There was a topic posted about this October 2013 and it was said that Sonarr wouldn’t be supporting episode names starting with a number.
Honestly, it’s the only thing keeping me from jumping from Sickbeard to Sonarr. I just don’t like the SxxEyy or Eyy format. I think they’re ugly. Not to mention I don’t really want to have to rename 12k plus files.
Is this a feature that might be supported somewhere down the road, or is it still a no-go?
What’s the format you want? 1x01 style is also supported.
I’m looking for 01 - This Random Episode (I think it would be {episode:00} - {Episode Title}, but not positive without the preview).
I get an invalid format flag anytime I try to add this. I guess now that I play with it a little more the issue might be due to the fact that I don’t have a season identifier.
Right, at the moment that format isn’t supported because the season folder cannot be enforced so Sonarr can’t guarantee that it will be able to parse it back. While that format is technically supported we still recommend the season number in the filename.
Unless we merge the season folder format into the various episode formats the format you’re using will not be supported for renaming within Sonarr. I have proposed this idea to the rest of the team and we’ll come to a decision: https://github.com/Sonarr/Sonarr/issues/534
I don’t really know anything about the backend of Sonarr, but would it be possible to have an if/then case? If you have season folders enabled, episode:00 becomes a valid naming convention. If it isn’t enabled, it’s invalid?
Doable, yes, but it would involve way too many things that should remain separate that we wouldn’t do it.