# Keeping items from merging
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/keeping-items-from-merging/180684
**Category:** General Discussions
**Created:** [February 19, 2017, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/keeping-items-from-merging/180684 "2017-02-19T09:58:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@avluis](https://forums.plex.tv/u/avluis)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2017, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/keeping-items-from-merging/180684/1 "2017-02-19T09:58:17Z")
Hey there – got two episodes for a series that keep merging with each other.
I have control over how to eventually rename the files, but would love to know the communities’ opinion.
The files are (with paths):
```
/share/anime/Acchi Kocchi/Acchi Kocchi - S1 - Place=Princess [Femme][Blu-ray](6dc5b152).mkv
/share/anime/Acchi Kocchi/Acchi Kocchi - S2 - Special 1 [Femme][Blu-ray](275bf003).mkv
```
These entries are named using [anidb.net](https://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=8890 "anidb.net").
Any tips on how these files can be named without having Plex merge them?
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/keeping-items-from-merging/180684/2 "2017-02-19T17:57:48Z")
> @avluis said:
> /share/anime/Acchi Kocchi/Acchi Kocchi - S1 - Place=Princess [Femme]Blu-ray.mkv
> /share/anime/Acchi Kocchi/Acchi Kocchi - S2 - Special 1 [Femme]Blu-ray.mkv
> Any tips on how these files can be named without having Plex merge them?
By following the [rules for tv shows in Plex](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows "rules for tv shows in Plex").
This Anime is a tv show. It must be placed into a library for tv shows. It won’t work in a movie library.
The two episodes you are listing above are so-called tv show ‘specials’. They are listed in [season 00 on TheTVDB](http://thetvdb.com/?tab=season&seriesid=257888&seasonid=489449&lid=7 "season 00 on TheTVDB").
```auto
anime/
Acchi Kocchi/
Season 01/
Acchi Kocchi - s01e01 - Here There.mkv
Acchi Kocchi - s01e01 - Delicious Cakes Valentine Lipstick.mkv
...
Specials/
Acchi Kocchi - s00e01 - Place Princess [Femme][Blu-ray](6dc5b152).mkv
Acchi Kocchi - s00e02 - Special 1 [Femme][Blu-ray](275bf003).mkv
...
```
> These entries are named using [anidb.net](http://anidb.net).
Plex uses TheTVDB for tv show meta data.
[http://thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=257888&lid=7](http://thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=257888&lid=7)
Switching your file names to the right naming schema is done quickly and almost painless with [Filebot](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/191687/plex-naming-schemes-for-filebot "Filebot")
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### Author:  [@avluis](https://forums.plex.tv/u/avluis)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/keeping-items-from-merging/180684/3 "2017-02-20T02:22:41Z")
The above show is under a TV Shows library, just clear that up.
Plex can already separate the shows’ regular episodes from the special, that hasn’t been an issue.
Lastly, which I should had mentioned, my apologies – I’m using the HamaTV agent to handle metadata for this library.
In retrospect, it looks like Plex needs the SXXEXX in order to properly separate these files from one another.
And thanks for plugging in Filebot, it is a great tool – sadly, I only use it for my TV Shows (american and british) as well as my movies.
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/keeping-items-from-merging/180684/4 "2017-02-20T02:37:14Z")
> @avluis said:
> Lastly, which I should had mentioned, my apologies – I’m using the HamaTV agent to handle metadata for this library.
AFAIK the Hama agent is/(should be) used in conjunction with a special custom scanner (S-BABS or something).
Any issues with merging items are then the fault of this scanner. Any questions shoud be directed towards its author.
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### Author:  [@avluis](https://forums.plex.tv/u/avluis)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/keeping-items-from-merging/180684/5 "2017-02-20T03:00:21Z")
Yes, no worries – I did actually do my research there.
In this case, I am using the Absolute Series Scanner as recommended by the Hama agent maintainer.
So in this instance, I should try and get some support for the scanner itself and not the metadata agent, correct?
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/keeping-items-from-merging/180684/6 "2017-02-20T03:04:41Z")
> @avluis said:
> So in this instance, I should try and get some support for the scanner itself and not the metadata agent, correct?
I am not 100% sure, but I’m inclined to say ‘yes’.
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### Author:  [@avluis](https://forums.plex.tv/u/avluis)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/keeping-items-from-merging/180684/7 "2017-02-20T03:06:42Z")
Got it – thank you for taking the time to answer my posts~
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/keeping-items-from-merging/180684/8 "2020-01-07T22:46:59Z")