If no content at all is being found or you’re unable to see particular directories when trying to set up a library, you may be encountering permission issues (which prevent Plex from being allowed to see/access the content). You’ll need to extract the content so that the standard media file itself is available. Plex does not support reading content stored inside such archive containers/files. Related Page: Converting ISO, Video_TS, and Other Disk Image Formats Archived ContentĬontent that is inside an archive container (such as ZIP, RAR, GZIP, TAR, or similar files) will be ignored. Related Page: Why are ISO, VIDEO_TS, and other Disk Image Formats Not Supported? You can, however, convert the content to a compatible format. ISO, IMG, VIDEO_TS, BDMV, or similar), those are not supported by Plex Media Server. Related Page: Special Keyword File/Folder Exclusion Disk Image Format ContentĪs mentioned above, if your content is in a “disk image” format (e.g. Some content – including ISO, IMG, VIDEO_TS, BDMV, and other disk image content – is also automatically excluded. plexignore file or the file/folder name might include a special word that can trigger it to be ignored. Related Page: Your Media Excluded ContentĬontent might be excluded explicitly by use of a. If you run into issues with content not being found, being ignored, or simply not matching well, the first thing you should do is to follow the naming and organization recommendations. The TV scanners will skip content that is not named like a television episode.The movie scanners will skip content that is named like a television episode (including date-based episodes).Two broad guidelines can often help here, too: However, there are times where the scanners may need some help and that’s done by naming and organizing the content in an expected way.
Plex’s scanners are generally quite robust and can often do a good job even with content that doesn’t follow the naming recommendations. The biggest reason by far for items to not be found during a library scan is due to naming.
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