E4200 Media Server ignores my folder hierarchy

I have a 1TB drive attached to my E4200 that contains several videos sorted in a folder hierarchy, like this (these are just examples):
TV Shows
    Supernatural
        01. Episode 1.mp4
        02. Episode 2.mp4
    Burn Notice
        01. Episode 1.mp4
        02. Episode 2.mp4
    Doctor Who
        01. Episode 1.mp4
        02. Episode 2.mp4
Movies
    Star Wars IV.mp4
    Star Trek 2.mp4
Kids
    Sesame Street
        01. Episode 1.mp4
        02. Episode 2.mp4
    Movies
        Bolt.mp4
        Cars 2.mp4
As you can see, all of my videos are in a carefully constructed heirarchy.  This works with my old media server (Rivet for Mac).  On the E4200, however, all of these MP4 files are merged together.  My Xbox shows folders like "Albums" and "By Date", but these don't really mean anything -- all of my videos are jumbled into these folders and there's no way I can find anything.
Here's how the media server is configured:
Can someone tell me how to fix this?  If I can't find a solution, than the media server feature of this router is absolutely useless to me. 
Solved!
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Well in this case what you can do is that once delete the shared folder from the list and add them once again one by one instead of doing it togather.
To configure your router as a media server:
Storage > Media Server
1. Log into the browser-based utility (see “How to open the browser-based utility” on page 23)
2. Click the Storage tab, then click the Media Server page
3. Click Enabled to enable the media server
4. Enter a name for your media server in the Media Server name box The name must use only alphanumeric characters (letters A to Z and numbers 0 to 9) and can be up to 15 characters long
5. Click Specify Folder to Scan A new window opens
6. In the Display name field, enter a unique name for the media folder The name must use only alphanumeric characters (letters A to Z and numbers 0 to 9) and can be up to 15 characters long
7. To share the entire drive, click Share Entire Partition
– OR -
To share only specific folders:
• Click Select next to each folder you want to share
• To navigate to a previous folder, click Return to Upper Folder
• To view and select folders within a folder, click Enter into Folder next
to the folder name
8. To create a folder, enter a unique folder name into the new Folder box, then click Create
9. To save your selections and create the media folder, click Save Settings A summary of shared folders is displayed
10. To manually scan all shared folders, click Scan All
– OR -
To scan an individual folder, click Scan next to the folder
11. To schedule a scan of the media folder for new media content, select
Auto-scan every, then select a time interval from the drop-down list  

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