Often on the [Sonarr Discord](https://discord.gg/M6BvZn5){:target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"} people ask what's the recommended/best way to
name your files. First off it's personal preference, but it's often recommended
to add non-recoverable info.
On the [Sonarr Discord](https://discord.gg/M6BvZn5){:target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"} ppeople often ask, "What's the recommended/best way to
name your files?" First off, it's personal preference, but it's often recommended to add non-recoverable info.
Why?
If, for what ever reason, you ever need to do a re-install or re-import in
Sonarr or Plex/Emby/JellyFin it's nice to have all that info in the filename so
Radarr or Plex/Emby/Jellyfin it's nice to have all that info in the filename so
it gets imported correctly and isn't incorrectly matched as HDTV or WEB-DL etc.
The Tokens not available in the release won't be used/shown.
@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ RESULT:
#### Optional Series Folder Format for the Plex TV Series Scanner and Jellyfin/Emby
This naming scheme is made to be compatible with the New [Plex TV Series Scanner](https://forums.plex.tv/t/beta-new-plex-tv-series-scanner/696242){:target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"} that now support IMDB and TVDB IDs in file names.
This naming scheme is made to be compatible with the new [Plex TV Series Scanner](https://forums.plex.tv/t/beta-new-plex-tv-series-scanner/696242){:target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"} that now support IMDB and TVDB IDs in file names.
For Plex:
@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ RESULT:
`The Series Title! (2010) [imdb-tt1520211]`
!!! note
The officially supported format is `{imdb-{ImdbId}}` but plex should also support `(imdb-{ImdbId})` or `[imdb-{ImdbId}]`, though the above should work for now, It's actually not needed to add a ID to the folder or filename to use the New Plex TV Series Scanner.
The officially supported format is `{imdb-{ImdbId}}` but Plex should also support `(imdb-{ImdbId})` or `[imdb-{ImdbId}]`, though the above should work for now, It's actually not needed to add an ID to the folder or filename to use the new Plex TV Series Scanner.
For Jellyfin/Emby:
@ -138,11 +137,11 @@ RESULTS:
## 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}`
If you want to keep the original release name that holds 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.
The filename can be Obscured where the Release naming isn't. Especially when you use Usenet.
Anders
3 years ago