Some movies are uniquely recognized

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Plex Docs → Your Media → Naming & Organizing Movie Files

Thanks for the info.

You must rename the movies to align with Plex requirements.

If Plex does not recognize the movie after renaming, Plex Dance the movie.

If you wish to keep the extra info in the file name, place it in square brackets at the end of the file name. Plex will then ignore it when matching the movie file.

Incorrect: 02 James Bond 007 contre Dr. No (1962) (Sean Connery) 2160p 4k.mkv

Correct: Dr. No (1962).mkv
Correct: Dr. No (1962) [2160p 4K Sean Connery etc].mkv

Placing all the movies in one folder, ESPIONNAGE, is fine.

However, if you want to have extras, you must place each movie in individual folders.

For example:

/volume1/video/ESPIONNAGE  <-- folder added to movie library
.../Dr. No (1962)
....../Dr. No (1962).mkv
....../Featurette
........./The Guns of James Bond.mkv

If you’ve many files to rename, there are tools that can assist. Here’s a short list.

Many people use Filebot.

The free version of Tiny Media Manager works for basic renaming.

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