Is this a correct .plexmatch file?

[Caridi]

Server Version#: 4.139.0

I’m trying to get the Specials season of Spongebob Squarepants to use the TVDB to match the episodes, but nothing is changing. This is my layout:

/TV Shows
   /Spongebob Squarepants
      /Season 0
        Spongebob Squarepants - S0E01 - Christmas Who.mkv
        Spongebob Squarepants - S0E02 - Party Pooper Pants (SpongeBob's House Party).mkv
        Spongebob Squarepants - S0E03 - The Sponge Who Could Fly (The Lost Episode).mkv
        Spongebob Squarepants - S0E04 - Ugh.mkv
        Spongebob Squarepants - S0E06 - Have You Seen This Snail.mkv
        Spongebob Squarepants - S0E07 - Dunces and Dragons.mkv
        Spongebob Squarepants - S0E08 - Friend or Foe.mkv
        Spongebob Squarepants - S0E09 - Atlantis SquarePantis.mkv
        Spongebob Squarepants - S0E10 - Pest of the West.mkv
        Spongebob Squarepants - S0E11 - What Ever Happened to SpongeBob.mkv
        Spongebob Squarepants - S0E12 - SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One.mkv
        Spongebob Squarepants - S0E14 - Truth or Square.mkv
        Spongebob Squarepants - S0E15 - The Clash of Triton.mkv
        Spongebob Squarepants - S0E22 - It's a Spongebob Christmas.mkv
        .plexmatch

This is my .plexmatch file:

Title: SpongeBob SquarePants

Year: 1999

tvdbid: 75886

Season: 0

Is this all correct?

[DTR]

The tvdbid in a .plexmatch file doesn’t tell Plex to use TVDB ordering, it just tells Plex what show to match it against in Plex’s database. If you want Plex to use TVDB ordering, you’ll have to modify that in Plex itself (Edit show > Advanced > Episode ordering). You also can’t mix and match orderings - e.g. you can’t only have your specials use TVDB Aired ordering while everything else uses TMDB ordering.

[FordGuy61]

You do not need a plexmatch.

1. Add the year to the show folder
2. Use two digits for season number
3. Edit the show (pencil icon) → Advanced → Episode ordering = TheTVDB(Aired)
4. Refresh metadata if Plex does not do so automatically.

This matched immediately on my server:

[Caridi]

Thanks for the info.

I was mainly trying to only get Season 0 to order by TVDB and the rest by TMDB.