I asked Plex for clarification.
- IMDB IDs work for matching TV shows.
- Plex does not use IMDB for episode ordering, naming, etc. Only TMDB & TVDB are supported.
I’ll update the thread if I receive additional information.
UPDATE: Naming & Organizing Your TV Show Files has been updated. It now says IMDB, TMDB, & TVDB IDs can be used to match TV shows.
That is still unsupported naming/organization.
- The ID belongs on the show folder
- Use season folders
- “-tagged” is only for episode extras. Other uses may interfere with Plex correctly recognizing episodes.
/TV Shows <-- folder added to tv show library
../Show_Name (Intro_Year) {tmdb-xxxxx} <-- ID optional
..../Season XX
....../Show_Name (Intro_Year) sXXeYY optional_episode_name.ext <-- ext=mkv/mp4/etc.
....../Show_Name (Intro_Year) sXXeYY optional_episode_name-featurette.ext
