# Some files are not detected **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** server-synology\ **Created:** [November 14, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/some-files-are-not-detected/895400 "2024-11-14T08:20:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gaelmargot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f8ce5/32.png) [@gaelmargot](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gaelmargot)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/some-files-are-not-detected/895400/1 "2024-11-14T08:20:22Z")
Server Version#: Version 1.41.1.9057 Player Version#: Version 1.104.0 I found the pokemon episodes recently and after several months/years of using plex without much problem. I see that after downloading these episodes, plex does not recognize them. I tried to find the problem: the folder is accessed by plex, the series is separated into separate folders by season, the files are correctly named (Pokemon / Season 01 - The Indigo League / Pokemon S01E01 - The departure. mp4). I tried to re-encode the video with third party software to see. I also update the server version… None of this solved my problem. Additionally, the person who shared the series has no issues with plex. Do you have an idea? ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/some-files-are-not-detected/895400/2 "2024-11-14T10:16:55Z")
Do you download directly into the folders which were added to Plex libraries? If you do: don’t. To fix this, I recommend the following: 1. edit your tv shows library (you _are_ trying to add this series to a Plex library of the type “TV Shows”, right?) Go to the “Advanced” tab and ensure that the checkbox “Prefer local meta tags” is empty. 2. perform the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) with the whole series. Additionally, I looked up Pokèmon (1997) on the relevant sources and the title of episode s01e01 is “Pokémon - I Choose You!”, and not “The Departure”. So I’m wondering which series you actually have there. ---
**Author:** ![gaelmargot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f8ce5/32.png) [@gaelmargot](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gaelmargot)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/some-files-are-not-detected/895400/3 "2024-11-15T08:13:39Z")
Hi, Thanks for your response ! No I download in an other folder, and manually I move the files into the good folder in the plex library 1. edit your tv shows library (you _are_ trying to add this series to a Plex library of the type “TV Shows”, right?) Go to the “Advanced” tab and ensure that the checkbox “Prefer local meta tags” is empty. **No, I added Pokemon in a specific folder named “cartoon”** **I made a test to add the first episode in the folder tv shows library/“pokemon”/“season 01” and it works ! 😮** Then, if I add this cartoon to a personnal folder Plex cannot read it ? Additionally, I looked up Pokèmon (1997) on the relevant sources and the title of episode s01e01 is “Pokémon - I Choose You!”, and not “The Departure”. So I’m wondering which series you actually have there **It’s good, don’t worry, it’s a translation from french to english 🙂** ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/some-files-are-not-detected/895400/4 "2024-11-15T08:28:05Z")
Every Anime with episodes is a “TV Show” in the Plex nomenclature. Just like a regular series. It can only get metadata when added to a Plex library of the type “TV shows”. You cannot mix series and movies in the same library. Don’t even try to work around that – it’ll only lead to frustration. You will be needing two different, separate libraries for animation-type content. One for the series, and one for one-off titles (i.e. “movies”). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/some-files-are-not-detected/895400/5 "2025-02-13T08:29:06Z")
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