How to rename multiple episode cartoons when they don't match?

[winecountrymedia]

What to do when the episodes don't match up with TVDB or TVMaze? I want to input into sonarr but am not sure what to do in this situation as I can't do S01E01-S01E05? Is there a software that will break them into individual episodes?



Thanks for any help you can provide.

[rednoah]

I can't do S01E01-S01E05?

You can do S01E01-S01E05 via manual matching: Manual Matching





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:

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Peppa Pig - S01E04E09E11E18 - Polly Parrot & Daddy Loses His Glasses & Hiccups & Dressing Up

If you're renaming files for Plex, *arr, etc, then you must use your configured database / order. You notably cannot switch database / order to match your files if you name files for 3rd party software to work with. You must make your files conform to the database that you have configured for your entire setup. See [FAQ] Why can I not use TheTVDB and TheMovieDB interchangeably? for details.

In this case you are indeed best served by splitting up the multi-episode files you have into multiple 1-file-per-1-file files before naming and organising those files. You may be able to use MKVToolNixGUI to split the mkv files you have. The mkvmerge command-line tool can do the same on the command-line.

[winecountrymedia]

Thank you I really don't care about watch order its just about sonarr being able to track which episodes I have. I'll give this a try and see if sonarr can figure it out. Fingers crossed.

[winecountrymedia]

Can you suggest any good forums/articles or videos that explain how to split the videos using MKVToolNix? Im not having any luck.

[rednoah]

Thank you I really don't care about watch order its just about sonarr being able to track which episodes I have.

Yes, then order is extremely important in this case. Because the order you name your files in must match the order that sonarr expects to find your files in.

Which database / order does Sonarr use? (that's the very first most important question you need to ask yourself; the answer is likely - but not necessarily - TheTVDB / Airdate Order)

Can you suggest any good forums/articles or videos that explain how to split the videos using MKVToolNix? Im not having any luck.

You will find many video tutorials on YouTube, e.g. this one shows how to join and split video files:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3b9dFi6n70

If your files have chapter information, then it might be easier to split them by chapter. If your files do not have chapter information, then you will have to find and enter the split time codes manually.