# File nameing

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/file-nameing/504944>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [December 8, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/file-nameing/504944 "2019-12-08T23:15:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Yammers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Yammers](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Yammers)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/file-nameing/504944/1 "2019-12-08T23:15:03Z")

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Hi There some of my plex movies are named correctly through file bot, however in the plex Movie database, i have some that show up in this format

CON\_Air

DVD\_Title

etc how to i get rid of the \_ and force plex to use the names that are correctly assigned.

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**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:** [December 8, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/file-nameing/504944/2 "2019-12-08T23:56:44Z")

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Sounds like you have enabled `Local Media Assets` for your library and prioritized it higher than let’s say Plex Movie / The Movie Database.  
That’ll result in plex checking the file for embedded metadata (in particular titles).

Overall this should only happen with mp4/m4v files – still it can be helpful to change the agent priorities in Settings \> Server \> Agents \> Movies and scan the library again.

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**Author:** ![Yammers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Yammers](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Yammers)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/file-nameing/504944/3 "2019-12-09T00:12:31Z")

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Thanks What about collections. Some of my films are being picked up as collections and others arnt

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**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:** [December 9, 2019, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/file-nameing/504944/4 "2019-12-09T06:37:21Z")

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This can be caused by 2 things:

### Embedded Metadata

Same as with the title… if your agent settings favor Local Media Assets and your mp4/m4v files have embedded metadata, Plex will associate the `Album` tag (embedded metadata) as Collection in Plex.

### Your Library configuration

If you have enabled `Use collection info from The Movie Database` in the library’s advanced settings this will automatically create collections for your movies — independent if you have other movies from that collection or not.

> **[Collections | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201273953-collections/)**
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> Collections let you gather related movies, TV shows, and artists or albums for music together. For example, you might add...

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**Author:** ![Yammers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Yammers](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Yammers)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/file-nameing/504944/5 "2019-12-09T22:37:26Z")

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Ok When using file Bot would you use the plex naming standard binding or do a custom expression

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/file-nameing/504944/6 "2020-03-08T22:37:27Z")

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