# Subdirectories with multiple files not all being added

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**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [August 14, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subdirectories-with-multiple-files-not-all-being-added/736288 "2021-08-14T05:28:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Norrin\_Radd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Norrin\_Radd](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Norrin_Radd)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subdirectories-with-multiple-files-not-all-being-added/736288/1 "2021-08-14T05:28:43Z")

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Version#: 1.24.0.4930 , 4.59.2  
O/S: Windows 10 Pro

Added directory with a few dozen subdirectories, and within each subdir is up to a dozen .AVI video files. All files play properly individually. But when telling the Plex server to scan all files in the directory it only pulls out four files and calls each file a different Season. What am I doing wrong that the scanner is not going into each subdir and finding every file please?

Snippet from Windows file explorer:  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/0/0/006d2ae70d4e42b4f320db737cf26848da8581cf.png)

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**Author:** ![Ismelda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ismelda/32/4934_2.png) [@Ismelda](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Ismelda)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subdirectories-with-multiple-files-not-all-being-added/736288/2 "2021-08-14T06:42:04Z")

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Plex require some structure to add files to your library and this is how to organize your TV Shows :  
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/)  
I have almost the same collection and here is how i organized them :

 ![main](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/0/5/0581a78017a730e9430d2a1ef1d29f2524eb10d5.jpeg)  
then in each folder the files :  
 ![files](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/9/1/91e0e4ba5802ddf032aa7faf34fda69f9db634aa.jpeg)

And here is how it looks in Plex :

 ![Plex](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/7/e/7e0f97615bebb676dfed0976d10a5f6cb0bb842e.jpeg)  
Not completely satisfactory (no name of the video episode as this is not a regular tv show on TheTVdb but well, they are all there at least.

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**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:** [August 14, 2021, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subdirectories-with-multiple-files-not-all-being-added/736288/3 "2021-08-14T08:15:58Z")

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Search for “looney tunes golden collection” on this very forum to find several tips on how to treat it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/subdirectories-with-multiple-files-not-all-being-added/736288/4 "2021-11-12T08:16:03Z")

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