How do you name TV Show directories to reflect the name of the series that it contains?
I noticed
@ClicketyClack provided you the link to Plex's naming for shows. An example looks like this:
"\\server\Multimedia\Shows\Married... With Children\Married... With Children - s01e01 - Pilot.mp4"
You can avoid manual naming for the most part if you use the
Naming Templates built in to AnyStream... which others have provided the variables they use.
For example, I use one for local and one for the network and can switch between them as needed. Keep in mind you can only use one at a time. Changing your selection will alter pending downloads in your queue.
My
Custom Path +
Variable Paths & Filenames
My network template uses:
\\server\Multimedia\Shows\Other\%n< (%y)>\%n - s%se%e - %t
My local template uses:
D:\AnyStream\Shows\%n< (%y)>\%n - s%se%e - %t
My Movies template uses:
\\server\Multimedia\Movies\%t< (%y)>
That year variable was recently added and comes in handy for the most part.
< (%y)>
I did as you instructed and created a subfolder in the TV Shows folder and move the movies to the new folder. After doing so I had the TV Folder scan for new files bt the newly added directory isn't showing up.
I'll assume your root media directories look something like this:
- D:\Multimedia\Movies <<< all your movies are in here. You don't need a folder for each movie unless you need greater control of the metadata, etc.
- D:\Multimedia\TV Shows\Married... With Children <<< with their respective episode files
- D:\Multimedia\TV Shows\Bonanza <<< with their respective episode files
... as outlined using these Plex guides:
Code:
https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/your-media/naming-and-organizing-tv-shows
If you have your media in different locations, you'll need to add the root directories for your media to your respective Media Libraries.
I am currently using two for the time being which looks like this if it helps:
Plex Movies Library
\\server\Multimedia\Movies
\\server\Multimedia
2\Movies
Plex TV Shows Library
\\server\Multimedia\Shows
\\server\Multimedia
2\Shows
Some Plex Library Settings to consider enabling are:
- Scan my library automatically
- Run a partial scan when changes are detected (click Show Advanced)
- Scan my library periodically (my interval is set to hourly)