Plex Documentation → Your Media
→ Naming & Organizing Your TV Show Files
→ Naming & Organizing Your Movie Files
- Reorganize your files. Do not point a Plex library at the root folder of a drive. It can cause problems with correctly recognizing media.
- Rename the show to follow Plex naming requirements. Use sXXeYY, not 1x01.
- After renaming and reorganizing, Plex Dance the show.
G:\TV Shows <-- Folder added to TV show library, name does not matter
..Family Guy (1999) {tvdb-75978} <-- ShowName (Year); ID optional
....Season 01 <-- "Season" in English, two digits for year
......Family Guy (1999) s01e01.ext <-- sXXeYY mandatory, ext = mp4/mkv/avi/etc
....Season 02
......Family Guy (1999) s02e01.ext <-- Always use year show introduced
Tools to assist with renaming:
Many people use Filebot. It is quite powerful and can rename an entire library in minutes.
Tiny Media Manager is also very useful, and free.
TMM Renamer Patterns:
- Show Name:
${showTitle} (${showYear}) {tvdb-${showTvdb}} - Season:
Season ${seasonNr2} - Episode Name:
${showTitle} (${showYear}) s${seasonNr2}e${episodeNr2} ${episode.title} - Movie Name:
${title} (${year}) {imdb-${imdb}}
PowerRenamer in Microsoft Power Tools is helpful for simple renaming with pattern matches or regular expressions. It makes quick work of tasks such as adding a year to file names, removing undesirable text from multiple files, etc.
