How to Use Filebot to Rename Plex TV Show Episodes

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[@Robin_Coffins]

This is exactly what I needed. After an hour of renaming things, I just could not take any more of it hah software was so much cheaper than I thought it would be. Really great tutorial. So easy to follow. Thank you very much

[@accessrandom]

You're welcome, and thank you 🙏. At one point in time, the developer didn't charge for the software (at the time of publishing this video), but it's good to support a time saver like this...

[@Robin_Coffins]

@@accessrandom yep, I'm totally ok with supporting great software like this! (I haven't stopped using it haha)

[@howardpitfield9921]

Great voice! Came to my rescue with 60 years of Doctor Who episodes.

[@accessrandom]

You're welcome, and thank you 🙏.

[@sirmateo75]

Excellent Tutorial. Perfect Speed and Great Step by Step.

[@accessrandom]

Many thanks 🙏

[@martinxmares]

Your voice is amazing

[@accessrandom]

Thanks man. My mom always said I had a face for radio :)

[@iambounceback]

I was thinking the same thing! He has a perfect voice over voice!!!!!! Would be perfect for narrating a classic tv show or interactive guide.

[@markdrennan4204]

Thanks. After reinstalling Windows the output format had defaulted to 1x01 and I was having problems fixing it.

[@bobdemars7741]

For the people complaining about the price. It is totally worth it. Thanks for the video too!

[@accessrandom]

You're welcome, and thank you. Agreed! This has saved me so much time. TheTVDB has also changed their API so a newer version of Filebot is required if you have that as your Plex agent.

[@Jad2410]

Is this still useful when sonarr and radarr has this renaming functionality?

[@FormulaSumo]

You saved me soo much time, thanks!

[@accessrandom]

You're welcome, and thank you - glad you found the video useful.

[@FFMMA]

Thanks man!! Great tutorial! and I agree with the guy below, amazing voice. You should be in radio or something similar. Maybe do the voice overs of hit movie trailers! :)

[@accessrandom]

Much appreciated! 😊

[@RetroBerner]

The newer versions costs a lot of money. I stick with the portable version for that reason alone, dude got money hungry.

[@xXxChaoticXx]

Link?

[@Meechety]

Isn't there another way to do this by using the Preset option and something along the lines of, "{plex}"...? I re-downloaded Filebot and I need to figure out what that present was.

[@iloveediblestuff]

Straight forward, clear, and answered all of my questions. Good guide. Thanks!

[@accessrandom]

You're welcome :)

[@EstefanyOP]

This was super amazing thank you so much!

[@accessrandom]

You're welcome, and thank you 🙏

[@jamiecurran7734]

Does this also put the artwork on the file itself?

[@schubertseven]

Very helpful - this isn't easy to find on the net... I didn't want to spend hours renaming!

[@accessrandom]

Glad to be of help...

[@StudentoftheUniverse-f7z]

Very helpful video. Thanks!

[@CoolJZero1]

I just want to rename my mkv files to S01E01 Format but its not ding it why?

[@Cleetus76]

Is this necessary in Plex still? Doesn't it now read the file metadata

[@accessrandom]

If you set up your Agents to read the file metadata, it will simply take the info from the file, including any embedded image to display as the poster. But if you have the Agent set up to scrape external sites (and I could be wrong since it's been a while), - I believe it will still look at the filenames.

[@seanzhang3873]

Is it possible to rename the extension as well?

[@accessrandom]

In the version that I am using (which is the same one in the video), I did not see a way to change the extension, sorry.

[@seanzhang3873]

@@accessrandom Thank your for the reply! I actually figured it out by just right-click the file and selecting “Edit Format" and adding the extension behind the format, e.g. "{n} - {s00e00} - {t}.mp4". Then go to setting at the bottom right and select "Override" under Extension. It only works for the TV shows for me tho, a single file of movie does not work.

[@timelesstimesgoneby]

how to make filebot match your names episode to rename episode that's been correctly named to system name

[@griff311]

Excellent video! Thank you!

[@JasonCarmichael]

Thanks for showing. Works as expected.

[@accessrandom]

You're welcome - glad to hear it worked 👍

[@wa-reviews2794]

Has anybody found a work around due to the new version requiring a license, different program maybe?

[@SentryxVoid]

Nah man, it's only $6 for one year well worth it to rename my thousands of shows and movies and w/e else I add in the next year.

[@dudleydooright]

rutracker has a cracked version for Mac OS but still can't find anything for PC.

[@lim.b.]

Question: is there a Mac equivalent for file bot?

[@rauland]

If you haven’t checked out the website, in the downloads section you get both the x64 and arm64 versions for mac

[@sankarvkm]

Thank you. Your video was a great help!

[@accessrandom]

Glad you found it useful. Thank you kindly 👍

[@warnerokereke4259]

Good stuff! Thank you

[@samuelhildebrandt9074]

I dont know why I've been putting this off for so long!!! It's not even a little bit hard😫

[@paulmattox]

Any idea why plex cant find my files and folders on the hard drive when adding movies ? It shows my hard drive but nothing in it. I can open the hard drive from desktop and it shows me all files and folders :/

[@accessrandom]

I've run into this only when the file system on which the Plex Server was installed was REFS instead of NTFS (at least for Windows). Could this be the problem on your computer?

[@paulmattox]

@@accessrandom iv checked the hard drive on my pc it's in NTFS . I had a play about in terminal on the pi and tryed to mount . Didnt think I needed to as I can access it on the desktop but after messing about on another sd card I got it to work :/ it's not done properly i dont think but it's there lol.

[@paulmattox]

Sorted it . You have to go into pi terminal and basicly mount your usb and edit fstab and add your UUID simple...... :/

[@accessrandom]

P M88TOX Thanks for the update 👍

[@briankandal4302]

I just found found out this thing works in just windows is there something like that for Android. Organizing the files on Plex is a little confusing so something like this would be tremendously helpful ! I just ordered a new Android box, about 5 hours ago and now I find this filebot program, hope I did not do wrong and stupid like getting another Android system Please get back with me ASAP. Please hurry I might still have time to change my order. Thanks in advance Brian

[@accessrandom]

It is definitely a time-saver for me. Unfortunately, I haven't tried any file renamers for Android (there doesn't seem to be much out there). Would you have access to a Windows PC? As long as the Plex media is on the network or is otherwise shared with the PC, you can always use Filebot to just rename the shared files.

[@blazer666del]

01x?? or 1x?? is a recommended format from plex

[@accessrandom]

According to Plex's website about naming, they follow the SXXEXX format (for example, s02e17). I think the newer versions of Filebot have a template just for Plex naming (which wasn't there in older versions).

[@highlion8998]

i followed the same steps but it didnt rename the files it just added folders in that had the right names what should i do?

[@accessrandom]

When you open your Episode Format dialog (as shown at the 3:54 mark), does it look like the one in the video?

[@highlion8998]

@@accessrandom yeah nevermind i fixed it somehow after trying it again

[@highlion8998]

@@accessrandom i tried using this for some anime, and anime usually doesnt have seasons, its ongoing until it ends and when i did it for one of them (hunter x hunter 2011) it separated the show into seasons, its not a big problem because its still organized into plex properly and the episodes are in the right order but is there a way to fix that?

[@accessrandom]

Sorry, I haven't had much experience with anime, but I've heard you can use the AniDB selection in the Fetch and Match Data menu at the 3:48 mark. Another viewer in the comments below (timster788 ) suggested that there's a plugin for Plex itself to help it scan anime.

[@РомычБерёза]

Great, thank you !!!

[@marcosviagens802]

Is it possible to translate the titles? I'm from Brazil and would im like them in Portuguese.

[@accessrandom]

I believe you can select the language by clicking Match, and then Preferences. This assumes that the translated title already exists in TVDB.

[@mrblack576]

It does not change the file format right ?

[@accessrandom]

That's correct. This is purely a renaming of the file (not a re-encoding of it).

[@mrblack576]

Thank you sir for the video my last question below tv b its for anime ?

[@accessrandom]

I haven't tried it myself for anime, but one viewer in the comments below (timster788 ) suggested that there's a plugin for Plex itself to help it scan anime. You can also use the AniDB selection in the Fetch and Match Data menu at the 3:48 mark.

[@mrblack576]

@@accessrandom no i mean the one below anidb is for anime i mean like tv when you are matching

[@mrblack576]

Right ?

[@chrisvelarde8236]

Do you know why plex will not find a tv show series after I changed the name of the titles?

[@accessrandom]

The most common reason I've run across is the Plex agent settings. If you go into your settings in your Plex Media Server, then Agents -> Shows -> TheTVDB, make sure TheTVDB is the first in order (you can drag and drop it into first place). Otherwise, it may be a show that may have had a same title in two or more different years (like the one in my video) where you need to add the year in parenthesis after the title.

[@NebulousTwist]

2:28 start

[@hillbillyhangover]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

[@accessrandom]

YW!!! 😀👍 and thank you.

[@naik4633]

How to fix wrong rename

[@rukmalranaweera]

It's magic!

[@anthonynunez3523]

What about anime ?

[@accessrandom]

I haven't had much experience with anime, but I believe you'll want to use AniDB instead of TheTVDB in the Fetch and Match Data menu at the 3:48 mark.

[@timster788]

For anime you can use filebot but sometime plex doesnt read it right there is an extension someone made fore plex to make anime scan better

[@JoeyCalisthenics]

thats a good tool

[@accessrandom]

Yes, it's definitely something I like to keep in my toolbox...

[@RazzTheKid]

is filebot paid?

[@accessrandom]

In the past, FileBot was free (or at least donationware). The current version, as I understand it, is only available from the Windows Store for Windows 10 and does require payment.

[@jmccomas2010]

Can find it free. Just did today googling around

[@FFMMA]

It is available free for the older versions(just like he uses in the video) here is where I got it from - filebot.en.lo4d.com/download

[@TheTroyHagen]

Not all heroes wear capes. You sir, are a hero.

[@younguy978]

@@FFMMA Thank you!!!

[@lowgunberry]

So after all this have to pay for a licenses. No thanks

[@levyan4718]

Dude I did all this manually...

[@accessrandom]

I used to, so I feel your pain...