Episode Title - not just Episode 1

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OK - now am adding TV shows.

For many shows knowing the title of the episode is very important, not just seeing Episode 1. Shows like South Park that have no real season plot are dependent on episode title to know what it is.

How do I format my file names so that the actual name of the episode pops up (and is not just ignored).

Right now my TV Shows are titled as described here:
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows

For example, the show Firefly.
I want to watch an episode call “Out of Gas”, but I don’t know what episode # it is. When I look on my phone app, all I see is Episode 8 (with another smaller Episode 8 below it, or grey out on the web app - it displays the Episode 8 twice on both apps, as if it knows it is the eighth episode and it thinks the episode title is Episode 8.).
My file is:
Firefly - s01e08 - Out of Gas.mkv
Where do I put the episode title so that it shows as the Episode title in Plex?

See here - clearly there is a space for the real episode title, I assume the bold white (then the episode number in grey beneath).

Thanks!

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Under this setting try and move TheTVDB up to the top and see.

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Augmenting what @nokdim has said above, FileBot will provide you with both AirDate or DVD order.

Here is how both look for PMS to match.

./Season 01:
total 3962320
drwxr-xr-x. 2 chuck users      4096 Dec 11  2016 ./
drwxr-xr-x. 4 chuck users      4096 Dec 11  2016 ../
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 539417324 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E01.The Train Job.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 265786050 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E02.Bushwhacked.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 273269823 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E03.Our Mrs. Reynolds.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 273677865 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E04.Jaynestown.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 266135188 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E05.Out of Gas.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 273307981 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E06.Shindig.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 273495121 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E07.Safe.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 273448693 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E08.Ariel.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 266579193 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E09.War Stories.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 267078044 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E10.Objects in Space.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 272152840 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E11.Serenity.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 274468336 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E12.Heart of Gold.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 264209987 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E13.Trash.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 274352503 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E14.The Message.mkv

./Season 01 [dvd]:
total 3962320
drwxr-xr-x. 2 chuck users      4096 Dec 11  2016 ./
drwxr-xr-x. 4 chuck users      4096 Dec 11  2016 ../
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 272152840 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E01.Serenity.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 539417324 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E02.The Train Job.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 265786050 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E03.Bushwhacked.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 273307981 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E04.Shindig.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 273495121 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E05.Safe.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 273269823 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E06.Our Mrs. Reynolds.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 273677865 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E07.Jaynestown.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 266135188 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E08.Out of Gas.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 273448693 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E09.Ariel.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 266579193 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E10.War Stories.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 264209987 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E11.Trash.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 274352503 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E12.The Message.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 274468336 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E13.Heart of Gold.mkv
-rw-r--r--. 1 chuck users 267078044 Jun 23 14:51 Firefly.S01E14.Objects in Space.mkv
[chuck@lizum Firefly.28]$
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Same issue for me for newly added episodes. Seems an issue with the TVDB agent.

I deleted cache.
I tried refreshing metadata.
I did the dance and now the whole TV show which had episode names before no longer does.
I removed all additional agents for Shows and TVDB leaving only TheTVDB.

This started around 2 weeks ago. The show is matched. I get the artwork for seasons and show description. I get all necessary information about the show on its main page. It is only the Episode Name that is not fetched.

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Are the files MP4 ?

If so, please check mediainfo and see what the Title field is. If there is a Title field and it’s null, then you need to remove it OR move LMA to the bottom. PMS keys on tags in MP4 files.

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Here is one example. The file is MKV.

I tried with Local Media Assets (LMA) unchecked. I tried with LMA checked and at the bottom. I tried it with directly under TheTVDB.

Nothing worked.

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The episode before it has the title correctly assigned.

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Also, I know that if I have file Details (from the Properties menu) defined, they do affect the naming. The files in questions have no details in the files. The episodes of other shows were recognized before. Doing the dance caused the episodes names to become unavailable.

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Hi yea I’m looking for a way to incorporate the episode title into the file name itself in a way which Plex will recognize as the episode title.

I do not like like syncing info from online databases at all. They can change or cause problems or be wrong.

If I find a way to do what I’m looking for I’ll post it here.

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  1. Use FileBot or a similar renaming tool. I can give you the template (renaming rule) if you wish
  2. If you are willing to give up the metadata, creating an ‘Other Videos’ type library, using the structure created by FileBot, it will appear the same as if PMS did it.

Is this what you’re trying to accomplish?

Edit: I would also like to help you resolve PMS ‘getting it wrong’. There is always a reason for these problems and the solution is usually pretty easy. I am willing to assist you with this as well if you’d prefer to have it ‘fully automatic’ with full metadata.