Confused by Plex Documentation around Naming for Version and Version + Edition

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Hello,

Looking at this documentation it has quite a different convention when you name movies by version vs. version and edition: https://support.plex.tv/articles/200381043-multi-version-movies/#:~:text=You%20can%20gather%20multiple%20versions,single%20item%20in%20the%20library..

Examples from the documentation (for naming different versions with no editions):

/Movies    
  /Pulp Fiction (1994)       
    Pulp Fiction (1994) - 1080p.mkv       
    Pulp Fiction (1994) - SD.m4v

vs. examples from the documentation (for naming different versions with editions also specified):

/Media    
  /Movies       
    /Blade Runner (1982)          
      Blade Runner (1982).mp4       
    /Blade Runner (1982) {edition-Director's Cut}          
      Blade Runner (1982).1080p.h264 {edition-Director's Cut}.mp4          
      Blade Runner (1982).1080p.hevc {edition-Director's Cut}.mkv          
      Blade Runner (1982).4k.h264 {edition-Director's Cut}.mp4          
      Blade Runner (1982).4k.hevc {edition-Director's Cut}.mkv

Why wouldn’t the naming for multiple versions match the naming for multiple versions when an edition is also specified, ex “Pulp Fiction (1994).1080p.h264.mkv”?

Just want to make sure I name my library correctly.

Ex. “/Media/Movies/Avengers Endgame (2019)/Avengers Endgame (2019).4k.mkv” (or maybe I have to use the convention “Avengers Endgame (2019) - 4k.mkv” hence my confusion.

Any help or direction is greatly appreciated.

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Actually the movie naming doesn’t really matter when it comes to versions. Those are just examples of different versions but the naming format makes no difference really when it comes to versions in Plex.

Emby\Jellyfin use file naming format as a function for listing the different version in their GUI but Plex uses the title matching to group same title together and then the media info from the files themselves to present the different versions in the GUI. It basically ignores those 1080p and SD items in the file name. Even if you named them Pulp Fiction (1994) - A.MKV and Pulp Fiction (1994) - B.MKV and they were different resolutions they’d show up in Plex just fine really.

Editions is different as it tells Plex to treat this same title movie as a different listing instead of combining them together. This is something Emby\Jellyfin don’t do as they use the same file naming convention for versions as they do for editions (editions and versions are listed together under one title). Here’s how Emby does it (should make it clearer): https://emby.media/support/articles/Movie-Naming.html#multi-version-movies

So the documentation looks like it’s giving a naming convention for versions, but it isn’t. Editions function though is particular (watch that lack of spacing around the hyphen) but not when it comes to the version information.

So to answer your specific question about Avengers… either will work the same. :slight_smile:

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Thank you! This is extremely helpful for a person that is relatively new to Plex!