... arrow: You may need to use Manual Matching to force the correct multi-episode match in this case:
TV Shows/Salem's Lot {tmdb-16118}/Season 01/Salem's Lot - S01E01-E02 - Part One & Part Two
** let me know if you need a filebot command for that

... www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T6_4tsOU5o




:!: Unfortunately, the episodes you have are not even in order, so while non-sequential multi-episode naming is possible in FileBot, other software may not be able to work that kind of naming:
Peppa Pig - S01E04E09E11E18 - Polly Parrot & Daddy Loses His ...

... showtitle>Star Wars: Clone Wars</showtitle>
<season>3</season>
<episode>1</episode>
<aired>2005-03-21</aired>

the season 2 episodes are ... got be pointed onto this in the first place.

I also wonder what other multi part episodes from other shows could be off due to this.

EDIT ...

I can find no issue with multi-episode NFO files:
$ filebot -script dev:nfo *.mkv
...
Generate Episode NFO: Star Wars: The Clone Wars - 1x01 & 1x02 & 1x03 & 1x04 & 1x05 & 1x06 & 1x07 & 1x08 & 1x09 & 1x10 & 1x11 & 1x12 & 1x13 & 1x14 & 1x15 & 1x16 & 1x17 & 1x18 & 1x19 & 1x20 - Ambush & Rising Malevolence ...

:idea: Plex does support multi-episode files. If you use the correct episode naming / correct database then it'll work. If you're using TMDB as database then Plex will expect multi-episode numbering like this:
SpongeBob SquarePants - S01E01-E03 - Help Wanted & Reef Blower & Tea at the Treedome ...

... ID:
TV Shows/Poldark {tmdb-35091}/Season 01/Poldark - S01E01-E04 - Episode 1 & Episode 2 & Episode 3 & Episode 4



:idea: Alternatively, you can fabricate the multi-episode objects in the Episodes panel before sending them to the Rename panel as well:
https://i.imgur.com/5B549oI.png

:?: That depends on how you rip the episodes. Do you have 1 video file with 3+ episodes? Or 3+ video files with 1 episode per 1 video file?

Ripped and ... per file is pretty random, then you will probably have to manually multi-select episodes one-by-one:

Happy to do this but can you explain how ...

... if you have not done so already.





Since each DVD file contains multiple (about three) episodes, won’t I have to select multiple episode items etc.

:?: That depends on how you rip the episodes. Do you have 1 video file with 3+ episodes? Or 3+ video files with 1 episode per 1 video file ...

You’ll want to use {plex.id} to organize files. That’ll take care of everything:
You can use {plex.name} if you just want the file name part of the Plex path:
The Plex naming standard for multi-episode files is the S01E01-E3 range style.

Hi,

I’m currently setting up FileBot for TV shows that often come as multi-episode files (e.g. S01E01E02, S02E05-06).

I’d like to ask:

What’s the recommended naming format for multi-episode files to ensure Plex detects them correctly?

Is it better to split files before renaming, or keep them as a ...

... side of things before moving to the cmd side. Trying to rename a series/episodes but it's mismatched the episodes and created duplicates. For multi-part episodes that include a subtitle, it decides the substitle is its own episode and the multipart episode is just under the overall title. For example ...

... both versions. But for some reason AMC doesn't seem to find the Swedish episodes in TheTVDB in version 5.2.0:


filebot @arguments.txt --def ut_kind=multi ut_label=TV ut_title=Forradarna.S04E01.SWEDiSH.1080p.WEB.h264-OLLONBORRE ut_file=/media/Nedladdningar/Forradarna.S04E01.SWEDiSH.1080p.WEB.h264 ...

... is not obvious to me, I couldn't make the AMC script use TheTVDB for episode lookups. Downgrading back to 5.1.6 solved the issue.

command:
filebot @arguments.txt --def ut_kind=multi ut_label=TV ut_title=Forradarna.S04E01.SWEDiSH.1080p.WEB.h264-OLLONBORRE ut_file=/media/Nedladdningar/Forradarna ...

... Rites 2025 1080p WEBRip DDP 5 1 10bit H 265-iVy
Parameter: ut_kind = multi
Parameter: ut_file =
Parameter: ut_dir = C:\Users\JourneyOver\Desktop ... 1080p WEBRip DDP 5 1 10bit H 265-iVy.mkv
No missing subtitles
Rename episodes using [TheMovieDB] with [Airdate Order]
Lookup via [Last] [The ...

... to having to use --def ut_dir this was the case.

I added --def ut_kind=multi though I couldn't find what this does exactly.

Note that --def clean=y ... S05E08.Cuckoo.Chicks.1080p.DSNP.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-NTb.mkv]
Rename episodes using [TheMovieDB] with [Airdate Order]
Lookup via [Only Murders in ...

... Support for matching or re-matching selected items
• Improved movie / episode auto-detection
• Improved {hdr} binding to distinguish DV and DV+HDR10 ... large number of files from a remote file system
• Improved support for multi-monitor environments
• Improved thumbnail quality and compression ...

... quick work of the task at hand. You can always manually match files to episodes one by one as a last resort.

https://i.imgur.com/UJhq3kX.png https ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCCal3KPCR8







:arrow: If you have a multi-episode file, then you can use Edit Match and select multiple episodes ...

If you have Episodes Split Across Multiple Files then you may use the {di} duplicate index and the {dc} duplicate count bindings to add a part identifier (e.g. part1, part2, etc) to each file if necessary depending on the situation at hand.


{di} ... duplicate index
{dc} ... duplicate count


e.g ...

... 2025/03/23 10:37:56 stdout Parameter: ut_title = Dr.STONE.S04E11.Episode.11.1080p.NF.WEB-DL.JPN.AAC2.0.H.264.MSubs-ToonsHub.mkv
2025/03/23 10:37 ... H.264.MSubs-ToonsHub.mkv
2025/03/23 10:37:56 stdout Parameter: ut_kind = multi
2025/03/23 10:37:56 stdout Parameter: animeFormat = /media/{plex}
2025 ...

... media/{plex}
Parameter: animeFormat = /media/{plex}
Parameter: ut_kind = multi
Parameter: ut_dir = /downloads/Dr.STONE.S04E11.Episode.11.1080p.NF.WEB-DL.JPN.AAC2.0.H.264.MSubs-ToonsHub.mkv
Parameter: ut_title =
Parameter: ut_label =
Parameter: gmail = *****
Parameter: mailto = *****
Parameter ...

Match by Episode Title

Match multi-episode out-of-order cartoon episodes by title

I came across Kodi Forums › TV Show Multi Episode Naming which adds the "I'm organising files for Kodi" additional information to the context of the topic here.


:arrow: If you're using Kodi, then you'll want to use the {kodi.id} format . The {kodi.id} format generates the following file paths ...

... unsorted=y music=y artwork=y "ut_label=%L" "ut_title=%N" "ut_kind=multi" "ut_dir=%F"

with parts of my original script to get to:

filebot ... for 1 file
OpenSubtitles does not support anonymous login
Rename episodes using [TheMovieDB] with [Airdate Order]
Lookup via [Love & Death, Loot ...

Match by Episode Title

Match multi-episode out-of-order cartoon episodes by title

Re-process previously organized files using local xattr metadata

Yep, that'll work. The {s00e00} binding does support multi-episode formatting, so it'll give you S01E01 for a single-episode match and S01E01-E02 for a multi-episode match.