# Problem scanning series-dir with 1000+ episodes **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [May 6, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-scanning-series-dir-with-1000-episodes/408662 "2019-05-06T10:59:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xende](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/xende/32/1544_2.png) [@xende](https://forums.plex.tv/u/xende)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-scanning-series-dir-with-1000-episodes/408662/1 "2019-05-06T10:59:03Z")
Server Version#: 1.15.4.993 Player Version#: 3.95.2 WebClient Hi, I have problems with adding episodes of one serie. - linux ext3 filesystem - all movie files are in one dir “/daten/Media/Movies.Serien/Tatort/” - Naming of the files: > Tatort.E0001.Trimmel.Taxi.nach.Leipzig.avi > Tatort.E0002.Liersdahl.E01.Saarbruecken.an.einem.Montag.dTV.avi > Tatort.E0003.Kressin.Kressin.und.der.tote.Mann.im.Fleet.dTV.avi > … > Tatort.E0185.Stoever-Brockmoeller.Tod.auf.Eis.German.FS.dTV.XviD.avi > Tatort.E0186a.Lutinsky.Der.Schnee.vom.vergangenen .Jahr.avi > Tatort.E0186.Hirth.Wir.werden.ihn.Mischa.nennen.avi > Tatort.E0187a.Hirth.Der.Tod.des.Tänzers.avi > Tatort.E0187.Brinkmann.Automord.avi > Tatort.E0188a.Pfeifer.Die.offene.Rechnung.avi > Tatort.E0188.Schimanski-Thanner.E14.Freunde.avi > Tatort.E0189.Lenz.Die.Macht.des.Schicksals.avi > … > Tatort.E1091.Wo.ist.nur.mein.Schatz.geblieben.GERMAN.2019.HDTV.720p.x264-TSCC.mkv > Tatort.E1092.Das.Nest.GERMAN.2019.HDTV.720p.x264-TSCC.mkv > Tatort.E1093.Der.gute.Weg.GERMAN.2019.HDTV.720p.x264-TSCC.mkv But the Scanner find only 37 episodes: ```auto season 1: 34 episodes season 6: 1 episode season 10: 1 episode season 20: 1 episode ``` What can i do? best regards ---
**Author:** ![Coxeroni](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/coxeroni/32/21481_2.png) [@Coxeroni](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Coxeroni)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-scanning-series-dir-with-1000-episodes/408662/2 "2019-05-06T11:33:48Z")
The naming is off… If you add Tatort to a movie library, than use the seasons according to themoviedb: [https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/3034-tatort/seasons?language=de](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/3034-tatort/seasons?language=de) If you add Tatort to a TV show library, than use the seasons according to thetvdb: [https://www.thetvdb.com/series/scene-of-the-crime-1/seasons/all](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/scene-of-the-crime-1/seasons/all) The difference is in the naming of the seasons. Still, if you don’t provide any season at all, neither scanner will successfully detect the episodes. If you use any other agent than these two, have a look in the respective database which scheme is used there in terms of season naming. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-scanning-series-dir-with-1000-episodes/408662/3 "2019-05-06T17:23:31Z")
To augment, FileBot & TheRenamer are two tools which make short work of this: I use this in FileBot. I can rename the entire library in about 5 minutes: ```auto /nas/tv/{n}/Season {s.pad(2)}/{n} - {s00e00} - {t} ``` FileBot makes provisions for date-based series as well as \> 100 episodes / season. (`s00e000`) ---
**Author:** ![xende](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/xende/32/1544_2.png) [@xende](https://forums.plex.tv/u/xende)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-scanning-series-dir-with-1000-episodes/408662/5 "2019-07-11T11:45:46Z")
> [@flow](#): > > I for my part named the files: i will test this with symbolic links, i dont want to rename the files, looks for the best way. Thanks to all for the replies! ---
**Author:** ![xende](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/xende/32/1544_2.png) [@xende](https://forums.plex.tv/u/xende)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-scanning-series-dir-with-1000-episodes/408662/6 "2019-07-11T12:34:21Z")
It looks like [themoviedb.org](http://themoviedb.org) doesn’t have the special episodes. examples: E0168a Hirth Fahrerflucht E0171a Hirth Des Glückes Rohstoff E0176a Hirth Strindbergs Früchte At [thetvdb.com](http://thetvdb.com) they are listed as Season 1/Specials. However, the listing of [thetvdb.com](http://thetvdb.com) is not complete, e.g. 1970 is not named. What an annoying… @flow: how do you handle this episodes? ---
**Author:** ![xende](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/xende/32/1544_2.png) [@xende](https://forums.plex.tv/u/xende)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-scanning-series-dir-with-1000-episodes/408662/8 "2019-07-11T20:48:40Z")
ahh, ok als S00. Danke! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problem-scanning-series-dir-with-1000-episodes/408662/9 "2019-10-09T20:48:41Z")
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