Plex Documentation → Your Media
→ Naming & Organizing Your Movie Files
→ Naming & Organizing Your TV Show Files
There are multiple Grinch movies.
- Use the name as listed at IMDB.com or TMDB.
- Add the year to help Plex recognize which movie to match.
- Add the IMDB or TMDB ID to tell Plex exactly which movie to match.
Then Plex Dance the movie to remove any incorrect information from the Plex Media Server database.
Example:
/Volumes/Public/Shared Videos/Movies/ <-- Folder added to movie library
/How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) {imdb-tt0060345} <-- movie_name (year) {ID}
/How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) {imdb-tt0060345}.mp4 <-- movie_name (year) {ID}.ext
/How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) {imdb-tt0170016}
/How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) {imdb-tt0170016}.ext <-- ext = mp4/mkv/etc
/The Grinch (2018) {imdb-tt2709692}
/The Grinch (2018) {imdb-tt2709692}.ext
/Dr. Seuss' the Grinch Musical (2020) {imdb-tt13437728}
/Dr. Seuss' the Grinch Musical (2020) {imdb-tt13437728}.ext
