# Plex Naming Convention (Clarification)

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-naming-convention-clarification/521676>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [January 5, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-naming-convention-clarification/521676 "2020-01-05T14:57:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![amateur\_wizard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/amateur_wizard/32/122818_2.png) [@amateur\_wizard](https://forums.plex.tv/u/amateur_wizard)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-naming-convention-clarification/521676/1 "2020-01-05T14:57:11Z")

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I follow the naming convention Plex has set out but I think I may have wrongly interpreted it.

I just created a new server and for some reason there is a huge number of mismatched movies.

This is an example of how my library is laid out.  
The Accountant (2016) - 2160p - 10bit - HDR - HQ

Should it be this way instead  
The Accountant (2016) - 2160p 10bit HDR HQ

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-naming-convention-clarification/521676/2 "2020-01-05T15:02:45Z")

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if you need the technical tidbits, go with  
`The Accountant (2016) [2160p - 10bit - HDR - HQ]`

As Plex ignores everything in square brackets, those extra details won’t throw the matching off.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-naming-convention-clarification/521676/3 "2020-01-05T18:24:16Z")

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To be precise: it ignores stuff within the _first pair_ of square brackets.  
So `The Accountant (2016) [2160p] - [10bit] - [HDR] - [HQ]` may not work that well.

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**Author:** ![amateur\_wizard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/amateur_wizard/32/122818_2.png) [@amateur\_wizard](https://forums.plex.tv/u/amateur_wizard)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-naming-convention-clarification/521676/4 "2020-01-06T23:14:38Z")

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@OttoKerner Thanks for letting me know I can use up to two square brackets.

I have gone with the prior “The Accountant (2016) [2160p - 10bit - HDR - HQ]” as I want it ignore all of this.

After renaming I had to let it finish all its background processing then restart it. Happy to say that it chewed through 90% of the unmatched files.

Thanks for the help @OttoKerner @tom80H

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-naming-convention-clarification/521676/5 "2020-01-07T07:09:04Z")

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> [@amateur\_wizard](#):
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> Thanks for letting me know I can use up to two square brackets.

Yeah, one opening and one closing.  
(Just in case someone may misunderstand your wording of “2 brackets”.)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-naming-convention-clarification/521676/6 "2020-04-06T07:09:04Z")

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