Editing Names of Extras

[tom80H]

If named correctly, Plex will show a section of the file name as extra title.

TV Shows <- library folder
  Show Name
    Season XX
      Show Name - sXXeYY - Optional Episode Title.ext
      Show Name - sXXeYY - Optional Episode Title - Custom Extra Title-interview.ext

      Show Name - sXXeYY.ext
      Show Name - sXXeYY - Custom Extra Title-deleted.ext

The base name must be absolutely identical to that of your episode.

That being said… this will still limit what titles you can set. If the title contains a -, Plex will fallback to show the episode name instead.

There’s already an existing suggestion discussing an option to edit extra titles and other metadata from within Plex. Please comment/vote in that thread in order to help us avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes.

Unless I’m missing some unique aspect of your suggestion I’ll close this thread as a duplicate.

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