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 single ...

... 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 ...

... pport 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 Known I ...

... 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://i.imgur.com/1vdjULN.png https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh2WXQSzgJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCCal3KPCR8 :arrow: If you have a multi-episode file ...

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. add ...

... 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: { kodi.id ...

... 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 -script ... 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.

Yes, multi-episode automatic matching, manual matching and custom formatting is fully supported.


If you look closely you will find a S01E01-E02 episode among the sample files in the video tutorial:

... code, since you'd have to write the formatting code yourself (instead of just using {sxe} binding) using the {episodes} raw multi-episode information.

... fix your fb.sh script (notably not one of ours) by adding --def ut_kind=multi to the filebot command. See Setup for qBittorrent on Windows, Linux and ... House of the Dragon - S02E08 - The Queen Who Ever Was.mkv] Rename episodes using [TheMovieDB] with [Airdate Order] [XATTR] House of the Dragon ...

The {episodelist} binding allows you to access the complete list of episodes for the series at hand. e.g. highest episode number: { episodelist.absolute ... incomplete]' } } e.g. use {episodelist} to infer Part 1 of 2 numbers for multi-part episodes: { def parts = episodelist.findAll{ t.replacePart() == it ...

... a Dog.mkv Evil - S04E03 - How to Slaughter a Pig.mkv Evil.2019.S04E04.MULTi.HDR.DV.2160p.WEB.H265-FW-Wawacity.tokyo.mkv mode is : mkv Failed to ... using --apply refresh to refresh file services and media library Rename episodes using [TheTVDB] with [Airdate Order] Lookup via [] ['Evil 2019 ...

... number of audio streams found in the file (i.e. more than 3 streams = Multi Audio, 2 streams = Dual Audio, 1 stream that is not English will use ... Code v1 . Basic code which will generate show name, season folder, and episode format. {n} ({y}) {"{tmdb-$tmdbid}"}/Season {s}/{s00E00} - {t} {"[$vf ...

The nfo script uses the Episode ID (e.g. 4574) to lookup the episode information. That way you will always get the official latest primary SxE numbers ... m.season) + episode(m.episode) NOTE: this code does not account for multi-episode xattr metadata Many thanks, I was able to modify the code to use ...

... to the database) then FileBot will likely mismatches the files / episodes. :arrow: If you have episode titles in the files, then you can you can use Match by Episode Title . :arrow: You can always use Manual Matching as a last result. :idea: Edit Match allows to to select multiple episodes ...