# Scanner not adding a certain movie

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/scanner-not-adding-a-certain-movie/588858>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [May 11, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/scanner-not-adding-a-certain-movie/588858 "2020-05-11T18:19:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![blim5001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c2a13f/32.png) [@blim5001](https://forums.plex.tv/u/blim5001)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/scanner-not-adding-a-certain-movie/588858/5 "2020-05-11T19:53:52Z")

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This is the structure and naming of mine:

```auto
Movies
  Hummingbird (2013)
    Hummingbird (2013).mkv

```

and it might be worth doing the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064):

> [@The Plex Dance ™](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064):
>
> 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…

after you have renamed it

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