

It must follow the form tag mentioned previously. If using the (non-“legacy”) Plex Movie agent available in Plex Media Server v1.20.1 and newer, you can also include the IMDb or TheMovieDB ID number in curly braces to help match the movie. /Movies/MovieName (release year)/MovieName (release year).ext.Name the folder the same as the movie file: custom poster, external subtitle files, etc.) you should usually place the movie in a nested folder along with the custom media files. If you have external media for a movie (e.g.


Movie files can be placed into individual folders and this is recommended, as it can (sometimes significantly) increase the speed of scanning in new media. (Some operating systems such as Windows may hide your file extensions by default.) Movies in Their Own Folders You should use appropriate file extension for your files, of course. ext as a generic file extension in the naming/organizing instructions. Related Page: Local Media Assets - Movies To use these, ensure they are named and organized, and that the Local Media Assets source is enabled and ordered correctly. You might have your own image files for movie posters & backgrounds, subtitles, your own movie “extras”, etc. Movies, /Music, /TV Shows) that you would specify as the content location for that library type. In the above example, it is the main folder of each type of content (e.g. However, a failure to separate content such as movies and TV shows may result in unexpected or incorrect behavior. Warning!: Plex will do its best to appropriately find and match content. For instance, you might use something like this: /Media We strongly recommend separating movie and television content into separate main directories. The scanners and metadata agents used by Plex will work best when your major types of content are separated from each other.
