# Episode name display **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [February 10, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episode-name-display/689024 "2021-02-10T21:08:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rqc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rqc/32/95399_2.png) [@rqc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rqc)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episode-name-display/689024/1 "2021-02-10T21:08:18Z")
I think I’m following correct show/season/episode naming guidelines but in the Season window, Plex is showing the whole filename as the episode name and I think it should just be showing the episode name. For example, in my TV Shows library, I have a directory for Outlander (2014). Inside of that I have a directory named Season 01, and inside of that I have files named in this format: Outlander - S01E01 - Sassenach.m4v, Outlander - S01E02 - Castle Leoch.m4v, and Outlander - S01E03 - The Way Out.m4v I thnk Plex should be display the episodes as Sassenach, Castle Leoch, and The Way Out in the Plex interface but it displaying them as the full filename. Am I missing a setting in Plex to properly show just the episode name? Attached are screenshots of what the Season window looks like, a Plex episode detail window, a Plex file path window, the filename list of files in Plex, and the Plex folder hierarchy they are in. Am I missing something? ![Outlander episodes](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/1/6/169dee539f181d5da85590e84974e48c65cf2bac.jpeg) ![Outlander s01e01 details](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/c/a/caa201847d1cd576e1a0ebd7b6a2442d47da5aa0.jpeg) ![Outlander file names](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/0/2/023b1759d290b495c18252d419711c0e07c6ad0f.jpeg) ![Outlander s01e01 file path](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/3/5/35ccbfd2531a693e27f6e99a5bfbff0644b44a60.jpeg) ![Outlander file path](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/a/d/ad4644198f82a0e5eff6605ff878823185baded7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![grhiner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/grhiner/32/237004_2.png) [@grhiner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/grhiner)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episode-name-display/689024/2 "2021-02-10T21:32:23Z")
Did you manually fill in the Edit page where the title and Sort title are listed? If so, that is your problem. Change the Title to just the episode name and it will display correctly. The title and sort do not have to match the computers file name. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episode-name-display/689024/3 "2021-02-10T22:00:46Z")
Sounds more like some embedded metadata in your m4v files and that information prioritized over the online metadata. This will give you basically 2 options: 1. Clean up the embedded metadata 2. Decrease the source priority for `Local Media Assets (TV)` [Metadata Agents | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200241558-agents/) ---
**Author:** ![rqc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rqc/32/95399_2.png) [@rqc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rqc)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episode-name-display/689024/4 "2021-02-11T03:04:52Z")
No, it filled that in for me. ---
**Author:** ![rqc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rqc/32/95399_2.png) [@rqc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rqc)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 3:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episode-name-display/689024/5 "2021-02-11T03:27:09Z")
Where do I make this change at? ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episode-name-display/689024/6 "2021-02-11T05:23:00Z")
Settings - Server - Agents - TV Shows - TheTVDB as well as Settings - Server - Agents - TV Shows - TheMovieDB ---
**Author:** ![rqc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rqc/32/95399_2.png) [@rqc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rqc)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episode-name-display/689024/7 "2021-02-12T00:37:55Z")
OK, I’ve figured out that if I name the episode with the full Plex preferred name (which will make the filename correct), it also embeds this name in the metadata and that seems to override Plex’s parsing beyond the ability to overcome it. So now I will name each episode with just the episode name so the metadata is correct, then use a file renaming tool to update the physical filenames. In this example, Metamorphosis is the episode name and I’ll rename the filename to Smallville - s01e02 - Metamorphosis.mkv I think this will yield the result Plex understands. Extra steps but probably no other way to make Plex parse the episode name if the whole thing is in the metadata. ![Metamorphosis](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/e/7/e76d2ef47988f366425889a98e21c321496f6726.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Volts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a5b964/32.png) [@Volts](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Volts)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episode-name-display/689024/8 "2021-02-12T02:25:51Z")
> [@rqc](#): > > So now I will name each episode with just the episode name so the metadata is correct, then use a file renaming tool to update the physical filenames. I don’t understand. If filenames are “correct” when they are added to Plex, and files don’t have baked-in metadata, this multi-step process should not be necessary. Did you disable (or lower) the **Local media assets** agent? ---
**Author:** ![rqc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rqc/32/95399_2.png) [@rqc](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rqc)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episode-name-display/689024/9 "2021-02-12T06:05:43Z")
The files do have metadata, which is in the same name format as the Plex filename. When my ripping software asks me for the Title, I enter Show - SxxExx - EpisodeTitle, which creates the desired Plex filename convention. However, it also hard codes the Title the same way. I’ve just found some software that can batch edit the metadata and correct the Titles, so I should get the correct Plex display now since Plex will read the updated Title (now just the EpisodeTitle). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episode-name-display/689024/10 "2021-05-13T06:06:39Z")
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