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Singularity
Oct 03, 2011Tutor
PLEX - Such Potential but doesn't work for me...
I have a ReadyNAS PRO Radiator 4.2.19 Plex version v0.9.3.5-0.2.0 installed on my NAS as a Add-On Plex has so much potential but at the moment I find it so frustrating. When I thought I have it c...
TeknoJnky
Oct 03, 2011Hero
first, you don't need to add a new section every time you add content.
create one section for tv and point to your tv folder, another section for your movies.
also, your files and folders have to be named in a consistent/recogonizable manner.
for example
tvsection: /media/tv
movie section: /media/movies
in the tv folder you have show folders, then actual video files..
/media/tv/dexter/dexter - s01e01 - pilot.avi
/movies/the matrix/the matrix.avi (or .iso or video_ts files, etc)
you can manuallly rescan and/or have plex rescan periodically and it will detect and scrape whatever you add as long it can be found on imbd or tvdb etc.
create one section for tv and point to your tv folder, another section for your movies.
also, your files and folders have to be named in a consistent/recogonizable manner.
for example
tvsection: /media/tv
movie section: /media/movies
in the tv folder you have show folders, then actual video files..
/media/tv/dexter/dexter - s01e01 - pilot.avi
/movies/the matrix/the matrix.avi (or .iso or video_ts files, etc)
you can manuallly rescan and/or have plex rescan periodically and it will detect and scrape whatever you add as long it can be found on imbd or tvdb etc.
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