I tried FileBot and RenameIT. Nether of these are as good at matching media as Plex, and doesn't create a suitable folder structure. I still end up manually moving them around and copying them to the Plex server. That's when they don't just crash.
It would be great to be able to drop files into a drop folder and have Plex automatically extract, organise and rename the files accordingly. If it gets it wrong I would go to the recently added item and rematch it. Hate to keep saying this... but just like iTunes! Honestly it's a great feature for some people. If you don't like it, you have the option not to enable it (just like iTunes).
If PMS matches the file to the correct movie, why would you even need the file renamed?
Just to keep the file naming and folder structure consistent and organised. I like the shows organised into folders with each season in a separate folder, and all files with season, episode and title.
I do this already with another app before I bring a movie into Plex. It allows me to verify each match, download metadata, download art, and download theme songs and trailers. Look at Media Center Master.
If Plex could have the user verify each match while showing the original filename it would be a good option in the feature set but only optional.
I do this already with another app before I bring a movie into Plex. It allows me to verify each match, download metadata, download art, and download theme songs and trailers. Look at Media Center Master.
If Plex could have the user verify each match while showing the original filename it would be a good option in the feature set but only optional.
I tried FileBot and RenameIT. Nether of these are as good at matching media as Plex, and doesn't create a suitable folder structure. I still end up manually moving them around and copying them to the Plex server. That's when they don't just crash.
It would be great to be able to drop files into a drop folder and have Plex automatically extract, organise and rename the files accordingly. If it gets it wrong I would go to the recently added item and rematch it. Hate to keep saying this... but just like iTunes! Honestly it's a great feature for some people. If you don't like it, you have the option not to enable it (just like iTunes).
If you use filebot from command line you can do everything with the file: match, rename, move, find a subtitle....
I don't like FileBot or RenameIT. Both crash constantly, are terrible at matching, and don't organise media into folders. It's also extra effort to use external tools rather than having this built-in and matching once through Plex.
It seems like a feature everyone would like?
Here's my suggestion:
Every library can be set up with a "Automatically Add To Plex" folder location. When you drop a file into this directory it's automatically matched, renamed and moved appropriately within the source folder. TV shows are automatically organised into show/series. Audio by artist/album etc.
An advanced option "Allow Plex to keep my media organised" will rename files consistently as above, based on the match in Plex. If this changes, then obviously the file is auto-renamed accordingly. When the setting is first enabled, you have to option to rename all existing media.
Just to keep the file naming and folder structure consistent and organised. I like the shows organised into folders with each season in a separate folder, and all files with season, episode and title.
Are they not like that already? How are they atm? Are they all just in a single folder?
There are programs that can autorename movies/tvseries and create the correct folder structure - if that is what you are after?
Cool, I've got to try that. Is it possible to speak to FileBot with an automated Hazel script? And to use it without having to install and run Java on OS X?
If none of the tools that you have tried so far is doing any acceptable job, what makes you think that Plex would do better?
Because the hard part is matching the correct media. Given Plex already has all of this, moving/renaming files according to the match using a convention is really easy. Managing the meta data all in one place is a hell of a lot better than using an array of external tools and then also fixing the match in Plex. If Plex can't match then it shouldn't rename until the user fixes it with the existing "fix incorrect match" feature. Of course Plex can get it wrong, in this case the art work etc is all wrong, and the user will of course correct it.
