Scenes not beeing recognized in a strange way

Star Wars XXX scenes not imported after scan

2. Environment

  • App version / commit SHA: v0.28.1 / cc6917f2
  • Host OS & version: Synology DSM 7.2.2-72806 Update 3

3. Reproducibility

Always

4. Steps to Reproduce

  1. Place the Star Wars XXX scenes in the /data folder
  2. Start a new scanning job
  3. Wait for the scan to finish

5. Expected Behavior

Scenes would show up in the scenes tab where I have selected. Would show up in the logs kind of like this

25-06-10 10:31:07
Info    
Scan finished (33.681200819s)
2025-06-10 10:31:07
Info    
Creating screenshot for /data/Shy20YearOldNewbieSelenaLoveCravesDick_s01_AlexJett_SelenaLove_1080p_h264.mp4
2025-06-10 10:30:55
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[generator] generating video preview for /data/Shy20YearOldNewbieSelenaLoveCravesDick_s01_AlexJett_SelenaLove_1080p_h264.mp4
2025-06-10 10:30:50
Info    
[generator] generating phash sprite for /data/Shy20YearOldNewbieSelenaLoveCravesDick_s01_AlexJett_SelenaLove_1080p_h264.mp4
2025-06-10 10:30:50
Info    
[generator] generating sprite vtt for /data/Shy20YearOldNewbieSelenaLoveCravesDick_s01_AlexJett_SelenaLove_1080p_h264.mp4
2025-06-10 10:30:36
Info    
[generator] generating sprite image for /data/Shy20YearOldNewbieSelenaLoveCravesDick_s01_AlexJett_SelenaLove_1080p_h264.mp4
2025-06-10 10:30:36
Info    
[generator] generating sprite image for /data/Shy20YearOldNewbieSelenaLoveCravesDick_s01_AlexJett_SelenaLove_1080p_h264.mp4
2025-06-10 10:30:35
Info    
/data/Shy20YearOldNewbieSelenaLoveCravesDick_s01_AlexJett_SelenaLove_1080p_h264.mp4 doesn't exist. Creating new scene...
2025-06-10 10:30:35
Info    
Calculating fingerprints for /data/Shy20YearOldNewbieSelenaLoveCravesDick_s01_AlexJett_SelenaLove_1080p_h264.mp4 ...

6. Actual Behavior

The scan completes in ~5 seconds, no scenes appear in the UI, and the logs show the files are being “moved” (i.e. renamed), e.g.:

025-06-10 10:36:17
Info    
Scan finished (5.27084905s)
2025-06-10 10:36:17
Info    
/data/StarWarsXXX-Part6_AllieHaze_SethGamble_1080p_h264.mp4 moved to /data/starXXX-Part6_AllieHaze_SethGamble_1080p_h264.mp4. Updating path...
2025-06-10 10:36:17
Info    
Calculating fingerprints for /data/starXXX-Part6_AllieHaze_SethGamble_1080p_h264.mp4 ...
2025-06-10 10:36:17
Info    
/data/StarWarsXXX-Part5_DickChibbles_BrandyAniston_1080p_h264.mp4 moved to /data/starXXX-Part5_DickChibbles_BrandyAniston_1080p_h264.mp4. Updating path...
2025-06-10 10:36:17
Info    
Calculating fingerprints for /data/starXXX-Part5_DickChibbles_BrandyAniston_1080p_h264.mp4 ...
2025-06-10 10:36:17
Info    
/data/StarWarsXXX-Part4_GiaDiMarco_RihannaRimes_1080p_h264.mp4 moved to /data/starXXX-Part4_GiaDiMarco_RihannaRimes_1080p_h264.mp4. Updating path...
2025-06-10 10:36:17
Info    
Calculating fingerprints for /data/starXXX-Part4_GiaDiMarco_RihannaRimes_1080p_h264.mp4 ...
2025-06-10 10:36:17
Info    
/data/StarWarsXXX-Part3_AidenAshley_KimberlyKane_1080p_h264.mp4 moved to /data/starXXX-Part3_AidenAshley_KimberlyKane_1080p_h264.mp4. Updating path...
2025-06-10 10:36:16
Info    
Calculating fingerprints for /data/starXXX-Part3_AidenAshley_KimberlyKane_1080p_h264.mp4 ...
2025-06-10 10:36:16
Info    
/data/StarWarsXXX-Part2_JenniferWhite_TomByron_1080p_h264.mp4 moved to /data/starXXX-Part2_JenniferWhite_TomByron_1080p_h264.mp4. Updating path...
2025-06-10 10:36:16
Info    
Calculating fingerprints for /data/starXXX-Part2_JenniferWhite_TomByron_1080p_h264.mp4 ...
2025-06-10 10:36:16
Info    
/data/StarWarsXXX-Part1_AllieHaze_LexingtonSteele_1080p_h264.mp4 moved to /data/starXXX-Part1_AllieHaze_LexingtonSteele_1080p_h264.mp4. Updating path...
2025-06-10 10:36:16
Info    
Calculating fingerprints for /data/starXXX-Part1_AllieHaze_LexingtonSteele_1080p_h264.mp4 ...
2025-06-10 10:36:13
Info    
Finished adding files to queue. 6547 files queued
2025-06-10 10:36:12
Info    
scanning 1 paths

It seems my Stash instance has cached these scenes already and assumes I merely renamed them.

This may very well be my failure to administre my instance properly so if there is a way to fix this please go ahaed and share it with me, thanks in advance!

Based on this I assume that you are trying to add new scenes. In this case what’s probably happening is that you have these scenes already added and trying to add new scenes that have the same hash, so Stash merges them. Run a File Count filter to see if those same scenes show up.

Yea turns out they where there all along - let me say consistent file naming conventions have their perks

Thank you!

consistent file naming conventions have their perks

I use my consistent file naming conventions to avoid downloading the same scene again.
I check if the scene already exists and if it does I skip the download.
All my downloading is automated and the file naming convention is automated and helps