# Setting up tv series on plex... HELP!

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**Created:** [September 9, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-up-tv-series-on-plex-help/887805 "2024-09-09T23:18:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/setting-up-tv-series-on-plex-help/887805/2 "2024-09-10T00:14:58Z")

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[Plex Documentation](https://support.plex.tv/articles/) → [Your Media](https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/your-media/)  
→ [Naming & Organizing Your TV Show Files](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-tv-show-files/)  
→ [Naming & Organizing Your Movie Files](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-movie-media-files/)

See [Why is some of my content not found?](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201543057-why-is-some-of-my-content-not-found/)

This usually comes down to naming and organization. Make sure you follow Plex’s requirements.

You may need to [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) the movie or show after renaming / reorganizing.

Example:

```auto
\TV Shows <-- TV Library points here. Name does not matter.
..\Band of Brothers (2001) <-- show_name (year)
....\Season 01 <-- "Season" in English
......\Band of Brothers (2001) s01e01.ext <-- ext = mkv/mp4/etc
......\Band of Brothers (2001) s01e02 Day of Days.ext
......\Band of Brothers (2001) s01e02 Day of Days.eng.srt
....\Season 02
......\Band of Brothers (2001) s02e01.ext <-- sXXeYY important.
......\Band of Brothers (2001) s02e02.ext

```

  

If you need to rename many files:

- [Filebot](https://www.filebot.net/)
- [Tiny Media Manager](https://www.tinymediamanager.org/)
- [Microsoft PowerTools PowerRenamer](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys)

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})`
- 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

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