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PlayOn (Desktop) Enhancement Suggestion file format: "netflixmovietitle (YYYY).mp4"

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First, praise! I've been a long time user and I have loved how the desktop software has evolved and functioned.

This particular suggestion is for the nextflix app.
Currently, when recording movies from netflix the file name is:

"movie title.mp4"

Would it be possible to have the year of the movie added to the file name automatically? Like:

"movie title (YYYY).mp4"

"American Sniper (2014).mp4"
"And So It Goes (2014).mp4"
"Ex Machina (2014).mp4"

No offence to your implementation, but almost all media centers use the above format for identifying fanart, ratings, etc, ... and there will be zero post processing of file names after PlayOn.
Plus, this will help out in situations involving movie remakes too such as:

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

Thanks for your consideration!

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    Raina Johnson

    I'm with you!  I also posted something similar a while back:  https://support.playon.tv/hc/en-us/community/posts/239608148-Add-option-to-automatically-add-channel-name-and-release-year-to-recorded-media-titles 

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    Jose Rodriguez

    This would be nice indeed

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    Aaron Johnson

    yes i agree

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    Todd H

    Better yet.  add an option in settings to pick a file name format.  For episodes, i'd like "SeriesName - s01ep01 - Episode Name"  Currently PlayOn doesn't include the second dash and Plex for example adds s01ep01 as part of the episode name.

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    David S.

    Options would be helpful. In the mean time though...

    @Todd  I recommend you use the freeware Name Twister utility for renaming groups of files like that.

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    Todd H

    Thank you for the suggestion!

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    Phil Davis

    This is such a great program, but it is sad to see that after four years such a simple request as adding the release date to the name of the file hasn't been implemented as an option :( Plex and Emby are very popular programs for media sharing, matching their expected formats would be a big help.

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