Thanks for the screenshot.
You must correctly name and organize your shows. See the documentation linked in my earlier reply.
You may need to Plex Dance each show after renaming/reorganizing, to remove incorrect matching information from the Plex Database.
Given the file structure in the screenshot, Television is the folder to add to the TV show library.
/Television <-- folder added to TV Show library.
/Show Name (year)
/Show Name (year) s01e01 optional_episode_name.ext <-- ext = mkv/mp4/etc.
If you want to keep the “extra info” in the name, place it at the end of the file name in square brackets. Ex: Show Name (year) s01e01 [720p.hevc.etc.].ext
There are tools that can help. Here’s a shortlist. The free version of Tiny Media Manager works for most people.
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.
Example 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
