Badly detected episodes merged together

[cmnunes]

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I have in my library The Rachel Maddow Show which episodes are based on date instead of episode number. However my library scanner sorts some episodes - not all - badly and I can’t figure out how or why this happens sometimes. I have renamed these files over and over again - in multiple formats, even just with date format -, I’ve separated them by folders and everything, but nothing fixes this issue.

Below is a screenshot for example:

I haven’t found yet an option to unmerge these episodes.
Thanks

[ChuckPa]

Might I suggest renaming the series and episodes per naming standard?

As I look at them, it’s tough for me to figure out what the identification is.
The automaton isn’t going to do any better.

I would suggest a tool like FileBot or TheRenamer to put the names per standard.

[cmnunes]

Like I mentioned in the post, I already did every suggestion for naming episodes

[DJW93]

Following - having exact same issue with different show. File names are already different.

[ChuckPa]

The names you are showing are not how they should be.

What might have worked in the past is luck.

Please consider the documented format

https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/

/TV Shows/ShowName/Season 02/ShowName – 15-11-2011 – Optional_Info.ext

Spaces between name elements are encouraged. A “mash” of characters is always harder to parse.

[cmnunes]

Thank you.

Basically, that was it.

In the past date based episodes would match TVDB or at least worked fine. The naming documentation in Plex mentions it (date based episodes - https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/). And I used that format for many years.

I’m just glad I got it to work.

FYI, Filebot requires a paid license.