Plex not picking up all video files

Server Version#: 1.43.0.10467
Player Version#: 1.115.0.426-4e960a1d
currently have 800 plus video files but plex server is only picking up 792 files. all files are named correctly.

Names of missing files and server logs will help to diagnose the problem

And adding to @napolij here

It could also be due to some movies are part of a collection, and you in the Webclient are sorting by title, which will show those

Plex Media Server Logs_2026-08-27_15-56-23.zip (3.9 MB)

thats the logs

If you look at Plex Media Server.log, you’ll see so many Permission Denied errors. I’m also seeing what I would describe are probably DNS lookup errors connecting to the plex.tv servers.

all permissions were set to read/write when server was setup

no collections setup

That may be, but something is not right now.

Some examples


 Aug 27, 2026 14:14:15.827 [140530300996408] ERROR - [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/Volume5/TV/3rd Rock from the Sun (Complete TV series in MP4 format.)/3rd Rock from the Sun - Season 3" (13: Permission denied)
Aug 27, 2026 14:14:15.692 [140530300996408] ERROR - [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/Volume1/Music/Bette Midler - Bette Of Roses" (13: Permission denied)


The Notify thing is curious, not exactly sure what that means

Try looking at this thread. Looks like they were getting the same error and manages to resolve it. See if any of their issue are in common with your etup.

https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-detecting-tv-shows-please-help/136795/23?page=2

@lord_col

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