Lidarr users often ask about file naming formats. This guide outlines popular options and their justifications.
Lidarr offers options for customizing folder and track naming conventions for standard albums and multi disc albums.
This format is from Davo's community-guide.
{Album Title} {(Album Disambiguation)}/{Artist Name}_{Album Title}_{track:00}_{Track Title}
{Album Title} {(Album Disambiguation)}/{Artist Name}_{Album Title}_{medium:00}-{track:00}_{Track Title}
{Artist Name}
This naming convention limits folder and file length to the specified number of characters. This is especially important for fans of Fiona Apple, Flume or Bring Me the Horizon.
Windows users should not use this naming convention as some folders could become inaccessible.
{Album CleanTitle:100} {(Release Year)}/{Artist CleanName:100} - {Album CleanTitle:100} - {track:00} - {Track Title:100}
{Album CleanTitle:100} ({Release Year})/{Medium Format} {medium:00}/{Artist CleanName:100} - {Album CleanTitle:100} - {track:00} - {Track Title:100}
artist: {Artist CleanName}
{Artist Name}
{Album Title} ({Release Year})/{Artist Name} - {Album Title} - {track:00} - {Track Title} ({Quality Full} {MediaInfo AudioBitRate}) {-Release Group}
Adding the artist disambiguation is needed when MusicBrainz has two similar artist entries such as Alice Cooper the person and Alice Cooper the band.
{Artist NameThe} {(Artist Disambiguation)}
This naming convention is effective with Plex and serves as a workaround for artists with multiple release groups sharing the same name and year.
{Album Type}/({Release Year}) {Album CleanTitle:100}{ (Album Disambiguation)}/{track:00} - {Track ArtistCleanNameThe:100} - {Album CleanTitle:100} - {Track CleanTitle:100}
{Album Type}/({Release Year}) {Album CleanTitle:100}{ (Album Disambiguation:100)}/{medium:00}{track:00} - {Track ArtistCleanNameThe:100} - {Album CleanTitle:100} - {Track CleanTitle:100}
Using CleanNameThe moves The to the end of the folder name for easier folder navigation.
{Artist CleanNameThe:100}
Fra recommends this naming scheme as it aligns with Plex's music folder naming recommendations.
{Album Title}/{track:00} - {Track Title}
{Album Title}/{medium:0}{track:00} - {Track Title}
{Artist Name}