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Revision as of 11:07, 5 June 2013
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Naming video files
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Important: THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP TO A SUCCESSFUL LIBRARY SCAN!
In order for the media scrapers to pick up the correct information your file names must follow a certain format:
Supplemental tools
Here are some supplemental tools/applications that can assist in renaming files, general file organization, manual data entry, and more:
- TheRenamer - Windows
- FileBot - all platforms. launched via Java Web Start. No manual download or installation required.
- Ember Media Manager - Windows
- ViMediaManager - Mac OS X
- Add-on:XWMM - all platforms. Allows you to edit library entires from a web browser.