For movies metadata like coverart and subtitles are 9 out of 10 times added automatically but for tv it's generally a mess. I have an external drive set up with:
E:\Download (if using torrents)
E:\Film (all finished files)
E:\Tv (adding files manually from Film and renaming them after PLex recomendations)
with a connected film and tv library set up in PLex.
I tried setting up the Tv library in PLex to add files from the Film folder in addition to TV folder as I've read that plex is able to separate these files and organize in the right view but in reality this "robust" file handling is anything but. For each tv series I now have to to pull out my laptop from my stereo bench and set up folder structure and rename after PLex' recommendations with and as sub folder, and copy/paste to Tv folder. If I don't (with adding Film folder to TV) the tv series will not be visible at all, it will be visible as a movie and/or it will lack meatdata. Is it really necessary to manually set this up each time? It sort of takes away some of the purpose of a media center..It shouldn't be that difficult for PLex to this in the background either as there are quite distinct differentiators (like number of files, length of files) between a movie and a tv series even if the naming conventions vary.
Pleas advise if I can improve my settings or setup to open up for a little more automation in file handling and presentation.