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cazzie98
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TV shows and episodes

Post by cazzie98 » Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:28 pm

Does anyone have some best practices and tops for doing TV show and episodes?

Woodstock
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Re: TV shows and episodes

Post by Woodstock » Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:06 pm

In what way? Directories to use, naming conventions, ???

A lot depends on what you're using for a server and how you intend to watch things. Also, how many episodes are involved... Like Bleach has 360+ episodes spread out over years.

Lord_EDOX
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Re: TV shows and episodes

Post by Lord_EDOX » Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:19 pm

I only know about KODI which uses "S01E01 - The Venture Bros.mkv" as an example and if you want you can put it in a season folder for your convivence. You can also do "S00E01 - Letterkenny.mkv" for specials etc. I don't rip DVD/Blueray extras at all so I have no idea how you deal with those.

I am guessing other players like Plex may have a different format, but KODI has a great WIKI for any formatting of files you need, and I think you can also look at the site that does the scraping. It is easy to find if you search for KODI Scrapers.

cazzie98
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Re: TV shows and episodes

Post by cazzie98 » Fri Apr 07, 2023 1:41 pm

I have a PLEX server is there a specific naming convention?

Mirarora
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Re: TV shows and episodes

Post by Mirarora » Fri Apr 07, 2023 1:44 pm

cazzie98 wrote:
Fri Apr 07, 2023 1:41 pm
I have a PLEX server is there a specific naming convention?
for plex i use for name of show S01E01 and have never had a problem
jellyfin on the other hand doesn't like that format for some reason so it can't find any of my shows

dcoke22
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Re: TV shows and episodes

Post by dcoke22 » Fri Apr 07, 2023 2:42 pm

Plex: Naming and Organizing Your TV Show Files

Plex: Naming and organizing your Movie files

There's a lot of capability and subtly in the naming conventions Plex and others use.

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