Naming TV Show 'Specials' <- Is wrong, or outdated.

General Discussions
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/Specials
Heroes - s00e02 - Countdown to Season 3.mkv
is what your guide is saying.

/Specials
ShowName - 3xSpecial 9 - Episode Title
Is what many Specials now are named.
(Heros Specials as in your ex. is now:
Heroes
Specials
56 : Countdown to Season 3
(eg: Heroes - 3xSpecial 56 - Countdown to Season 3

2

I think you’re misunderstanding the naming.

In your example that special would simply be:

Heroes - S00E56 - Count Down to Season 3.ext

You’re reading the episode name as part of the episode number instead of putting it as the episode name.

3

Plex uses TVDB.COM And correct naming of Specials are as i showed in my post.
Even FileBot renames the specials as in my post. (_Sherlock - 1xSpecial 1 - Unaired Pilot.mkv _,Sherlock - 3xSpecial 9 - The Abominable Bride.mkv)
Plex is wrong.

4

@PunkleJones said:
/Specials
Heroes - s00e02 - Countdown to Season 3.mkv
is what your guide is saying.

No, the guide would be telling you to do: TV\Specials\Heroes - s00e56 - Countdown to Season 3.mkv

Where are you getting the the episode 2 from in your example? The screenshot you posted clearly says Aired Episode Number: 56… I’m not sure how this is out of line what is being shown on thetvdb.

Perhaps instead of being defensive you could explain your naming pattern and why it is superior other that “Plex is wrong”. Especially in light of your example of Plex naming being incorrect is because you used the wrong episode number.

5

@PunkleJones said:
Even FileBot renames the specials as in my post. (_Sherlock - 1xSpecial 1 - Unaired Pilot.mkv _,Sherlock - 3xSpecial 9 - The Abominable Bride.mkv)
Plex is wrong.
No, Plex is not wrong. Plex tells you how to name your files so that Plex Scanner will find the find, identify, and then match the file.

Clearly, theTVdb.com lists those in the specials season under episode 1 and episode 9

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Now to name these following Plex’s naming standards and the numbering on theTVdb it would end up being:
Sherlock - S00E01 - Unaired Pilot.mkv
Sherlock - S00E09 - Abdominable Bride.mkv

And if you actually use the {plex} tag in Filebot it names them correctly for you automatically (In the correct way):

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