Naming Scheme is more flexible as documentation says

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I installed the official PLEX server package on my QNAP NAS. Version 0.9.7.17. I added some media files. Streaming media to my LG TV via "Media Link" works like a charm.

 

To help PLEX identify some of my media files (e.g. to correctly combine stacked files), I had to rename those files as described in the PLEX wiki.

 

However, PLEX scanners are not as inflexible as described in the Plex Wiki. They are way smarter as described in the documentation.

 

Example: According to the wiki, TV shows have to be sorted into folders according to season. This means, one would have to create a folder with the season number and put the show files in the correct season folder. Additionaly the wiki says, that one has to encode the season number XX and episode number YY into the file name using a strict sXXeYY naming format. So we end up with paths like ShowName/SeasonXX/ShowName - sXXeYY.ext.  This seems redundant and overly strict.

 

Actually, the PLEX scanners are smarter as documented and also cope with show files that are not sorted into season folders and where season and episodes are more loosely formatted into the file name. They also understand a structure and naming format like : ShowName/ShowName - XXxYY.ext

 

This is a good thing the developers should not hide. I think this flexibilty should be documented in the Plex wiki.

 

Cheers,

Dan

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i have noticed what you are talking about but i don't think its just a matter of it being strict but its a cleaner way of keeping some order on multi-season shows, i personally welcome this as i have a 7TB+ library of video media running on Plex.

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i have noticed what you are talking about but i don't think its just a matter of it being strict but its a cleaner way of keeping some order on multi-season shows, i personally welcome this as i have a 7TB+ library of video media running on Plex.

Retaking this:

The engine is more flexible than the Wiki says but it's not documented, and it should. I have *NEVER* named episodes with SxxExx conventions and they've always been picked up. I think the actual naming schemes should be documented if they exist, it's silly that they're not and naming schemes are turning people away from the platform.

I have always used 1x02 instead of S01E02 as the naming convention. I don't always use a season folder. Both of these things are straight out at odds with the wiki:

https://plexapp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Based-TV-Shows

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