files and attach them here

Plex Media Server Logs_2019-06-28_14-28-12.zip (1.3 MB) Logs Attached Above. Did the plex dance , metadata partially there. I am going to check every few mins to see if it downloads any more. [PNG] [PNG]

[folder] ^ That is the folder where media is being scanned and below is the name format I chose. [filess]

What type of drive is F:? If it is not formatted with the NTFS file system, it will never work.

try the proper naming scheme. /media/tv/parks and recreation (year)/season 01/parks and recreations (year) - s01e01 - episode name.mp4

Plex Not Downloading Metadata For TV Show

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files

OttoKerner June 28, 2019, 5:53pm 7

activate debug logging (not ‘verbose’!)
quit Plex Server
wait 1 minute
start Plex Server
wait 2 minutes
Perform the Plex Dance with this season
wait 3 minutes
fetch log files and attach them here

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