# Problems adding TV shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** server-synology\ **Created:** [December 12, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problems-adding-tv-shows/822438 "2022-12-12T13:08:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![da1345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@da1345](https://forums.plex.tv/u/da1345)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problems-adding-tv-shows/822438/1 "2022-12-12T13:08:37Z")
Server Version#: DSM 7 Player Version#: 1.29.2.6364 I have Plex on a 920+ to which I have mounted a NFS shared folder with TV shows from a 918+ on the local network. Everything worked fine until I reached about 193 shows. Now when I attempt to add an additional show, Plex matches the show to an existing show. As one example, when I attempt to add The White Princess, Plex reads it (and displays it in the Library) as Season One of the Walking Dead. The White Princess is listed in Plex: TV Shows: Folders, but the episodes are those of the Walking Dead. The White Princess is not listed in the Library and does not show up in a Plex search. I have tried the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) and added the TVDB number to the show name, but the problem persists. The White Princess folder reads properly on File Station on the mounted drive. Every show I have tried to add exhibits the same behavior. Any thoughts of how to fix this? I am clueless. Thanks for any help. Folder view: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/b/b/5/bb5ec0a3dbf32ba2a0c1ee2d0ed2e5b3ecdf58d0.png) Contents of the White Princess folder (these are episodes of the Walking Dead): ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/d/2/b/d2bf13c14239617ad3927c0f2ab3423098d5b6a8.jpeg) Naming (from File Station on the mounted drive): ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/d/c/adc4fa6f2ae6cb172d30f077af294c838acb7c3b.png) ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problems-adding-tv-shows/822438/2 "2022-12-12T18:23:01Z")
What is the full path to the files, and which folder is added to the TV show library? Your naming is off slightly. Add the show year. The ID is only needed on the show folder name. Also, there is a dash, not space when using the ID `tvdb-322212`, not `tvdb 322212`. ```auto /TV Shows <-- Folder added to show library ../The White Princess (2017) {tvdb-322212} <-- ShowName (year) {tvdb-xxxxx} ..../Season 01 <-- "Season" in English, two digits for number ....../The White Princess (2017) s01e01 In Bed with the Enemy.ext <-- sXXeYY mandatory, ext=mkv/mp4/etc ``` ---
**Author:** ![da1345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@da1345](https://forums.plex.tv/u/da1345)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problems-adding-tv-shows/822438/3 "2022-12-12T19:24:58Z")
Thanks for the help! I have renamed the folders and files as you instructed. Did the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) on the White Princess folder. Now the White Princess properly reads in TV Shows: Folders, but Plex is still matching it to Season 1 of the Walking Dead. Also, now Season 1 of the Walking Dead is playing Season 1 of the White Princess (i.e., the White Princess has replaced Season 1 of the Walking Dead in Plex both in the Library and in the Plex Folders). When I move the White Princess folder on the server to another folder to which Plex does not point and rescan the files in Plex, I get Season 1 of the Walking Dead back. Here is the full path to the files: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/9/a/a9ae3bf303c773d669204e46e44269dc0a17b8af.png) TV Shows 918 is the mounted NFS shared folder from my 918+ on the local network: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/9/4/d/94d78ac5aae820391779614cf01c978ef7278141.png) ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problems-adding-tv-shows/822438/4 "2022-12-12T19:42:54Z")
Thanks for the info. The path to The White Princess is `/volume1/video/TV shows 918/The White Princess (2017) {tvdb-322212}`, correct? Want to make sure there is no folder in between `TV shows 918` and `The White Princess (2017) {tvdb-322212}`. That is not supported and will cause problems. Same questions for The Walking Dead. How is it named, full path, etc. Plex can see the files, so does not seem to be a file permissions problem. That’s why I’m asking about the naming, path, etc. ---
**Author:** ![da1345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@da1345](https://forums.plex.tv/u/da1345)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problems-adding-tv-shows/822438/5 "2022-12-12T20:13:33Z")
Good catch! There is a folder in between: TV shows 918/TV shows/The White Princess (and all of my other shows). I can either move all of the shows in the TV Shows 918 folder or point Plex to the in-between folder. Does it matter? ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problems-adding-tv-shows/822438/6 "2022-12-12T20:29:46Z")
Doesn’t matter. Either will work. ---
**Author:** ![da1345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@da1345](https://forums.plex.tv/u/da1345)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problems-adding-tv-shows/822438/7 "2022-12-13T12:33:30Z")
Thanks again for all of your help. I eliminated the intervening folder and now everything works as it should. I could have spent many more hours on this and never found the solution without your help. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/problems-adding-tv-shows/822438/8 "2023-03-13T12:33:33Z")
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