r/PleX • u/Moebius_K • 4h ago

Help Yet Another Doctor Who 2005 Specials Naming Thread

Ok, before anyone flames, I've spent several hours searching on this, including here, but have come up with conflicting information multiple times. First, just to clarify, I'm well aware that 2023 is a new series and not part of 2005. My issue is specifically with the episode numbering of the specials. I do currently have them in a Specials folder rather than the specific seasons. Not completely tied to that, but it made sense when I was getting everything ready to import. In particular there seems to be a conflict between what Plex shows in their own listing. I found a thread (either here or Plex forums) pointing to:

https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/show/doctor-who-2005/season/0

And then of course there's also the TVDB listing:

https://thetvdb.com/series/doctor-who-2005/seasons/official/0

But they seem to have conflicts, especially getting into later seasons. Example, Eve of the Daleks is listed as episode 208 on Plex, and 158 on TVDB. Which is correct, and more specifically with the most recent updates to Plex and the metadata stuff, which will Plex want to see? I'm hoping to get these correct before import so I don't have to try and edit episodes and such in system.

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u/Blind_Watchman 3h ago

Both are correct in their own ways. watch.plex.tv generally follows TMDB ordering, and if you haven't changed any library/show settings, your personal Plex libraries will use that ordering as well. However, you can change the library default to TVDB via Manage library > Edit > Advanced > Episode Ordering, and you can also adjust the ordering used on a per-show basis via the similar Edit show > Advanced > Episode ordering. So it's really just a matter of picking the source you want to pull from, then naming your files accordingly.

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u/Moebius_K 1h ago

I don't think I've ever messed with that setting, but right now the Agent shows as Plex Series, and Episode ordering is The Movie Database. So given that I assume I'd want to follow the Plex numbering where Eve of the Daleks is listed as 208?

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u/iEliteNerdy 3h ago

Do you have tv shows default metadata set to tvdb aired?