Upgraded files showing as recently added.

Maybe I am mistaken but I don’t think it used to be this way. When I replace files with a better quality copy, I will move the files to the folder and then delete the old files. Yet the episodes show as recently added. I a notification program that hooks into the Plex API that lets me know when I have new content and it gets frustrating thinking I have new episodes of a show when it is just an upgraded copy. Is there any way to fix this? I didn’t think it used to be like this. I seem to recall being able to do this and Plex ignoring it as new.

Always do it similarly as outlined here:
https://support.plex.tv/articles/201154537-move-media-content-to-a-new-location/

  1. Add the updated copy, use a slightly different filename of course (add the [quality] in brackets for instance)
  2. ‘Scan Library files’
  3. posters should now have a duplicate indicator on them
  4. remove the old files
  5. ‘Scan Library files’ again
  6. empty library trash
  7. duplicate indicators should be gone now

Another reason why this will happen is if you have Empty trash automatically after every scan enabled.

Ah, I might have changed the trash option at some point. I’ll give that a shot.