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TV & Movie Rename

Everything you need to know about this free tool

Move, copy and rename media files, download posters, banners and episode images, create .nfo files, search for missing episodes, calendarize your favourite TV shows - automatically…

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From multiple media locations to library language to show and episode images to metadata, to TheTVDB and µTorrent integration; virtually every aspect of TV Rename is configurable…

On-your marks: Set your preferences, and your TV show / Movie collection location(s). Get set: to run a scan to find out what’s current, sit back, relax, and watch it Go…

TV Rename is open source and free to use. You may freely modify it for non-commercial use. All we ask is that you feed improvements back into the project so others may benefit. If you distribute a modified version, it must stay open source under the same license.

So what is TV Rename?

TV Rename is a media management tool that runs on Windows 10 and later and looks after all your TV show and Movie files; making them presentable for Kodi (XBMC), Mede8er, PyTivo and other media hubs. On the surface TV Rename will “fix” the names of TV shows… You have a few show episodes saved as video files, they have names like: The.Shannara.Chronicles.S02E03.XviD-AFG.avi Let's clean this up, including the season, show and episode details like: The Shannara Chronicles - S02E03 - Graymark.avi Automatically...


But wait, there's more!

TV Rename can: - Rename files using data from The TVDB and rules you can configure Monitor specified folders for new TV show files Media Library - a folder (or folders) somewhere on your PC or NAS or whatever, with a bunch of TV show files in it (them). Once TV Rename knows about your Media Library it can: - Copy (or move) files from monitored folders to your Media Library Download TV show posters and images and create meta-data automatically List any missing TV show episodes/seasons in your Media Library Create web searches to help you find missing TV show files Tell you how long you’ll have to wait until the next episode of your current favourite TV show airs

Ready to go?

Follow our handy guides to get started on the basics as quickly as possible:

Good to know: If you’re new to TV Rename you should read the Quick-Start Guide first (it’s only a 5 minute read and will help you get up-and-running).

Quick Start Guide

Want to lean more?

Learn the fundamentals of TV Rename to get a deeper understanding of our main features:

Key Features

Fundamentals: Dive a little deeper

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Good to know: If you need help please sign up to the forum, someone there will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

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