So I came into the position that I have to add multiple files episodes since the numbering between my DVDs of my country and the TVDBs is different. My DVD has 24 episodes with story archs over multiple episodes. TVDB has only 6 episodes where each episode is its own storyarch. So I trief the nam…

I know that this is an option but I do not want to do it since each part has an intro and credits. So I want to be able to access each episode as my DVD numbering has it directly.

Can you tell me which tv show it is?

Sure! It’s called Mission Top Secret. Season in TVDB German Season guide with different numbering

Ah, a pretty old one. Go to the top level of the show and use Fix Match click on Search Options and switch the Agent to The Moviedatabase because: https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/3142-mission-top-secret/season/1 [edit] Oh, forget it. Apparently someone vandalised it there too. The first 6 episodes…

[image] OttoKerner: [edit] Oh, forget it. Apparently someone vandalised it there too. The first 6 episodes have all the wrong info as well over there. Times like this it would be nice if Plex maintained it’s own DB of movies and shows…

Thanks for your ideas. This one worked. Of course I had to rename the files again to the usual pattern and do a plex dance. I noticed the “vandalised” names there too but could correct them myself on the moviedb. So for now I am happy with this series but the multiple files feature remains unusabl…

Span the progress bar over each part of a multiple file episode

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Span the progress bar over each part of a multiple file episode

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