Adding naming convention for date-based TV shows

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Hi,
I’m regularly adding date-based tv shows that use a different naming convention than what Plex expects. They are name like name.of.show.2018.04.21.etc.mkv. Would it be possible to add that naming convention to Plex so that it adds these files to the library automatically?

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not sure, @flow…
@altabq… let’s check the related support article for date-based tv show naming. Plex does support those… just see if you can ensure they end up in the proper structure with that date-code.
according to the article, Plex supports your date-format (YYYY.MM.DD).

their example:

/TV Shows
… /The Colbert Report
… … /Season 08
… … … /The Colbert Report - 2011-11-15 - Elijah Wood.avi

should translate to

… … … /The Colbert Report - 2011.11.15 - etc.mkv
for you

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@flow said:
But I just answered the question:

Would it be possible to add that naming convention to Plex so that it adds these files to the library automatically?
And that is: Nope. It’s not (because it’s already).
No one hinders guys from reading the docs.

That’s strange though because Plex detects none of my date-based tv shows…

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You’re right, the problem was that the show names aren’t formatted properly. Plex understands the episodes right away once I add them to a correctly named sub-directoy. I wrote a script to do that automatically for the future.

Thanks for the helpful replies @flow @tom80H !

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Filebot can, almost instantly, be given new instructions - like these:
{ny} - {airdate} - {t}

That result in:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) - 2018-04-27 - Mandy Patinkin, Heather Pasternak.xxx
or
{n} - {airdate} - {t}:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - 2018-04-27 - Mandy Patinkin, Heather Pasternak.xxx

When used in:

A TV Show Library/
…The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)/
…Season 03/
…The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) - 2018-04-27 - Mandy Patinkin, Heather Pasternak.xxx
does that actually work? I can’t say, but this will:
…The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) - S03E128 - Mandy Patinkin, Heather Pasternak.xxx
{ny} - {s00e00} - {t}
or this:
…The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - S03E128 - Mandy Patinkin, Heather Pasternak.xxx
{n} - {s00e00} - {t}