TRaSH-Guides/docs/Radarr/V3/Radarr-recommended-naming-scheme.md

# Recommended naming scheme

Often on Radarr discord people asking what's the recommended/best way to naming your files.
First of it's personal preference, but the support staff often recommend to add also non recoverable info.
Why ?

if you even need to do a re-install, re-import for what ever reason in Radarr or Plex/Emby/JellyFin it's nice to have all that info in the filename so it get's imported correctly and not been matched as HDTV or WEB-DL etc.

The Tokens not available in the release won't be used/shown.

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## Standard Movie Format

### All the details

This naming scheme is made to be compatible with the [New Plex Agent](https://forums.plex.tv/t/new-plex-media-server-movie-scanner-and-agent-preview/593269/517) that now support IMDB and TMDB IDs in file names, if you don't need it or want it just remove `[imdb-{ImdbId}]`

```bash
{Movie CleanTitle} {(Release Year)} {Edition Tags} [imdb-{ImdbId}]{[Custom Formats]}{[Quality Full]}{[MediaInfo 3D]}{[MediaInfo VideoDynamicRange]}[{Mediainfo VideoBitDepth}bit][{Mediainfo VideoCodec}]{[Mediainfo AudioCodec}{ Mediainfo AudioChannels}]{-Release Group}
```

RESULT:

```bash
The Movie Title (2010) Ultimate Extended Edition [imdb-tt0066921][Surround Sound x264][Bluray-1080p Proper][3D][HDR][10bit][x264][DTS 5.1]-EVOLVE
```

### Minimal details + the irreplaceable data

This naming scheme is made to be compatible with the [New Plex Agent](https://forums.plex.tv/t/new-plex-media-server-movie-scanner-and-agent-preview/593269/517) that now support IMDB and TMDB IDs in file names, if you don't need it or want it just remove `[imdb-{ImdbId}]`

```bash
{Movie CleanTitle} {(Release Year)} [imdb-{ImdbId}]{[Quality Title]}{[MediaInfo AudioCodec}{ MediaInfo AudioChannels]}{[MediaInfo VideoCodec]}{-Release Group}
```

RESULT:

```bash
The Movie Title (2010) [imdb-tt0066921][Bluray-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-EVOLVE
```

!!! note
    The officially supported format is `{imdb-{ImdbId}}` but plex also support `(imdb-{ImdbId})` or `[imdb-{ImdbId}]` what you can read [here](https://forums.plex.tv/t/new-plex-media-server-movie-scanner-and-agent-preview/593269/517), though the above should work for now. IMDb IDs are going to be very accurate and rarely change, but they may be missing for some movies added to Radarr. TMDB IDs, on the other hand, do change or are removed more frequently, but Radarr will always have this ID for each movie.

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## Original Title vs  Original Filename

Want to keep the original release name that holds like all the info of the file then I suggest to use `{Original Title}` over  `{Original Filename}`

Why?

The filename can be Obscured where the Release naming isn't especially when you use Usenet.

`{Original Title}` => `The.Movie.Title.2010.REMASTERED.1080p.BluRay.x264-GROUP`

`{Original Filename}` => `group-karatekid-1080p` or `lchd-tkk1080p` or `t1i0p3s7i8yuti`

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## Movie Folder Format

### Minimal needed

```bash
{Movie CleanTitle} ({Release Year})
```

RESULT:

```bash
The Movie Title (2010)
```

!!! note
    Keep in mind adding anything more after the release year could give issues during a fresh import in to Radarr, but in this examples it helps for movies that have the same release name and year.

!!! warning
    Please note that this pins the IMDb ID whenever the movie is added to Radarr, and it may be missing or incorrect at that time. If you instead add it in the filename, the IMDb ID will be freshly pulled for any download or upgrade. Another potential negative of using it in the folder is that folder renames are complex, lengthy, and potentially destructive in Radarr compared to file renames.

```bash
{Movie CleanTitle} {(Release Year)} [imdb-{ImdbId}]
```

RESULT:

```bash
The Movie Title (2010) [imdb-tt0066921]
```

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THNX:

A big thnx to [fryfrog](https://github.com/fryfrog){:target="_blank"} and [rg9400](https://github.com/rg9400){:target="_blank"} for the suggestions.