Naming video files: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 12:03, 23 December 2012

Adding videos to the library/Contents 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:

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.

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+<section begin=naming files/>'''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:
 *'''[[Video library/Naming files/Movies|Movie naming conventions]]'''
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+==Supplemental tools==
 Here are some [[supplemental tools]]/applications that can assist in renaming files, general file organization, manual data entry, and more:
 *[[TheRenamer]] - Windows