Rename Existing Media Files

Feature Suggestions
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Rename movies and TV Series to one of multiple options.
Maybe through a button similar to sync; previewing and confirming the renames suggested; or a toggle-able option

Movie examples:
[Movie] (YEAR)
[Collection] - [Movie] (YEAR)

TV Show examples:
[Series] S01-E02 Title (YEAR)
[Series] S01E02 (YEAR)

I am aware that existing programs are capable of doing this (Filebot, theRenamer, etc.). I like the idea of managing more aspects of my media with Plex.

Benefits for Plex:

  • The meta-data required to do this is already there.
  • It should not be too much code to write.
  • It could be locked behind plex pass. (Obviously we’d prefer free though)
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All but the first naming schemas above are invalid in Plex.

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Almost none of my media was in the format of the first naming schema or named correctly at all for that matter.
As long as the file contains the title and year, Plex should be able to pick it up (to my knowledge).
The system is in place to detect/match the media, just not to rename it.

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Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate