Hello everybody, I am trying to set up my Plex server and the setup is as follows: I have a Asus NAS box (AS5304T) with both a TV Shows folder and two Movies folders and the Plex Server is setup on my desktop. I have no trouble adding the two Movies folders and they update and display all the mov…

File names and folder organization?

The TV Shows folder is named TV Shows and then there are sub folders with the names of the TV Shows e.g. Chicago P.D.

File names? Which folder did you add to the tv shows library? Did you select the type of the library to be “tv shows” when you created it?

Yes, I chose “add tv shows” for the tv shows and when I added the two movies folders I chose add movies

I can already see the issue. / TV Shows / Show Title / Season 01 Show Title - s01e01 - optional text.ext Show Title - s01e02 - optional text.ext Show Title - s01e03 - optional text.ext ... [image] Naming and Organizing Your TV Show Files | Plex…

I’m sorry Otto, I don’t follow…

You have added the “Season” folders directly into the “TV Shows” folder. This doesn’t work. You need to have one folder with the title of the show, then inside that a folder for each season. And inside each season folder you put the video files of the episodes of that season.

Ah okay, so just to be clear: First I say (e.g.) Altered Carbon, then within that folders: Season 1 & Season 2 and within those folders the episodes?

Precisely. Please follow the link above to the official documentation for more examples.

Trouble with adding TV Shows folder but no problem adding the Movies folders

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Trouble with adding TV Shows folder but no problem adding the Movies folders

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