Ability to customize file naming.

Use the below powershell script to rename the video files. Save that to a PS1 file (I used

Rename-Videos.ps1). Put your PS1 file in the root of the directory for the videos you want to rename. It will process for that folder and all sub-directories. It will fix Movie file names as well and provide you a summary of what it will change it from and to before you choose to rename the files.

It should be obvious but you want to wait until your season is complete before running. A screenshot is attached showing what you would see when running this file.

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param(

[string]$Root = (Get-Location).Path,

[switch]$Perform = $true

)

$videoExts = @('.mkv','.mp4','.avi','.mov','.wmv','.m4v')

function Remove-Timestamp {

param($name)

# remove patterns like 2026-03-08-22-45 or 2026-03-08-22-46_4

$name = $name -replace '_\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}(_\d+)?',''

$name = $name -replace '\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}(_\d+)?',''

return $name

}

function Clean-Title {

param($title)

if (-not $title) { return '' }

$title = Remove-Timestamp $title

# fix possessives

$title = $title -replace '([A-Za-z0-9])_s\b', "$1's"

# remove leftover numeric suffix like _4

$title = $title -replace '_\d+$',''

# convert underscores to spaces

$title = $title -replace '_',' '

# remove double dashes

$title = $title -replace '--+','-'

# collapse whitespace

$title = $title -replace '\s{2,}',' '

return $title.Trim()

}

function Get-SeasonFromFolder {

param($path)

$parent = Split-Path $path -Parent

$folder = Split-Path $path -Leaf

# match "Season 1" or "Season 01"

$m = [regex]::Match($folder,'(?i)Season\s*(\d{1,2})')

if ($m.Success) { return [int]$m.Groups[1].Value }

# match numeric folder like \1\

if ($folder -match '^\d{1,2}$') { return [int]$folder }

return $null

}

$plans = @()

Get-ChildItem -Path $Root -Recurse -File | Where-Object {

$videoExts -contains $_.Extension.ToLower()

} | ForEach-Object {

$file = $_

$ext = $file.Extension.ToLower()

$nameNoExt = [IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($file.Name)

$fullPath = $file.FullName

$directory = $file.DirectoryName

$season = Get-SeasonFromFolder $directory

# detect episode like E01, EP01, etc

$epMatch = [regex]::Match($nameNoExt,'(?i)^E?P?(\d{1,3})')

if ($season -and $epMatch.Success) {

$episode = [int]$epMatch.Groups[1].Value

$titleRaw = $nameNoExt -replace '^(?i)E?P?\d{1,3}',''

$titleRaw = Clean-Title $titleRaw

$newName = ('S{0:D2}E{1:D2} {2}{3}' -f $season,$episode,$titleRaw,$ext)

$dest = Join-Path $directory $newName

if ($dest -ne $fullPath) {

$plans += [pscustomobject]@{From=$fullPath;To=$dest}

}

}

else {

# treat as movie

$parentFolder = Split-Path $directory -Leaf

$title = Clean-Title $parentFolder

# only append year if format is (YYYY) in folder name

$yearMatch = [regex]::Match($parentFolder,'\((19|20)\d{2}\)')

if ($yearMatch.Success) {

$year = $yearMatch.Value

$newName = "$title $year$ext"

}

else {

$newName = "$title$ext"

}

$dest = Join-Path $directory $newName

if ($dest -ne $fullPath) {

$plans += [pscustomobject]@{From=$fullPath;To=$dest}

}

}

}

Write-Host "Planned renames: $($plans.Count)`n"

foreach ($p in $plans) {

Write-Host "From: $($p.From)"

Write-Host " To: $($p.To)"

Write-Host ""

}

if ($Perform) {

Write-Host ""

Write-Host "About to rename $($plans.Count) files." -ForegroundColor Yellow

$confirm = Read-Host "Continue? (Y/N)"

if ($confirm -ne 'Y' -and $confirm -ne 'y') {

Write-Host "Operation cancelled." -ForegroundColor Red

return

}

Write-Host ""

Write-Host "Renaming files..." -ForegroundColor Green

foreach ($p in $plans) {

try {

if (-not (Test-Path $p.To)) {

Rename-Item $p.From -NewName (Split-Path $p.To -Leaf)

Write-Host "RENAMED: $($p.From)"

}

else {

Write-Host "SKIP (exists): $($p.To)" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow

}

}

catch {

Write-Host "ERROR: $($p.From)" -ForegroundColor Red

}

}

Write-Host ""

Write-Host "Done." -ForegroundColor Green

}