Plex Documentation → Your Media
→ Naming & Organizing TV Show Files
→ Naming & Organizing Movie Files
Follow Plex naming and organization requirements.
Plex Dance after renaming and reorganizing.
Example:
/Anime <-- Folder added to TV show library
../Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019) <-- show_name (intro_year)
..../Season 04 <-- "Season" in English
....../Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba s04e04 Thank You Tokito.mkv
....../Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba s04e08 The Mu in Muichiro.mkv
There are many tools that will assist with renaming/reorganizing your media files.
Many people use Filebot. It costs money, but will can rename your media very quickly (minutes).
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
