# Plex skipped an episode

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**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [December 13, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818 "2019-12-13T22:44:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/ee7513/32.png) [@\_Anonymous](https://forums.plex.tv/u/_Anonymous)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/1 "2019-12-13T22:44:18Z")

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The episode is there in my folder but Plex is not showing it on the server, it showed every episode but this one. Is there a way to manually add an episode?

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**Author:** ![JasonNalley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jasonnalley/32/24210_2.png) [@JasonNalley](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JasonNalley)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/2 "2019-12-13T22:51:16Z")

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There is not, but try this with the episode in question (also make sure it’s named correctly)

> [@The Plex Dance ™](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064):
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> The purpose of this is to remove all cached metadata and xml data for an item that Plex usually keeps. This helps when you want to “start from scratch” for particular item move all files for the media item out of the directory your Library is looking at, so Plex will not “see” it anymore scan the library library (to detect changes) empty trash clean bundles (in menu next to server name, when accessed under ‘More’) double check naming schema and move files back scan the library Support articl…

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**Author:** ![\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/ee7513/32.png) [@\_Anonymous](https://forums.plex.tv/u/_Anonymous)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/3 "2019-12-13T22:54:19Z")

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Well it’s a DVD collection and it does in volumes, not seasons, not sure if that helps.

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**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/4 "2019-12-13T22:56:43Z")

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Any TV show needs to be named how they are found on TheTVDB. If you’re doing it from the DVD, you can choose DVD Order (if it’s different from the airing order), but S01E01 is standard for television even if the DVD’s are Volume 1, volume 2, etc…

What show is it?

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**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/5 "2019-12-13T22:58:01Z")

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Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection.

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**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/6 "2019-12-13T23:02:27Z")

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If I was you I’d name them appropriately in their DVD Order as seen here:  
[https://www.thetvdb.com/series/beavis-and-butt-head](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/beavis-and-butt-head)

Unfortunately, there’s no “Best Of” type things for TV’s and movies… so it’s best to stick with either airing order or DVD order… Which means you’ll have to go through and manually name them most likely.

Edit: You will also have to select the DVD Order from within Plex after you’ve successfully renamed the files and added it back to the TV Section.

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**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/7 "2019-12-13T23:06:05Z")

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I did the DVD order under advanced options but it still skips episode 12, 1-900-BEAVIS, and for some reason it puts that as season 9 with just that one episode in the Plex server.

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**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/8 "2019-12-13T23:22:07Z")

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that episode should be named:

Beavis and Butt-head - S01E12 - 1-900-BEAVIS.mkv (or whatever extension your file is)

It should be placed int he following folder

tvshowsfolder/Beavis and Butt-head/Season 01/

You should name all of the episodes with the same naming scheme, and follow the tvdb for seasons/episodes/titles

ANd once done, do the plex dance from the first post I made, it should add all the episodes accordingly (if you select DVD Order in Plex), and you’ll be able to watch them through.

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You can use Filebot to rename using DVD Order as well… It may save you some time, and it will organize the folder tree for you too if you tell it to use the Plex naming scheme

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**Author:** ![\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/ee7513/32.png) [@\_Anonymous](https://forums.plex.tv/u/_Anonymous)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/9 "2019-12-14T00:17:39Z")

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> [@JasonNalley](#):
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> You can use Filebot to rename using DVD Order as well…

Where?

 ![Untitled](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/3/7/37bae369cd952bd87dcf9b524f8f35f17c792fff.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/10 "2019-12-14T00:26:14Z")

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click on episodes on the left, and then there’s a drop down for Airdate or DVD Order, the other place is at the bottom of that menu under edit format is also an edit options I think… and it has dvd order as well I believe

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**Author:** ![\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/ee7513/32.png) [@\_Anonymous](https://forums.plex.tv/u/_Anonymous)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/11 "2019-12-16T07:12:54Z")

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What do I select under the TV drop down list?

 ![Untitled](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/3/6/3620576a5dc7d6331e147fe60a9dac47bc4ba20f.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/12 "2019-12-16T07:19:56Z")

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leave it on tvdb, and type in Beavis and Butt-Head, make sure season is “All Seasons” then click find.

Once the episodes are all there, highlight the ones you have (or all of them if you have them all) and right click and “Send to Rename”

It will go back to the rename page. At that point, you just make sure all the episodes are lined up correctly, and click on rename, and it will rename all of them for you using the standardized naming scheme.

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/13 "2019-12-16T07:25:16Z")

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> [@JasonNalley](#):
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> make sure season is “All Seasons”

What if I am only working on season one right now? Every volume is in a folder.

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/14 "2019-12-16T07:26:34Z")

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That would work too… I just do them all at once and let FileBot create the show/season folders for me…

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/15 "2019-12-16T07:30:16Z")

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I selected season one and it’s skipping over some like the first episode is wrong.

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/16 "2019-12-16T07:35:48Z")

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Either you will have to adjust the files up and down till they match with the correct episode on the right, or the order is wrong on thetvdb… I am unsure as I don’t have that DVD Set/Collection on hand to check against.

As I stated previously, unfortunately, that DVD Set is sort of a “Best Of” type thing… and there is no “Best of” when it comes to TV and Movies as far as Plex is concerned…

The way I _ **personally** _ would do it, would be to use the airdates and live with the missing episodes, or try and acquire them some other way… Since the airdate order is the most complete when I look at them on TheTVDB…

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/17 "2019-12-16T07:46:41Z")

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How do I highlight all them at once? And I renamed them and Plex put them in red, I clicked validate and continue and now then are gone?

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/18 "2019-12-16T08:21:58Z")

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shift + click to highlight all at once

They shouldn’t be gone, they should be in the folder tree specified by your output naming scheme

Plex put them in Red? Or Filebot put them in Red?

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/19 "2019-12-16T08:29:27Z")

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Filebot put them in red I meant and the rename of the files didn’t get any of them right.

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-skipped-an-episode/507818/20 "2019-12-16T08:35:18Z")

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Once you shift click and send them to rename, you need to re-order the files on the left to match what’s on the right… Match the top one first and work your way down. Filebot is using the order on TheTVDB, which may be the order your files are in, or not, I don’t know because I am not there and don’t have those disks or files to check against.

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