Server Version#: 1.40.1.8227 Player Version#: Plex Web 4.126.1 I have some of my Movie library in sub folders inside my Movies Folder. For example, I have an MCU folder with The Marvels.mp4 in it. After updating a few days ago, those files were marked as unavailable. I upgraded again today, and…

[image] jars99: Are subfolders no longer supported, or did I find a bug? They never have been supported. They just sometimes work. Like shooting a gun straight up in the air, most off the time it is likely to not land on you. Doesn’t mean is the correct thing to do. where /Movies is the libr…

Thanks for the response - I will adjust my directories accordingly

Gross. Why do I have to go back and re-layout my entire media library just because Plex doesn’t have the concept of collections? New user coming to Plex from XBMC where things just worked. For the benefit of those with small media libraries, here’s how things used to be organised: [image] [imag…

[image] trejkaz: Why do I have to go back and re-layout my entire media library just because Plex doesn’t have the concept of collections? Plex uses a database, it isn’t just fancy folder viewer like XBMC/Kodi. Plex does have collections which are not limited by what folder things are in so…

As of right now, Plex doesn’t have any of my collections, because my library is organised into collections, and Plex isn’t picking those up. It is as if it doesn’t even see the files the next level down. Is there somewhere I can at least set the scan depth to 2?

[image] trejkaz: Is there somewhere I can at least set the scan depth to 2? No, Your files need to be organized like i described above else you would need to add every single sub folder that not’s a show folder. Such as your xxxHolic(+) to the library.

Somehow I regret being more organised than Plex’s own developers. I don’t really want to unravel all my neatly organised collections just to satisfy a tool that didn’t consider how users organise their media. I might find some other way to go about it, I’m just not sure what it is. Some flattened d…

[image] trejkaz: didn’t consider how users organise their media Users organize their media in thousands of different ways. No way is right or wrong but only one can be picked so the app can understand what it is seeing an import into the database and match thing to metadata. Plex is not and w…

It doesn’t have to be a folder browser, it just has to search one level deeper for files… Actually, I’m not sure how this is so different from TV shows which have multiple seasons. In that case too, you end up with an extra level of folders usually.

I found a compromise which might just work. Name the sub-series like this: [image] The number at the start makes it sort properly for my own folder listing. The number at the end is picked up by Plex as a season number for its listing.

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Plex uses a database, it isn’t just fancy folder viewer like XBMC/Kodi. Plex does have collections which are not limited by what folder things are in so things can be in multiple collections.

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