Plex Naming Conventions

Description:

So in order to have my media processed correctly with Plex I had to name them like so:

To Resolve:

1. For movies:

   • Before: /movies/2016-moana/2016-moana.mp4
   • After: /movies/Moana (2016)/Moana (2016).mp4
   • Fix - Named the folders using Bulk Rename Tool and then powershell for each file under it:

   $movies = gci s:\vids\movies | Sort-Object
   
   foreach ($movie in $movies)
   {
      $dname = ($movie.fullname).split("\\")[-1]
      write-output $dname
      $file = gci $($movie.FullName) -Recurse -File
      Rename-Item $($file.FullName) -NewName ($dname + $($file.extension) )
      Start-Sleep -Seconds 2 #comment this out after you know it works
   }
   

2. For music:

   • Before: /music/farid--afloat.mp3
   • After: /music/Farid/all-music/Afloat.mp3
   • Fix:
   • Download MusicBrainz Picard
   • Set move files to new directory based on: %albumartist%/all-music/%title%
   • Any issues resolved with editing the metadata either with MediaMonkey or Mp3Tag

3. For TV Shows

   • Before: /TV Shows/ShowName/Season 02/ShowName – s02e17 – Optional_Info.ext
   • After: /TV Shows/From the Earth to the Moon/Season 01/From the Earth to the Moon - s01e01.mp4
   • Fix: Just used Bulk Rename Utility as I already had these almost like this.

4. For photos and home videos, I just sort by Year and then Month so /photos/2020/01/photo1.jpeg so I never had issues there as I always just browse by folder for those libraries.