When searching folders saved on plex I am only seeing 1 episode when I know there are multiple episodes (think it displays Episode 1). It also displays the incorrect DVD cover art. I know all the episodes are there and saved in the correct naming convention ie as I have done for years. Historic episodes work fine, this has started within the last few weeks. Movies work fine, the issue is only where I have stored multiple episode of a series
Why is some of my content not found?
Plex Documentation → Your Media
→ Naming & Organizing Your TV Show Files
→ Naming & Organizing Your Movie Files
Plex Media Server version? 1.41.3.xxxx, 1.41.4.yyyy, etc.
Plex Media Server platform? Windows/Linux/Docker/etc.
This usually comes down to naming & organization or file permissions.
Please show how you have the files named and organized - directory listing, screenshot, etc.
Include the full path to the files and the file extension (mkv/mp4/etc).
Please indicate which folder is added to the TV show library.
Is this what you need? Ive always had issues using S01E01 format, so usually save Episode 1 as ONE!
Movies…TV…Paradise….episode name
The version is 4.108.0
MacOS Big Sur V11.7.10
Then you did something wrong before as well.
Paradise.2025.S01E01.xxx
That’s it.
Thanks for the information.
Your naming is incorrect. You must follow Plex naming and organization.
Per Plex docs, “The most important bit in the file name is the appropriate season and episode number notation s02e17, which in this example means Season 2 Episode 17 It does not matter if you use dashes, dots, or just spaces.”
Rename per Plex documentation, then Plex Dance the show.
/tv <-- folder added to tv show library
../Paradise (2025) <-- show_name (intro year)
..../Season 01 <-- "Season" in English
....../Paradise (2025) s01e01 Wildcat is Down.avi <-- sXXeYY format important
There are tools that can help. Here’s a shortlist. The free version of Tiny Media Manager works for most people.
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.
Example TMM Renamer Patterns:
- Show Name:
${showTitle} (${showYear}) - 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
OK thanks. I will try that. Do you need to include the date??
Yes.
The date is important, at least for the TV Show folder. You can skip it for the episode names (but using the tools makes it easy to include). There may be multiple shows with the same, or close to same, name. Plex uses the date to tell the difference.
Look up “Paradise” at themoviedb.org. There are three TV series named “Paradise”: 2025, 2022, 1988. There are also several others with “Paradise” in the name.
The date is important for movies as well. For example, there are twelve movies named “Paradise” at TMDB.
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