# Scanner regression for sample files?

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/scanner-regression-for-sample-files/74036>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [August 17, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/scanner-regression-for-sample-files/74036 "2014-08-17T15:23:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sinoraptor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Sinoraptor](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Sinoraptor)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/scanner-regression-for-sample-files/74036/1 "2014-08-17T15:23:36Z")

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I have a movie section, and a few movies use the following structure:

```
MovieName/1. Movie/MovieName.mkv
MovieName/2. Sample/MovieName[SAMPLE].mkv
```

Previously the sample files were ignored. However today I noticed PMS 0.9.9.14 scanned added them to my library.&nbsp;

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According to this page ([https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201381883-Special-Keyword-File-Folder-Exclusion](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201381883-Special-Keyword-File-Folder-Exclusion)) any file \< 300MB with the word "sample" in the name should be ignored.

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As a workaround I put a [.plexignore](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201375253-Excluding-Content-with-plexignore) file in my main movie root and added `*/1. Sample/` to it.&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![Sinoraptor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Sinoraptor](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Sinoraptor)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/scanner-regression-for-sample-files/74036/2 "2014-08-22T22:37:54Z")

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Wanted to bump this, see if anyone else noticed it or if someone on the team can comment.&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![atrus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/atrus/32/31_2.png) [@atrus](https://forums.plex.tv/u/atrus)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/scanner-regression-for-sample-files/74036/3 "2014-08-22T23:17:07Z")

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Known issue. Do not know how far in the future a fix is though.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/scanner-regression-for-sample-files/74036/4 "2021-01-13T00:23:42Z")

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early 2021 clean-up: rejected (samples are ignored by design)

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/scanner-regression-for-sample-files/74036/5 "2021-06-10T01:30:42Z")

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