# Tell me what's wrong with my file sorting method

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/tell-me-whats-wrong-with-my-file-sorting-method/836586>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-nvidia-shield\
**Created:** [April 3, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tell-me-whats-wrong-with-my-file-sorting-method/836586 "2023-04-03T08:17:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![mous930](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mous930](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mous930)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tell-me-whats-wrong-with-my-file-sorting-method/836586/1 "2023-04-03T08:17:41Z")

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Server Version#:  
Player Version#:  
\<If providing [server logs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) please do NOT turn on verbose logging, only [debug logging](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201643703-reporting-issues-with-plex-media-server/#toc-1) should be enabled\>

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here’s an example of the full directory for an episode within this folder:

/storage/emulated/0/tv shows/yellowjackets (2021)/season 01/Yellowjackets (2021) S01E10 .mkv

plex insists the directory is empty  
I tried to follow naming rules perfectly  
I also did the [PleX Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) TM  
help  
this is so frustrating

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**Author:** ![pl\_5309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@pl\_5309](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pl_5309)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tell-me-whats-wrong-with-my-file-sorting-method/836586/2 "2023-04-03T13:12:25Z")

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When you added the folder to the TV Shows Library it should have been:  
`/storage/emulated/0/tv shows/`  
Not  
`/storage/emulated/0/tv shows/yellowjackets (2021)/`  
or  
`/storage/emulated/0/`

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**Author:** ![FabulousFadz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/fabulousfadz/32/298066_2.png) [@FabulousFadz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FabulousFadz)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tell-me-whats-wrong-with-my-file-sorting-method/836586/3 "2023-04-03T14:53:53Z")

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Does this only happen when you’re in folder view? If you open the “TV shows” view, do you see the episodes listed?

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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:** [July 2, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/tell-me-whats-wrong-with-my-file-sorting-method/836586/4 "2023-07-02T14:54:04Z")

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