[Mrkazador]

I have a lot of movies that start with "The" and its annoying trying to find a movie like "The Incredibles" or "The Fly".


Should I erase "The" or place it after the movie name?

Incredibles.2004.BluRay.mkv

or

Incredibles,The.2004.BluRay.mkv


I have not decided on a media browser yet so this may not even matter...

 

[fyrfyter71]

I use "the" in my filenames, but XBMC doesn't use the "the" to sort.

 

[sycochkn]



Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrkazador /forum/post/20831119


I have a lot of movies that start with "The" and its annoying trying to find a movie like "The Incredibles" or "The Fly".


Should I erase "The" or place it after the movie name?

Incredibles.2004.BluRay.mkv

or

Incredibles,The.2004.BluRay.mkv


I have not decided on a media browser yet so this may not even matter...

I have to manually sort mine in the GUI that I use they are on multiple drives. I omit the "the"

 

[lovemyram4x4]

I leave the also but I use My Movies and it also when sorting by titles doesn't use the "the".

 

[bighick]

Mediaportal+moving pictures you can choose it to or not to use The.

 

[MikeEby]

MediaBrowser has about a 99% hit rate to retrive MetaData and movie art if you use the movie name and the year it was released. For example Star Trek (2009). Media browser also ignores "The" when it sorts titles.



Mike

 

[TornadoTJ]

I name them EXACTLY as they are named in this database:
http://www.themoviedb.org/


This is where Media Browser pulls from, so as long as you name the movies exactly as they list there, your cover art will populate properly. Mike's example above works.

 

[ogormask]

I use the imdb method with year following the title but chop off the because its too hard for me to keep track with 600 the movies although media browser chops it I hate it.

 

[mslide]

The name of the file itself doesn't mater, however, I use the exact name of the movie including 'The' and spaces. The only time I'll change it up is if the movie title has illegal filename characters in it.


A frontend program, like Media Browser, fixes all sorting issues. I use MetaBrowser to generate the metadata. I'll often times change up the Sort Title so things appear in the order in which I want them to.

 

[Mrkazador]

Bumping old thread, another question.


I plan on building a HTPC sometime this month and need to prepare my movie folder structure. I don't know what software I'll be using but most likely Windows Media Center.


How is this?
X:\\Movies\\ Avatar (2009)\\Avatar.mkv

or
X:\\Movies\\ Avatar (2009)\\Avatar.2009.1080p.BluRay.DTSMA.mkv


Does it matter how I name the .mkv?
X:\\Movies\\ Avatar (2009)\

andom file name.mkv


I'd like my folder structure and movies to be compatible with most media browsers and be able to retrieve metadata without a problem.

 

[bryansj]

The filename doesn't matter. It is based on the folder name and that folder must contain a proper filetype (mkv).

 

[Mrkazador]

Just what I thought, thank you.

 

[ijustchillin]

I run XBMC as my front end and there is a setting for omitting "the" from the file name when sorting. I haven't tried other media browsers but i'm sure most of them will have this option.

 

[video321]

I prefer to use ",The" or ",A" at the end movies myself. It's simple and works no matter what front end or streamer you use.