Removing DVD when replaced by Blu-ray

General Discussions
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I had duplicate movies files for a Movie (DVD and Blu-ray). When I deleted the DVD file and re-scanned the library, I expected the “2” to go away. Instead it has a red “Unavailable” next to it. When did this behavior change? How can I set it back where items will be simply removed on re-scan?

Thanks,
Mike

2

Simply empty the library trash.
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200289326-Emptying-Library-Trash

3

I’ve emptied the trash manually, and have it set to automatically empty the trash on library scan… :frowning:

4

I wound up “splitting” the movie into two entries, and deleted the bad one. It solved the problem, but I’ve never had to do that in the past…

5

Did you put both versions into one folder or were there different folders for different qualities?

If you delete a ‘top’ folder, which is added directly to a library under the properties of the library, ‘Add Folders’ tab, then Plex considers this folder not as erased but only ‘temporarily unavailable’. You must then remove the no-longer-existing folder from the properties of the library.

6

Ahh… That explains it. They were in separate folders:
\MOVIES\DVD\Title
\MOVIES\BD\Title