How to properly name your media files for DMS

[signals]

See what it does with the new v1.0.2.0 firmware. I think I would just name it as if it were the next higher episode number. Season zero, not so sure.

[piercer]

What is the correct way to name special/extra shows for TV series? For example I have a Father Ted Christmas Special and FileBot suggests S00E01 as the series and episode. So, I made a folder called Series 0 and put the special features in there. Unfortunately 1.0.1.3 really doesn't like that - is this a 1.0.1.3 problem or is there a more correct way to name these?

[Basementjack]

This was super helpful, Especially the info on TV Show naming.

What I've found is that by renaming a handful of movies and tv shows, as well as adhering to the folder structure, DMS is able to find the right metadata automatically.

This recently became really useful as I just moved my library, and it rescanned everything.

Thanks Juice for this!

[gg4]

I am having trouble with ISO files as well. My naming format is S#D#. In many cases I do not know how many episodes are on the disc and it will be painful to load up each disc.

[Logandros]

How do I deal with TV series disks in ISO format? For example: CSI Season 7 Disk 1 (where the disk number runs from 1 to 6).

Have you tried s01e01-s01e02-s01e03.iso s01e01-s04e05-s01e06.iso etc so on and so forth for each disc

[PabloT]

What about personal home videos? I don't want DMS to try to match them and I want to build the meta data myself. I used to be able to do that directly on the Movie server, but now that UI is not supported and I have to go through dms.dvdfab.cn and I don't see how this is possible.

[MattT1961]

How do I deal with TV series disks in ISO format? For example: CSI Season 7 Disk 1 (where the disk number runs from 1 to 6).

[DuaneS]

This is very helpful to me. In addition to using the recommended FileBot program, I came across another free program that is helpful for nesting folders. It is called File2Folder. I am running win10 64bit and it works fine. Install requires the "Run as Administrator" to attach it the right click context menu. Select files, right click and select create folder. It will automatically create a nested folder of the same name as the movie, and then move the iso file into the folder. Very fast and has been helpful for me to move over 300 files to their own folder.

[Juice]

For TV Shows that are are TS files, what is the best way to name the show?

same with mkv files.

[defiantxab]

For TV Shows that are are TS files, what is the best way to name the show?

[Juice]

Media files and folders need to be named and organized in a proper way helpful to DVDFab Movie Server. This lets the Server fetch information about each show.



Naming Movie files

The scrapers used by DMS will work best when your major types of content are separated from each other. We strongly recommend separating movie and television content into separate main directories. For instance, you might use something like this:

/Media

/Movies

movie content

/TV Shows

television content



Warning: DMS will do its best to appropriately find and match content. However, a failure to separate content such as movies and TV shows may result in unexpected or incorrect behavior.



Stand-Alone Video Files

Movie media files can be contained in one or more folders. To correctly name a movie file, name it as follows:

* MovieName (release year).ext

Where, ext is the file extension. (Some operating systems such as Windows may hide your file extensionsby default.)



/Movies

Batman Begins (2005).mkv



Folder Nesting

Movie files can be placed into individual folders if you want, but it's not mandatory in most cases. If you have external media for a movie (e.g. external subtitles etc.) you should usually place the movie in a nested folder along with the custom media files. Name the folder the same as the movie file:

* /Movies/MovieName (release year)/MovieName (release year).ext

/Movies

/Avatar (2009)

Avatar (2009).mkv

/Batman Begins (2005)

Batman Begins (2005).mp4

Batman Begins (2005).eng.srt



Naming and Organizing TV Shows

TV Shows need to be organized into a folder structure for each show. Once organized this way, DMS will recognize the shows and grab show posters, descriptions and other rich metadata.



Naming 'Series' & 'Season' Based TV Shows

The scrapers used by DMS will work best when your major types of content are separated from each other. We strongly recommend separating movie and television content into separate main directories. For instance, you might use something like this:

/Media

/Movies

movie content

/TV Shows

television content

Warning: DMS will do its best to appropriately find and match content. However, a failure to separate content such as movies and TV shows may result in unexpected or incorrect behavior.



Standard Television Series

TV Shows can be one-off, episode/series, or date-based shows. It is important that both the folder structure and each episode filename be correct for shows to be correctly matched. If you're not sure whether a show is episode/series or date based, check themoviedb.org and name it as it appears there.

By default, DMS matches against themoviedb.org , so you should name and organize your content based on the information on that site.

Tip: For identically-named remakes, include the year series folder name, e.g. "Battlestar Galactica (2003)" or "Dr. Who (2005)".


Series/Episode type TV Shows

To name series/episode based shows:

* TV Shows/ShowName/Season XX/ShowName - sXXeYY - Optional_Info.ext

Where:

* XX is the season number

* YY is the episode number

...Optional_Info is additional optional text (e.g. episode title) that is ignored by DMS, and ext is the file extension. (Some operating systems such as Windows may hide your file extensionsby default.)

Tip: Be sure to use the English word "Season" as noted above, even if your content is in another language.



/TV Shows

/Grey's Anatomy

/Season 01

Grey's Anatomy - s01e01.avi

Grey's Anatomy - s01e02 - The First Cut is the Deepest.avi

Grey's Anatomy - s01e03.mp4

/Season 02

Grey's Anatomy - s02e01.avi

Grey's Anatomy - s02e02.mkv

Grey's Anatomy - s02e03.m4v



Multi-Episode Files

If a single file covers more than one episode, name it as follows:

* TV Shows/ShowName/Season XX/ShowName - sXXeYY-eZZ.ext

where ZZ is the last episode number contained in the file (e.g. "Heroes s04e01-e03.mkv" starts with episode 1 and ends with episode 3).

/TV Shows

/Heroes

/Season 02

Heroes - s02e05-e08.mkv

/Season 04

Heroes - s04e01-e02.mkv

Heroes - s04e03.mkv

Note: Multi-episode files will show up individually in DMS when viewing your library, but playing any of the represented episodes will play the full file. If you want episodes to behave truly independently, you're best off using a tool to split the file into individual episodes.