Why can't PMS discover Season 1?

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I have TV Show that PMS only find Season 2 and videos in Other folders as extras but none of the episodes of Season 1 was shown. The files were organized by Sonarr.

The owners and group and permissions are the same for every files in the show.

I have tried Scan Library Files and Refresh All Metadata several times but Season 1 is still missing.

They were find some versions ago when I first watched them years ago.

Here is the file structure:

$ tree Hikounin\ Sentai\ Akibaranger\ \(2012\)\ \[tvdb-257979\]/
Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) [tvdb-257979]/
├── Other
│   ├── Akibaranger 2 Stage Show [HDTV].mkv
│   ├── Dress Rehearsal Excerpts [HDTV].mkv
│   ├── Hikasa-kun Matter of Taste Quiz [HDTV].mkv
│   └── Stage Show Comments [HDTV].mkv
├── Season 01
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E01 - Pain is Power [Bluray-720p Proper][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.mkv
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E02 - The Activation Of A Bizarrely Decorated Vehicle Summons a Full Blast of Red Delusion [Bluray-720p Proper][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.1.jpn.srt
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E02 - The Activation Of A Bizarrely Decorated Vehicle Summons a Full Blast of Red Delusion [Bluray-720p Proper][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.2.jpn.srt
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E02 - The Activation Of A Bizarrely Decorated Vehicle Summons a Full Blast of Red Delusion [Bluray-720p Proper][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.mkv
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E03 - The Pain! Drunken Superhero Adventure! [Bluray-720p Proper][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.mkv
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E04 - A Forbidden Delusion Brings With It The Pain of Blue Corruption [Bluray-720p Proper][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.mkv
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E05 - Oh The Pain ✩ Yellow Mama [Bluray-720p Proper][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.mkv
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E06 - Take Flight Forefather! The Painful Trap at the Delusional Film Set [Bluray-720p][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.ja.hi.srt
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E06 - Take Flight Forefather! The Painful Trap at the Delusional Film Set [Bluray-720p][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.mkv
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E07 - Fly Itasha Break Past the Limits! [Bluray-720p][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.jpn.srt
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E07 - Fly Itasha Break Past the Limits! [Bluray-720p][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.mkv
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E08 - The Bonds Forged Through Painful Special Training Lead Down the Road Of Becoming Official To A Conspiracy [Bluray-720p][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.jpn.srt
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E08 - The Bonds Forged Through Painful Special Training Lead Down the Road Of Becoming Official To A Conspiracy [Bluray-720p][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.mkv
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E09 - The Pain Sentai Disbanded [Bluray-720p][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.jpn.srt
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E09 - The Pain Sentai Disbanded [Bluray-720p][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.mkv
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E10 - The Painfully Unofficial Curse of Z And A New Beginning [Bluray-720p][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.mkv
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E11 - The Next Generation Heralds a Pain-Free Down to Earth Warrior [Bluray-720p][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.mkv
│   ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E12 - Episode Painful Goodbye Delusion Sentai [Bluray-720p Proper][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.mkv
│   └── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E13 - Performance Review! If It Doesnt Hurt Then Thats All Right! [Bluray-720p][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.mkv
└── Season 02
    ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S02E01 - Delusion Wars [HDTV-720p][x264][10 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-Over-Time.mkv
    ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S02E02 - Chinese Delusions [HDTV-720p][x264][10 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-Over-Time.mkv
    ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S02E03 - Martial Arts Delusions [HDTV-720p][x264][10 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-Over-Time.mkv
    ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S02E04 - Goddess of Delusions [HDTV-720p][x264][10 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-Over-Time.mkv
    ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S02E05 - Delusion Imports [HDTV-720p][x264][10 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-Over-Time.mkv
    ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S02E06 - Delusional Cuties [HDTV-720p][x264][10 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-Over-Time.ja.hi.srt
    ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S02E06 - Delusional Cuties [HDTV-720p][x264][10 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-Over-Time.mkv
    ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S02E07 - Delusional Espionage [HDTV-720p][x264][10 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-Over-Time.mkv
    ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S02E08 - Delusional Bitoh [HDTV-720p][x264][10 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-Over-Time.mkv
    ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S02E09 - A Second Delusion [HDTV-720p][x264][10 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-Over-Time.mkv
    ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S02E10 - Delusional Pillowtalk [HDTV-720p][x264][10 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-Over-Time.mkv
    ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S02E10 - Delusional Pillowtalk [HDTV-720p][x264][10 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-Over-Time.subgen.base.eng.srt
    ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S02E11 - Delusional Graveyard [HDTV-720p][x264][10 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-Over-Time.mkv
    ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S02E11 - Delusional Graveyard [HDTV-720p][x264][10 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-Over-Time.subgen.base.eng.srt
    ├── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S02E12 - Delusion Apostle [HDTV-720p][x264][10 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-Over-Time.mkv
    └── Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S02E13 - Delusion Review [HDTV-720p][x264][10 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-Over-Time.mkv
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Plex is quite strict in regards to the media organization for tv show libraries, so there shouldn’t be any missing or added levels between the library folder and your media.
Is it the immediate parent of „Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) [tvdb-257979]“?

As a side note… if you want Plex to recognize the tvdb id as a matching hint, place it in curly brackets instead of square ones → {tvdb-257979}

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@tom80H

Thanks for your reply.

I have several TV folders. And yes, the directory Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) [tvdb-257979] is under one of the TV folders directly.

Thanks for the tips regarding the tvdb hints. I am going to update them then.

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I have found the culprit.

The last part of the file name before the extension tripped PMS. It was the named for Release Group. Once I have modified “-OZC-Live.mkv” to “-[ OZC-Live ].mkv”, PMS has no problem discover them. I.e. “Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E01 - Pain is Power [Bluray-720p Proper][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-OZC-Live.mkv” → “Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) - S01E01 - Pain is Power [Bluray-720p Proper][x264][8 bit][AAC 2.0][JA][EN]-[ OZC-Live ].mkv”

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-live is a reserved suffix for music video extras: https://support.plex.tv/articles/205568377-adding-local-artist-and-music-videos/