TV Shows do not show up or only some seasons

[osfan4]

Server Version#: 1.29.0.6244
Player Version#:4.87.2

Hi all, I’ve got a very confusing issue with how Plex is finding my TV shows. It seems that sometimes Plex finds the show and sometimes it does not. When it finds a show, it also sometimes sees that it has multiple seasons and sometimes it doesn’t. I’m very confused here and I have no idea what could be going on, so any insight/thoughts would be welcome.

First off, my library is setup like such(note: I’ve removed a bunch of files from this list for brevity):

├── Band of Brothers
│   ├── Band of Brothers_S01_EP01.mkv
├── Batman The Animated Series
│   ├── Batman The Animated Series - 1x01 - On Leather Wings.mkv
│   ├── Batman The Animated Series - 1x02 - Christmas with the Joker.mkv
├── Firefly
│   ├── Firefly_S01_EP01.mkv
├── Freakazoid
│   ├── Freakazoid_S01_EP01.mkv
├── Harley Quinn
│   ├── Season 01
│   │   ├── Harley Quinn_S01_EP01.mkv
│   └── Season 02
│       ├── Harley Quinn_S02_EP01.mkv
├── It's Always Sunny in Phildadelphia
│   ├── It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia_S01_EP01.mkv
├── Justice League
│   ├── Justice League - 1x01 - Secret Origins (1).mkv
├── Kings
│   ├── Kings_S01_EP01.mkv
├── Police Squad
│   ├── Police_Squad_S01_E01.mkv
├── Samurai Jack
│   ├── Samurai_Jack_S02_E01.mkv
├── Stargate Atlantis
│   ├── Stargate Atlantis S01_EP01.mkv
│   ├── Stargate Atlantis S02_EP01.mkv
├── Stargate SG-1
│   ├── Stargate SG-1_S01_EP01.mkv
│   ├── Stargate SG-1_S02_EP01.mkv
├── Superman The Animated Series
│   ├── Superman The Animated Series - 1x01 - The Last Son of Krypton (1).mkv
│   ├── Superman The Animated Series - 2x01 - Identity Crisis.mkv
└── The New Batman Adventures
    ├── The New Batman Adventures - 1x01 - Holiday Knights.mkv

Out of these folders, Plex correctly shows that Samurai Jack, Superman the Animated Series and Batman the Animated Series exists and have multiple seasons. However, some of the other shows(Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis) only show up as having one season, even though the files are named the same as the Samurai Jack ones. In addition to that, neither Harley Quinn nor Freakazoid are showing up in Plex at all.

I did try the “Plex Dance” but that didn’t seem to do anything.

[tom80H]

You need to review your file naming.
Plex won’t pick up files using a schema like sXX_epYY – make sure to use sXXeYY!

https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/

[AndyAS]

Not sure if it would make a difference, But I put in Season Numbers and just use the 01x01 format.

Works on my collection of 1889 TV Series consisting of 50876 episodes

├── Band of Brothers
│ ├── Season 1
│ ├── Band of Brothers 01x01.mkv
├── Batman The Animated Series
│ ├── Season 1
│ ├── Batman The Animated Series 1x01 On Leather Wings.mkv
│ ├── Batman The Animated Series 1x02 Christmas with the Joker.mkv

├── Stargate SG-1
│ ├── Season 1
│ ├── Stargate SG-1 01x01.mkv
│ ├── Season 2
│ ├── Stargate SG-1 02x01.mkv

[osfan4]

Thanks, that seems to have fixed it!

It’s still very confusing how this seems to work(or at least did work) at some point in the past. For the record, I renamed things like “Harley Quinn_S01_E01.mkv” and plex then picked it up.