Plex Documentation → Your Media
→ Naming & Organizing TV Show Files
→ Adding Local Subtitles to Your Media
- Follow Plex naming recommendations.
- After renaming, Plex Dance the series to clear previous incorrect matching info from the Plex database.
- Consider adding a language code to the subtitle file names. Plex will then show their language in the UI and use it according to your account subtitle preferences (see Account Settings).
/TV Shows <-- Folder added to TV Show library, name unimportant
.../Father Ted (1995) <-- Show_Name (year)
....../Season 01 <-- "Season" in English, two digits for season number
........./Father Ted (1995) s01e01 Good Luck Father Ted.ext <-- sXXeYY mandatory; ext=mkv/mp4/etc
........./Father Ted (1995) s01e02 Entertaining Father Stone.ext