Struggling with TV shows

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Preparation 1

Edit your tv shows library,
go to the ‘Add Folders’ tab
and make sure that the path in there only points to a general folder TV Shows. It must not point to one or several particular tv show titles.

Preparation 2

Go to

  • Settings - Server - Agents - Shows - TheTVDB

In there, grab the line ‘Local Media Assets’ with your mouse and drag it downwards, so it ends up being at the bottom of the stack of active agents.
Repeat the same under

  • Settings - Server - Agents - Shows - TheMovieDatabase
  • Settings - Server - Agents - Movies - Plex Movie
  • Settings - Server - Agents - Movies - TheMovieDatabase

This steps is to prevent embedded metadata in mp4 / m4v files becoming a problem, because very often they contain nonsense.

File and Folder Naming

  1. Look up your show on TheTVDB
  2. Take the title as it is used on TheTVDB. If there is something in parentheses behind the title, take that too. If the title contains invalid characters (depends on your file system), like § : % *, simply leave them out.
  3. Check the naming and the folder structure of your show. Name the top folder of the show exactly after the title on TheTVDB. No abbreviations. No additional subfolders. No aliases. Add the (year) in parentheses when episode 1 of season 1 of this show was aired.
  4. Name the episode files according to the above linked naming guide. Use the same title as for the top folder. Show's Title - s01e01 - additional info.ext (’- additional info’ can be left out)
  5. After you corrected the naming and folder structure, perform the Plex Dance with all files for this show.

so:

TV Shows / <-- this is the folder from 'Preparation 1' above
   Alias Smith and Jones / <-- a 'tv show title' folder
      Season 01 / 
         Alias Smith and Jones - s01e01 - Alias Smith and Jones.ext
         Alias Smith and Jones - s01e02 - The McCreedy Bust.ext
         Alias Smith and Jones - s01e03 - Exit from Wickenburg.ext
         ...