Naming video files

Adding videos to the library/Contents

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:

• Movie naming conventions
• TV show naming conventions
• Music video 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
• 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.