Hello,
I was able to update individual tv shows before i updated the server to 1.7.3. My previous version was 1.5. It takes too long to update my library using the “update library file” on the tv show menu. That scan goes thru all my tv shows. I am 100% sure i was able to update one show at a time. Ami going crazy, or was that featured removed.
Under the dots - Refresh - right pane in Plexweb at Show Level.
'Bout the best I can come up with 'cause that’s all there is.
@JuiceWSA said:
Under the dots - Refresh - right pane in Plexweb at Show Level.
'Bout the best I can come up with 'cause that’s all there is.
All I see is Refresh Metadata. I tried that but it did not work.
Mine just says Refresh, but that’s it.
That’s your only option.
If your show’s already been matched I guess it’ll just update. If you used ‘Fix Match’ better ‘Fix Naming/Structuring’ I suppose. There’s no magic button for that. You do that with FileBot or by hand.
@JuiceWSA said:
Mine just says Refresh, but that’s it.
That’s your only option.If your show’s already been matched I guess it’ll just update. If you used ‘Fix Match’ better ‘Fix Naming/Structuring’ I suppose.
I’m on 1.7, what server are you on?
Version 1.5.7.4016 / Check for Updates / Up to date
My only option.
@ycaballero said:
It takes too long to update my library using the “update library file” on the tv show menu. That scan goes thru all my tv shows.
If you want to scan for new files/added episodes, you use ‘Scan Library Files’
I am 100% sure i was able to update one show at a time.
There never was an option to only scan for new episodes in a single tv series.
There was only an option to Refresh Metadata for a single tv show. But this is rarely needed.
And you certainly don’t need to do ‘Refresh Metadata’ for a whole library, if all you want is for Plex to pick up new episodes.
Here’s what my version says under the dots:
I do use it - when a network share fails to auto-update. It’s fairly instant.
Yea, when doing a Library I use Update Library and that’s fairly instant too, but I have many TV Show Libraries and not 39,000 shows in one library.
Public Enemy #1 for invisible TV Shows is poor naming/structuring, but if this is a new ‘Feature’ in the ‘Update’ that’s not gone public I’m kinda glad I don’t have it yet. I could do without it I think.
@JuiceWSA said:
Here’s what my version says under the dots:
Just use the ‘hosted’ web app instead of your local one.
Then you’ll see the same menu items.
Public Enemy #1 for invisible TV Shows is poor naming/structuring.
Amen.
Oddly enough I have a bookmark to the hosted app, right next to the bookmark for the local one.
Yes, I see now.
Noted.
I’ll bet you or I don’t have any invisible TV Shows…
or episodes for that matter.
@JuiceWSA said:
Oddly enough I have a bookmark to the hosted app, right next to the bookmark for the local one.
Yes, I see now.
Noted.I’ll bet you or I don’t have any invisible TV Shows…
or episodes for that matter.
Juice,
That refresh option is what i used to use to update 1 tv show. I used to hit the three dots at a tv series and refresh. That mechanism will only scan that tv series. That’s what is missing from the new server 1.7.3. After i updated my server, my only option is to scan all files under TV shows. I have atleast 4k episodes. That scan will take too long.
I downgraded the server to 1.5.7 and I have the refresh option back. I won’t upgrade till that is fixed in the new version.
@ycaballero said:
That refresh option is what i used to use to update 1 tv show. I used to hit the three dots at a tv series and refresh. That mechanism will only scan that tv series.
Nope.
This Refresh never ‘scanned’ for new files. All it did and does is to force a new download of meta data.
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200289306
@ycaballero said:
I downgraded the server to 1.5.7 and I have the refresh option back.
The menu entry ‘Refresh’ was simply renamed to ‘Refresh [all] Metadata’
Its function was not changed.
Yea, I thought that was pretty clear myself.
Everybody kinda knows already if you really want to ‘Refresh’ something you Plex Dance it, cause you can hammer on those buttons all day and you might get an update out of it.
@OttoKerner said:
@ycaballero said:
I downgraded the server to 1.5.7 and I have the refresh option back.The menu entry ‘Refresh’ was simply renamed to ‘Refresh [all] Metadata’
Its function was not changed.
So the logic of the “refresh” button is to update metadata and not scan for files. However, when I upload a new episode, and I hit refresh on that single show, it updates the show and creates the new episode. Maybe that’s not how its supposed to work, but thats how i am using it on my local server, not cloud.
If I have to manually update a show that better be the right way 'cause from what I see it’s the ONLY way. I think that is the intended behavior though.
@JuiceWSA said:
If I have to manually update a show that better be the right way 'cause from what I see it’s the ONLY way. I think that is the intended behavior though.
But do you want it to scan all your tv shows? or does your setup only looks for new adde files?
I have Plex set to scan automatically for new items and do partial scans for only the library that got the new stuff and that works fine for local drives, but does fail quite regularly on shared drives facilitating the need to manually update that show or that library.
I can Update ALL 26 of my libraries in about 24 seconds 'cause all my stuff is named and structured properly, matched instantly the first time and is basically ignored by Plex on that forced update of everything, but if I want to ‘Refresh’ a single show (probably called ‘Refresh Metadata’ now, but is what was formerly known as ‘Update’), I hit that ‘Refresh Metadata’ function under the dots at the main show level and it works as I think it’s intended - I get the ‘spinner’ for a few seconds and new episodes show up:
YMMV if you’re using Fix Match on everything 'cause you can’t be bothered to use proper Plex naming and structuring. I can only speak to what’s going on over here at my house.
The next time I have to explain this same thing (as I did already above) I’m going to grab a screenshot of The Twilight Zone, 'cause as far as I’m concerned we’re deep into that territory right now.
You could use the Plex Command Line to update new episodes. It is some work though.
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201242707-Plex-Media-Scanner-via-Command-Line
You will want to do the --list command with Plex Media Scanner.exe first to get a list of your libraries for the example below we will use TV Shows = 1 (Section 1 in the next part)
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Plex Media Scanner.exe" --verbose --scan --refresh --section 1 --directory "G:\Media\TV Shows\Arrow\Season 05)"
The above will scan in any new episodes for just season 05 of Arrow. If you want to update/add all of Arrow you would just remove \Season 05
