# Plex Not Naming Episodes **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [October 1, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775 "2026-10-01T22:38:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MechWarriorZero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mechwarriorzero/32/279194_2.png) [@MechWarriorZero](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MechWarriorZero)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/1 "2026-10-01T22:38:49Z")
I used Tiny Media Manager to rename all episodes of Sailor Moon that Aired by DiC Entertainment but if I add them to my plex server the episodes don’t get named but only by Episode 1, Episode 2, etc, ![plexnotnamingepisodes](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/8/4/b/84ba3bb68e2cd433726a874d398605b87e1b1154.jpeg) ![namingepisodes](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/6/2/5/625ee813f6f2bf8d86db71aa8ab169db8ba060b4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![napolij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@napolij](https://forums.plex.tv/u/napolij)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/2 "2026-10-01T22:53:12Z")
Are you sure it matched correctly? I added this to my testing library and I get episode named with both TMDB or TVDB ordering ---
**Author:** ![MechWarriorZero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mechwarriorzero/32/279194_2.png) [@MechWarriorZero](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MechWarriorZero)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/3 "2026-10-01T22:58:11Z")
it would name them to the ViZ version ---
**Author:** ![napolij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@napolij](https://forums.plex.tv/u/napolij)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/4 "2026-10-01T23:00:36Z")
I’m not sure what that means. I’m not big into the anime stuff. What do you expect S01E01 to be named? ---
**Author:** ![MechWarriorZero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mechwarriorzero/32/279194_2.png) [@MechWarriorZero](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MechWarriorZero)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/5 "2026-10-01T23:11:10Z")
here is the list of episodes, [Sailor Moon (TV Series 1992-1997) - Sailor Moon - (YTV (Canada)) — The Movie Database (TMDB)](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/3570-sailor-moon/episode_group/66b80d77466a55112728508e/group/66b80dd4dac71017f6a8e3fb/episode/56c0378ac3a368180a00c0db) but Episode 2 is Talk Radio but if I let plex name them it would name Episode 2 as ViZ Media Episode as the one that was removed episode ---
**Author:** ![napolij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@napolij](https://forums.plex.tv/u/napolij)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/6 "2026-10-01T23:25:47Z")
Ok, I see what you mean. My Sailor Moon has that episode you don’t want. I tried to use a match hint with the series id on the page you posted but it is still matching to the wrong one. I’m not sure how to fix that. ---
**Author:** ![napolij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@napolij](https://forums.plex.tv/u/napolij)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/7 "2026-10-01T23:31:32Z")
Oh, just thought of something… You said you used TinyMediaManager to name the files. Did you also create .nfo files? Plex now has support for reading .nfo files. I haven’t played with it but it seems like you could solve your naming problem that way. ---
**Author:** ![MechWarriorZero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mechwarriorzero/32/279194_2.png) [@MechWarriorZero](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MechWarriorZero)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/8 "2026-10-02T00:15:41Z")
yes, but it still don’t use the .nfo files ![namingepisodes](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/6/2/5/625ee813f6f2bf8d86db71aa8ab169db8ba060b4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![napolij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@napolij](https://forums.plex.tv/u/napolij)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/9 "2026-10-02T00:18:31Z")
You probably need to read through this to see what you have to set up to get the nfo stuff working. [https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nfo-agent-forum-preview/936104](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nfo-agent-forum-preview/936104) ---
**Author:** ![MechWarriorZero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mechwarriorzero/32/279194_2.png) [@MechWarriorZero](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MechWarriorZero)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/10 "2026-10-02T01:32:32Z")
can’t get it to work? and if I change the agent it will mess up my other tv shows info ---
**Author:** ![napolij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@napolij](https://forums.plex.tv/u/napolij)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/11 "2026-10-02T01:36:13Z")
I don’t think it works like that. If you don’t have nfo’s for your other shows, it should fall back to the normal plex tv agent.. Can you post a zip of your nfo files. I’ve never played around with the nfo agent. I’ll see if I can get something work in my testing library ---
**Author:** ![MechWarriorZero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mechwarriorzero/32/279194_2.png) [@MechWarriorZero](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MechWarriorZero)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 3:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/12 "2026-10-02T03:07:29Z")
I tried to just edit the show by trying to change the agent for the show but it didn’t work? ---
**Author:** ![napolij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@napolij](https://forums.plex.tv/u/napolij)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 3:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/13 "2026-10-02T03:08:25Z")
What is your PMS version? ---
**Author:** ![MechWarriorZero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mechwarriorzero/32/279194_2.png) [@MechWarriorZero](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MechWarriorZero)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 3:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/14 "2026-10-02T03:10:24Z")
#### Version 1.43.4.10903 ---
**Author:** ![napolij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@napolij](https://forums.plex.tv/u/napolij)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/15 "2026-10-02T03:12:35Z")
ok, I think that’s the latest, so you should be able to do it. I think I need to update my version to do more testing. Read this thread. It talks about how to set up a custom agent to use both the NFO agent and Plex Series agent > [@Custom Metadata Agent isn't reading episode NFO file](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-metadata-agent-isnt-reading-episode-nfo-file/943660/7): > > I tried Plex NFO by itself. If did remove my metadata from all series, episodes , and seasons but didn’t populate the episode with the nfo file. I’m giving it another go with this agent. NFO is primary and on top. I’ll get this eventually. This is called the many , many trials and errors method. smiley ---
**Author:** ![veeejay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@veeejay](https://forums.plex.tv/u/veeejay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/16 "2026-10-02T03:26:35Z")
Click the pencil on the show’s main page, and select Advanced, and change the episode ordering to The TVDB (American Dub), and then refresh metadata on the show. ![Screenshot 2026-10-01 at 10.23.22 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/d/2/2/d22be69e7cfd85e6689a125abb826cf550440cec.jpeg) It will pull the episode labels from that order on TVDB that match your file naming. Note that the episodes don’t have descriptions: [https://thetvdb.com/series/sailor-moon/seasons/alternate/1](https://thetvdb.com/series/sailor-moon/seasons/alternate/1) ![Screenshot 2026-10-01 at 10.26.12 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/8/9/e/89e70d6d9b23d2ebb6b3af8ebd67e20a5af587f2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![napolij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@napolij](https://forums.plex.tv/u/napolij)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/17 "2026-10-02T03:30:03Z")
Ah cool, that worked for my testing library. I always get surprised by these new or offbeat episode orderings. ---
**Author:** ![MechWarriorZero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mechwarriorzero/32/279194_2.png) [@MechWarriorZero](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MechWarriorZero)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/18 "2026-10-02T04:00:31Z")
I don’t have that option ---
**Author:** ![veeejay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@veeejay](https://forums.plex.tv/u/veeejay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/19 "2026-10-02T04:05:55Z")
That likely means the show is not matched. Looking at your screenshot you have Sailor Moon (1992) and then another folder named Sailor Moon (1992) and then a Season 1 folder where the episodes are. You should only have one top level folder for the show and the season folders in there. Your tv library should be pointing at the folder that has your show folders. Fix the structure and then [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) the files. You could use the fix match option, but it’s better to clean up the structure and let plex match it properly. > [@The Plex Dance ™](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064): > > The purpose of this is to remove all cached metadata and xml data for an item that Plex usually keeps. This helps when you want to “start from scratch” for particular item move all files for the media item out of the directory your Library is looking at, so Plex will not “see” it anymore scan the library library (to detect changes) empty trash clean bundles (in the menu next to server name, when accessed under ‘More’. Or alternatively under Settings - [server name] - Manage - Troubleshooting.… ---
**Author:** ![MechWarriorZero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mechwarriorzero/32/279194_2.png) [@MechWarriorZero](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MechWarriorZero)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775/20 "2026-10-02T04:08:38Z")
Sailor Moon (1992) \ Season 1 that is how I have it [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-not-naming-episodes/943775.md?page=2)