First:
Put this ‘Show’ in a TV Show Library
Fix Match/Search Options/Personal Media (from the Agent Dropdown)
Select the only show that appears in the list - all done
that will stop Plex from trying to match it - and blowing your edits.
Then do this:
That will stop Plex from sticking a bogus embedded title field into the ‘episode name’ - and freak you out cause you don’t know where it’s coming from…
After that - maintain the Show/Season/Episode structure - 'cause TV Shows won’t work any other way (even when they’re Personal Media)…
A TV Show Library/
.....Chef Todd/
.........Season 01/
............Chef Todd - S01E01 - Todd boils a (already dead) mouse.mp4
............Chef Todd - S01E02 - Eating Something that won't stop moving.mp4
............and so on....
Hand Edit for Effect. <—the changes you make will stick now.
Note:
There is no elegant way to get an ‘Episode Name’ to show up ‘automagically’.
There is a painful, tedious, time consuming PITA way, but trust me - hand editing is much quicker.
Always include an Episode Name - so you’ll see what it is while you’re editing it. The ‘Title’ is the ‘Episode Name’ - blank, of course, until you fill it in. <—along with any and all of that other stuff to make it ‘look real’ and have proper function.
Note 2:
You could use ‘Year Seasons/Episodes’:
A TV Show Library/
.......Chef Todd/
...........Season 1944/
..............Chef Todd - S1944E01 - Dirt, Laces N Boot Casserole.mp4
..............Chef Todd - S1944E02 - 5 Star Foxhole Fare, sans Fox.mp4
..............Chef Todd - S1944E03 - Eating The Ardennes, 1 bite at a time.mp4
- perhaps even date based episodes, but really, you’ll have to experiment with it - I have no first hand experience:
https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/
There should be something in here you can make use of…
Create something wonderful. <—'cause you’re going to be building it one brick at a time, and in time, you’ll see what you want.
