I have a WD My Cloud Home (4TB) Storage device. So I realize (now) that I can’t create custom folders and have Plex recognize the content in those folders, but I am trying to add my TV Collection to the ‘Shared TV Shows’ folder, and it will not recognize any content. This still happens if I run a manual scan of the folder.
I have ripped my TV series DVD collections (Simpsons, Sopranos, etc.), so the files are all .m4v files, but it keeps saying that my library is empty. I can take those same files and put them in ‘Shared Movies’ and they show up immediately.
I am good with computers, but by no means a programmer, so any assistance would be greatly appreciated. In addition, I would love to arrange the content so that it would display “The Simpsons Season 1” and then each of the episodes would be housed within that listing.
I feel like this should be pretty easy to do, so maybe I am just overlooking something.
A TV Show Library/
…The Simpsons/
…Season 01/
…The Simpsons - S01E01 - Episode Name Optional.m4v
…The Simpsons - S01E02.m4v
…The Sopranos/
…Season 01/
…The Sopranos - S01E01 - Episode Name Optional.m4v
…The Sopranos - S01E02.m4v
FileBot (link in my signature) can handle that naming and structuring for you automatically or manually in seconds.
What FileBot can’t do is remove possible embedded metadata in the Title Field of MP4/M4V files. Plex will read this info and prefer it over a perfect file name/structure, but you can combat that situation by moving Local Media Assets to the bottom of every agent list you can find. All tabs in TV Shows and Movies here: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200241558-Agents
Just drag LMA to the bottom of the list and drop it. If you do have embedded metadata this will cure the issue, if you don’t it won’t matter. LMA will do what it has to from the bottom.
Renaming/restructuring is best performed OUTSIDE the library and you may need to write a new bundle for the show or movie so The Plex Dance® was invented:
