TV Shows usually consist of several show seasons with a number of episodes per season. Shows can also be date-based or absolute order.

Series/Episode based TV Shows(Series/Episode based TV Shows)

• Create a folder named with the Show’s name
• Create a folder inside that one with the Season number
• Put the show files in the Season folder, named : Show Name Series Episode
  EX) Heroes S01E01.mkv
• If you would like to include the episode name or additional information, add it after the "S01E01", date or absolute order number.
  EX) Heroes S01E01 - So It Begins.mkv

• Heroes
  • Season 1
    • Heroes - S01E01.vob
    • Heroes - S01E02.vob
    • Heroes - S01E03.vob
  • Season 2
    • Heroes - S02E01.avi
    • Heroes - S02E02.mkv
    • Heroes - S02E03.avi

Date based TV Show episodes

TV Shows that are date based should be named as follows

• TV Show Name
  • TV Show Name - 01-20-2010.mkv

• Dashes in the date are not required. Periods and spaces are acceptable.
• You may also use a date format of 2010-01-20.

Absolute Ordered TV Shows

TV Shows like Anime should be named as follows

• TV Shows
  • TV Show Name - 003.mkv

Absolute ordering must be supported by thetvdb.com for a show for the Plex Media Scanner to use it.

Movie files are simply named by the movie name and release date.

Single Movie Files

• If you have a single movie file, place it in your movies folder and name it : Movie name (release year)
  EX) Avatar (2009)
• You can also create folders in the main folder to gather categories (genre, director etc) together to make managing the files easier for you but it is not necessary if you don’t organize your files that way.
• Plex will search through whatever folders you create.

• Action
  • Lara Croft Tomb Raider (2001)
  • The Bourne Identity (2002)
• Comedy
  • Brothers Grimm (2005)
  • Coneheads (2005)

Stacked files

You might have movies that are split over several files, or the DVD Video_TS folder. Make sure that the group of files goes into a single folder that is named as for a single file

• No Country for Old Men (2007)
  • VIDEO_TS
• The Dark Knight (2008)
  • The Dark Knight Pt1.avi
  • The Dark Knight Pt2.avi

※ Note : Stacking of movies over multiple VIDEO_TS folders is not supported.

Name these files the same way as single movie files.

• Award_Winners
  • No Country for Old Men (2007).img
• Favorites
  • Batman Begins (2005).iso
  • Coogans Bluff (1968).img
  • The Beguiled (1971).img

If you have a number of Home Movies that don't follow a common theme (ie just a series of movies, not a series of movies of your Christmas Holiday) you can add them to a Section using the Movie > Home Movie scanner. Name the files as you like.

• Home Movies
  • Visiting our friends.mov
  • Playing with the dog.mkv
  • Picnic in the Park.m4v

※ Note : If you add files that are named like TV Shows (ie NCIS S01E01.mkv) Plex will ignore the file as a Home Movie.

Your music files can be stored in the same way you store your other media files by gathering them together in folders named in a certain way or by adding your organised iTunes folder. The music scanner reads the embedded ID3 or M4A tags in your music files. For best results have one album per directory.

• Music
  • Foo Fighters
    • One By One
    • There is Nothing Left to Lose
  • U2
    • Joshua Tree

Like your Movies and TV Shows, the Plex Media Server will go out onto the internet and gather metadata about your music files. You’ll see information about the artist, album summary and Album artwork.