Plex not recognizing seasons \Season 01\Show Name - S01E01 - Episode Title. It seems you are having problems with Plex either not recognizing your files, not ordering them properly, not gathering metadata, or a similar issue. 5916 (running on Unraid) Plex Web: 4. it is doing a great job and have not had any issues, but I added a show yesterday and plex is only showing 7 of the 14 seasons. everything from scratch and my movies are being scanned perfectly but tv series dont get scanned when in separate season folder like plex suggests. show/season/episode extras outside of the 'Specials' season). For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. I can still play them but there's no metadata and they aren't grouped together with the main show. 6562 Player Version#: 1. Each show is in its own folder and sometimes the seasons are split between folders. mkv" as per here. Avatar (2009). To name season-based shows create files with the season and episode notation sXXeXX: /TV Shows/ShowName/Season 02/ShowName – s02e17 – Optional_Info. mkv then scanning the library results in no matches. If you're not resetting the numbering between each season, that might explain Plex's issue. This guide that I wrote while baked out of my mind will quickly walk you through how to resolve this issue. 41. zip (2. Everything seems to It didn’t automatically recognize two of the Daria Day Specials (but recognized the other 5) so I did this work around. They play fine locally but I can't even get the seasons and episodes to appear in plex. If you are not familiar with Linux permissions, For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. Plex isn't scanning Dragon Ball Z properly Help So I wanted to start watching DBZ, got 3 seasons and scanned into Plex, no problem, looks like it's matched up and ready to go. 6562. Plex Server: 1. I watch the first season no problems. 27. mkv so im confused why only the first season Plex suddenly not recognizing Season folders for one particular show. ext. I'll put my filepath in here but the same file names are working for season 2. Members Online • gummi_buenzli There maybe a possibility that the show has been recognized but deemed as a duplicate by Plex. For NAS For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. 33413 Include season premieres in Continue Watching is enabled under Settings\Library - Unchecked setting - save, rechecked setting saved. (2024) {tvdb-416744} (I added the curly brackets with the tcdb id afterwards while trying to get plex to recognize the show) I moved the folder outside of plex's library, scanned, emptied the trash Plex not recognizing Season 2 & 3 of a TV show. This naming convention is used for all 8 seasons. ext your "X:\Folder name here\other folder name here\video file name. I'm going to use SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE as an example. mp4 The server only identifies up to E26. g Plex suddenly not recognizing Season folders for one particular show. 129-1cd63c1d Plex Media Server Logs_2024-05-05_09-42-40. Scanned all my libraries, all seemed fine, now this is strange Not all Seasons Showin I have a television series (8 seasons) uploaded to my plex server (synology nas) but plex is only recognizing seasons 1-4 . Plex doesn't even add a Season 14 card to the show. The agent list you showed doesn't actually set the agent of your libraries, it just lists metadata This article explains the Plex MP4 related issues and gives solutions to Plex not recognizing MP4 and Plex won’t play MP4. 5721 Player Version#: 1. Help So I have a about 20% of my tv shows that won't show correct metadata. TV Show - S01E01 - title. (2024) {tvdb-416744} (I added the curly brackets with the tcdb id afterwards while trying to /TV Shows/ShowName/Season 02/ShowName – s02e17 – Optional_Info. I have a directory with a couple of TV / Animation series, but PLEX only recognize some of them 4 of 8: I would like to know why season 2-3 is not getting added season 4 has 1 episode! season 5-8 has no episodes all the files are saved the same as . 1. Reply reply [deleted] • There's a good chance it won't cause problems. TV Shows\Show Name\Season 01\Show Name - S01E01 - Episode Title. Then I moved the files for the episodes into each of the Season’s folder. I added season 8 of The Office and all of the episodes have matched correctly (the episode descriptions are there), but the titles are still showing the file names from the original MKVs ("The Office: Season 8 (Disc 1)" ), rather that the actual episode titles. I'm parsing the seasons out in the way that the TVDB says they should go, however things get screwy when we get to season 8 as it keeps showing an episode that even the TVDB doesn't recognize and even the description of the episode says that it was unaired outside of japan and I'm wondering how to make it so that plex gets rid of that metadata and shows the correct I have all three seasons of twin peaks on my Plex server. I just added a new show, S01E01 and it does not show up in Continue Watching. Plex recognized each of the season I’ve ripped my Looney Tunes Golden Collection and imported it into Plex, but the episode names are not showing up correctly. Also note, after more digging I found that Plex is not recognizing I've been using the TVDB DVD ordering in plex for the show and then just putting them in their seasons. I have renamed the files. Any new features will likely only be available in the new agent (e. The media plays fine in VLC or any other media player. ext → e. Plex not recognizing seasons 3 and 4 of the office. But here's where I'm confused. On TheTVDB, all episodes are listed, and my files are named correctly. Have just upgraded my server to 2022 and fresh installed PLEX Server. All episodes are correctly named and foldered according to convention - eg: \\TV Shows\\Teen Titans Go\\Season 1\\Teen Titans Go S01E01. 6 MB) I recently got my Plex Server up and running again. So for example if you just add South Park: The Streaming Wars (2022). all MKVs all same file naming convention. Current season is 21. First, here is the problem directory. 4841-549599676 Hi. moved season 1 out of library and back So I figured instead, I could duplicate season 2 into a separate "plex rename" directory, where I could then rename the files to the syntax plex wants, and add that to my TV Shows library. I followed all the instructions in that post just as they are written, but the episode names still don’t display For some reason Inuyasha the Final Act Season 1 episode 1 is not recognize On Plex media server That I got on Playon astrofisher May 25, 2016, 2:10am 2. How to & Tips. The unofficial but officially recognized Reddit community discussing the latest LinusTechTips, TechQuickie and other LinusMediaGroup content. According to all other sources I've found, IMDB ids are not supported for television episodes. Not sure why it's showing season 2 metadata, but that might come down to what numbers you have and if Plex is reading them wrong because of how they are numbered. Multiple Software Solutions (release year). And I am not seeing Plex care if I have the seasons iterated as S01 or Season 1, nor am I seeing Plex care if I have episodes named 1x01 instead of S01E01. I was rewatching Spartacus and realised that Plex is melding season 00 (Gods of the Arena) with season 01. They are on an external hard drive. My husband’s wanted to keep DVR recordings ‘separate’ from So I created a separate folder on my drive for DVR shows (labeled DVR) and another for DVR movies, separate from the Movies and TV Shows folder, and we have created libraries specifically for those folders. How can I fix this? (i only recently got into media servers and stuff and don't even have a proper setup yet so forgive me if i miss something Server Version#: 1. 3432-3929cb60 I recently updated my Plex server to version 1. The most important bit in the file name is the appropriate season and episode number notation s02e17, which in this For some reason Plex will not recognize season 2 and 3 of GOT on my Plex server. ext; This is only an example. The problem is that Plex will not recognize the first two seasons, and I assume is because the first two seasons are from the '90s and season 3 is from 2017 I have tried naming it so many different ways, but it simply will not work. Reply reply All Seasons are in Season 1/2 in Plex? Named and in season folders on the PC. 09 Hi. No it matters, Plex will use TVDB and TMDB to find all the information even if you don’t pay for subscriptions. The first thing I did was open the link to my NAS and went to the location where I wanted to place these files. Does anyone have any suggestions? This page is community-driven and not run by or affiliated with Plex, Inc. comments. I've reset the database. e. It's shared and when I run PLEX all the shows appear in the TV SHOW library. 91. all my episodes follow the naming scheme {Series Title} - S{season:00}E{episode:00} - {Episode Title} but plex doesn't recognize the episode title and just names the episode either episode 1/2/3 or the date it was originally available. The show title, genre, summery, seasons, season summaries, etc all show up fine. 23. 30. I then attempted to add episodes of new TV /TV Shows/ShowName/Season 02/ShowName – s02e17 – Optional_Info. To begin with seasons 1 through 3 were named Episode X - episode name. Hey guys, I was wondering if I could get some help! (Obviously, why else would I be here?) I have several TV shows in a "Television" folder. Black thumbnail (no poster), no episode names, Season 1 - 99 it has handlded flawlessly but any season 100 and above it won't recognize and bring into plex. 2. And only season 1 would Server Version#: 1. I first setup folders for each season. " with the same permissions as the Season 1 instead of xxx on the season folders that are in issue and rescan it with Plex. After that, they're detected just as the filename. I have just started importing tv shows for the first time. season 13, The Power of the Doctor, i name as "Doctor Who (2005)/Season 13/Doctor Who (2005) - S13E09 - The Power of the Doctor - HDTV-720p. When I click into a show, instead of having 26 episodes, it'll have a single episode, and it appears like this (I'm unsure what the little 26 means in the corner means); but when I try to watch it, it's just one 25-minute episode. thank you again, those of you that chimed in and got me going Server Version#: 1. Season 1 shows up fine, season 2 and 3 do not show up at all. The jury is still out on whether I needed to flush metadata or not. This page is community-driven and not run by or affiliated with Plex, Inc. ext That's because there are only 22 episodes in "season 6" as defined by the database. This page is community-driven and not run by or It seems you are having problems with Plex either not recognizing your files, not ordering them properly, not gathering metadata, or a similar issue. I’ve been using Plex since approx 2008, and I’m familiar with the naming schema (e. Renamed the files and folders. Go to your tv library switch from TV Shows to Episodes, change the "All" to "Duplicates" any that show up check the "Info" for that episode You're wrong. Make sure the naming follows Plex's recommended TV show naming conventions: Most television shows have episodes organized into seasons. 76. Long story short, I have Tom and Jerry (1940) and TVDB's scanner in its infinite wisdom will only bring up Tom and Jerry Kids or Tom and Jerry Tales, the main show shows up as the third option in their database for whatever reason, and the data scraper plex has on it refuses to go past the top two results on TVDB, is there any sort of better scraper for that because something this This page is community-driven and not run by or affiliated with Plex, Inc. g. For Windows or OS X installs, this will almost always be the user account logged into the computer. Members Online • I_Am_Steven . The Plex Media Server is smart software that makes playing Movies, TV Shows and other media on your computer simple. 8395 Player Version#: 1. The most important bit in the file name is the appropriate season and episode number notation s02e17, which in this The user account under which your Plex Media Server is running needs to have “permission” to access your content. 5. 61. I have followed the guideline for organizing the files and am matching how the tvdb has them organized but and have even tried the plex shuffle of pulling them out of the folder and back in but still won't recognize. The best solution I could find was in this post: Easy Guide to Looney Tunes Golden Collection. mkv. By any chance has Plex merged season 2 with season 0? I ask because that’s a hell of a leap in episode count compared to seasons 1 & 3. there are 5 episodes from season that PLEX will not recognize. If I recall it is just 291 episodes numbers 1 through 291, no seasons at all. Then i just change the title afterwards in plex and put a "(SPECIAL)" tag at You (after naming things appropriately) may need to perform the Plex Dance to get Plex to properly recognize them if you already have tried putting them in Plex. 40. (FWIW the only place my naming differs from Plex's preferred is in the season section, as I'm in the habit of also putting the shows name there) Directing Plex to the parent folder for Taskmaster (comedy, in this case) is what solved it. mkv; And the TV series/shows should be named in the following order: Season-based: ShowName – SXXEXX – Optional_Info. My naming convention is as follows: Television Series - Season 01 - Television Series - s01e01. ext) and follow it It was a tv series that had 5 seasons. I'm having an issue where my Plex server isn't recognizing a full season. I'm not familiar with filebot, but from looking at it's main page, it does look super useful, but I question how it handles large numbers of files with no season information. mp4 to your South Park folder it’ll say well that’s not a TV show because it doesn’t follow the S01E01 format and it’ll ignore it. Server Version#: 1. Good morning, Just curious if anyone else has experienced this and has a solution to fix it. For NAS They play fine locally but I can't even get the seasons and episodes to appear in plex. 25. 1 Plex android 9. BUT! It looks like there is no way to remove the original copy of season 2 from my plex library, without also deleting it from my actual file system, or This page is community-driven and not run by or affiliated with Plex, Inc. I have tried selecting and importing each folder but I have also tried selecting all of the hard drive to scan. Help I have a fairly large Plex library and have been using Plex for a couple years now and I am at a complete loss with First, it took ages for Plex to find all the metadata (even when recognizing the shows, had to force refresh metadata on some of them, some of them would appear alone, The user account under which your Plex Media Server is running needs to have “permission” to access your content. Naming conventions seem fine though? There are some differences outlined in the Metadata Agents support article, but essentially Plex TV Series is new agent, and TVDB/TMDB are legacy agents. r/PleX. 0. I have one piece with it divided into season naming just fine when renaming episodes to season and episode. I have never had issues with files names until now. Any thoughts to why seasons 5-8 are not showing up? I have Season 1 of Teen Titans Go on my Plex server. Any This page is community-driven and not run by or affiliated with Plex, Inc. I have about 20-25 episodes between season 39 This page is community-driven and not run by or affiliated with Plex, Inc. I haven't added anything to my library in a while and I'm forgetting some of the basics. Solved I am pulling my hair out, but for the life of me Plex does not show 2nd season of When they Cry (2006) It is in the right naming and I tried creating folders called season 1 and season 2 and separating them and still it only shows the one season. vid" is larger than 256 characters, spaces included Seasons 1,2 and 5-9 all show up properly but 3 and 4 aren't being recognized properly. I read previous posts about this topic. Do so if you need to, ensuring not to skip any of the steps in that list (as all of them will be properly required to ensure Plex 'forgets' that you had tried adding them, and let's Otherwise the Plex might not recognize the changes. 9. The Creating an "Season 14" folder, dropping the latest episode in the directory with the name Doctor Who (2005) {imdb-tt20245360}. I am running plex on unraid and using filebot to sort/rename my files. all in the same directory. I then attempted to add episodes of new TV shows that I had downloaded, and ran a library scan per usual. Not recognized as in it doesn't pull in metadata, or it doesn't show up in Plex at all? Yep filebot tvdb naming. Here is an example of one. I used to have DBZ on there, I reripped the discs and added it to the server and now i’m having issues getting the information to pull. If you could help, plz do so! The unofficial but officially recognized Reddit community discussing the latest Plex not recognizing all tv show files . example Server Version#: 1. TV Shows . This has produced some issues. ftdcuc ucpf ocjs cpmll fts sura dszfrfq mfogw hbyzypa pqojk