"101 - Episode Title" is an invalid episode naming format?

[Xiphos]

Hi, I’m new to Sonarr and I’m trying to figure out renaming. I use the following naming format for my TV show episodes: XYY - Episode Title, where X is the season number and YY is the episode number. I don’t add a zero before single digit seasons, and my episode numbers are always two digits.

For example, the filename for season 1, episode 1 of Friends is “101 - The One Where Monica Gets A Roommate”. Season 10, episode 1 is “1001 - The One After Joey And Rachel Kiss”.

I tried the naming format: {season}{episode:00} - {Episode Title} but Sonarr says this is an invalid format. The closest valid format it is allowing is {season:00}{episode:00} - {Episode Title}, but that produces “0101 - Episode Title” (I don’t want the 0 before the season number if it is a single digit season). I’ve been using theRenamer, which understands this format, but now I’m using Sonarr on OS X for which theRenamer isn’t available (and I’d like to use Sonarr for everything). Please help!

Also, my multi-episode naming format is “XYY & XYZ - Episode Title 1, Episode Title 2”. For example, I have the last two episode of Parks and Rec season 6 (normally “621 - Moving Up (1)” and “622 - Moving Up (2)” in a single file, named as such: “621 & 622 - Moving Up (1), Moving Up (2)”. Any way I can set this up in Sonarr?

Thanks!

[markus101]

It’s unreliable at best as there is no clear identifier that indicates that 101 is series + episode number or if its an absolute episode number. Even 0101 isn’t much better, but doesn’t conflict with absolute episode numbers because they don’t go into the thousands, at least at this time. We have no plans to support this numbering scheme due to its unreliability.

@Xiphos

Also, my multi-episode naming format is “XYY & XYZ - Episode Title 1, Episode Title 2”. For example, I have the last two episode of Parks and Rec season 6 (normally “621 - Moving Up (1)” and “622 - Moving Up (2)” in a single file, named as such: “621 & 622 - Moving Up (1), Moving Up (2)”. Any way I can set this up in Sonarr?

That is not a multi-episode format that Sonarr supports (or sill support).

[Xiphos]

Okay, thanks for the clarification. Bit disappointed at first but I do understand the reasoning now, so I think I’ll just change my naming convention.