# Automatically Renaming Video Files For Plex ## Rename Title Script The idea with this is to take an existing folder with subfolders of TV show episodes, and reformat them as such: `S04E13 - The Nightman Cometh.mp4` -> `The Nightman Cometh - S04E13.mp4` This is so [[Plex]] knows how to organize the episodes into a parent show. ```python import os import re def rename_files_in_directory(root_dir): pattern = re.compile(r'^(S\d{2}E\d{2}) - (.+?)(\..+)) for foldername, subfolders, filenames in os.walk(root_dir): for filename in filenames: match = pattern.match(filename) if match: season_episode, title, extension = match.groups() new_filename = f"{title} - {season_episode}{extension}" old_path = os.path.join(foldername, filename) new_path = os.path.join(foldername, new_filename) try: os.rename(old_path, new_path) print(f'Renamed: "{filename}" -> "{new_filename}"') except Exception as e: print(f'Error renaming "{filename}": {e}') if __name__ == "__main__": folder_path = input("Enter the folder path: ") rename_files_in_directory(folder_path) ``` ![[rename_script_python.png]] #python #plex #script