Plex Not seeing 6 seasons of a Series

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Server Version#: 4.87.2
Player Version#: 1.57.1.3358-5fd2a504

Hi,
Plex isn’t seeing part of my library. I checked episode names and made sure folders were correctly labeled no extra spaces or typo’s, I can’t figure out how to make it see my files. Windows 10.
Family Guy is Showing Seasons 7- 21, But Not showing Seasons 1-6
Exact same naming convention used throughout Every Episode of 185 different TV Series, See below for exact Naming,

Not Showing in Library
G:\Family Guy\ Family Guy Season 1\Family Guy ~ 1x01 ~ Death Has a Shadow.avi

Showing in Library
G:\Family Guy\ Family Guy Season 7\Family Guy ~ 7x01 ~ Love Blactually.avi

I’ve tried:
Simplifying naming conventions for missing episodes, Literally (G:\Family Guy\Family Guy Season 1\ 1x01, 1x02, 1x03, etc.
deleting files from drive, refreshing library, then re-adding files to drive, and again refreshing library
Pointing library to backup drive folder
None of this has worked

Happy to do some trouble shooting or show some logs, but you gotta tell me how to get the logs you need.

I had had a different server (a year ago) before I moved everything to this computer and all seasons of the series was there,

Please Help!

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Plex Documentation → Your Media
→ Naming & Organizing Your TV Show Files
→ Naming & Organizing Your Movie Files

  1. Reorganize your files. Do not point a Plex library at the root folder of a drive. It can cause problems with correctly recognizing media.
  2. Rename the show to follow Plex naming requirements. Use sXXeYY, not 1x01.
  3. After renaming and reorganizing, Plex Dance the show.
G:\TV Shows <-- Folder added to TV show library, name does not matter
..Family Guy (1999) {tvdb-75978} <-- ShowName (Year); ID optional
....Season 01 <-- "Season" in English, two digits for year
......Family Guy (1999) s01e01.ext <-- sXXeYY mandatory, ext = mp4/mkv/avi/etc
....Season 02
......Family Guy (1999) s02e01.ext <-- Always use year show introduced

Tools to assist with renaming:

Many people use Filebot. It is quite powerful and can rename an entire library in minutes.

Tiny Media Manager is also very useful, and free.

TMM Renamer Patterns:

  • Show Name: ${showTitle} (${showYear}) {tvdb-${showTvdb}}
  • Season: Season ${seasonNr2}
  • Episode Name: ${showTitle} (${showYear}) s${seasonNr2}e${episodeNr2} ${episode.title}
  • Movie Name: ${title} (${year}) {imdb-${imdb}}

PowerRenamer in Microsoft Power Tools is helpful for simple renaming with pattern matches or regular expressions. It makes quick work of tasks such as adding a year to file names, removing undesirable text from multiple files, etc.

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https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/

Don’t point a Plex library to a naked drive letter.
Don’t point a Plex library directly to the top folder of a particular show.
Plex is not Kodi.

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