Plex "Movies" folder extras import

[rweaver7777 0]

Hello, I want to import my folders from plex and the movie extras have "-featurette", "-interview", etc., added to the name of the extra inside the movie folder.  Emby wants those in their own subfolders.  Is there a way to import my 1000+ movies without going through them all and creating new folders?

I *did* look for this answer in the KB and these forums but didn't find it.

Thanks,
Rick

[Abobader 3491]

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[rweaver7777 0]

This isn't a "problem" with the software, just a request for help.  If this is in the wrong forum category please go ahead and move it.

To give you a sense of the scale of my problem, I have about 1500 movies and the import says 3157 movies now because the extras aren't classified properly.

Edited Tuesday at 10:40 PM by rweaver7777

[Luke 42285]

Hi there, can you please show examples of how your files are named and organized ?Thanks.

[rweaver7777 0]

This is from the plex help page and this is how I did it.  Thanks for the quick reply.

/Movies
   /Avatar (2009)
      Avatar (2009).mkv
      Arrival-scene.mp4
      Bar Fight-deleted.mp4
      Performance Capture-behindthescenes.mkv
      Sigourney Weaver-interview.mp4
      Stephen Lang-interview.mp4
      Teaser Trailer-trailer.mp4
      Theatrical Trailer #1-trailer.mp4
      Theatrical Trailer #2-trailer.avi

Edited Tuesday at 10:47 PM by rweaver7777

[Luke 42285]

Can you please show the contents of your own movie folder so that we can examine a specific example? Thanks.

[rweaver7777 0]

Hi, hope this helps...

 

F:\Videos\Movies\X-Men>dir
 Volume in drive F is Data 2
 Volume Serial Number is 501A-7D3E

 Directory of F:\Videos\Movies\X-Men

04/09/2026  07:17 PM    <DIR>          .
04/09/2026  07:17 PM    <DIR>          ..
10/11/2024  12:15 PM       977,584,186 Behind The Scenes-behindthescenes.mkv
10/11/2024  12:16 PM        65,422,769 Interview with Charlie Rose-interview.mkv
10/11/2024  12:23 PM       303,747,703 The Mutant Watch-featurette.mkv
10/11/2024  11:55 AM     4,077,122,996 X-Men.mkv
               5 File(s)  5,423,877,654 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  2,311,115,612,160 bytes free

F:\Videos\Movies\X-Men>

 

Thanks for your help!

[Luke 42285]

That does not appear to be following naming requirements. For example, you do not have a The Mutant Watch.mkv

[rweaver7777 0]

This is my Plex folder, not an Emby folder.

Why would there be a The Mutant Watch.mkv?  It is one of the extras and has "-featurette" after the name.  The movie is X-Men.mkv.

This naming is just fine in Plex.  What I want to know is if there is a way to import these folders without having to go create a folder for each type of Extra.

Has someone written a script to do that or is there some 3rd party tool to go through and do this?