# Adding movies from multiple hdds into one library

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**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** library-management\
**Created:** [January 31, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-movies-from-multiple-hdds-into-one-library/685163 "2021-01-31T13:29:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ahmedhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@Ahmedhere](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Ahmedhere)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-movies-from-multiple-hdds-into-one-library/685163/1 "2021-01-31T13:29:24Z")

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OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

My 4tb hdd filled up fast! So I added another 4tb hdd. The problem is that the movies and shows that I am adding from the second hdd show up as separate Movies and Shows libraries. So now I have 2 Movies libraries and 2 Shows libraries. Is it possible to combine them and have 1 Movies and 1 Shows?

What I mean is, is it possible to have movies on multiple HDDs inside just one Movies library? I know this is possible with OS which combine HDDs into common space, but I am using Ubuntu.

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**Author:** ![JuiceWSA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/juicewsa/32/12253_2.png) [@JuiceWSA](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JuiceWSA)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-movies-from-multiple-hdds-into-one-library/685163/2 "2021-01-31T13:48:45Z")

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Well… it’s possible:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/1/b/1b2dc1bdf44b76a29071378f2309714bf793898d.jpeg)

There are about 45 or so (guess - the list is too long to count on one page) folders scattered across 6HDDs (2 External USB Drives - with a dozen folders each)…

Now, how you deal with that on your OS is a mystery to me, but I’ll bet it starts and ends with permissions and ‘Add Folders’ to a library… not Add Libraries.

Also - if not immediately apparent - Movies/Shows don’t go on the root of drives, they go in folders on those drives - and that makes Add Folders a real thing and you can pretty much do what it says… by Adding Folders to an existing library - and those folders can be anywhere, on any drive.

… and yea… when I start filling up the available space, I have a whole bunch of folders scattered hither and yon that I can move or split up - without a lot of Drama - to spread out the load as required (while I plan the next storage purchase).

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**Author:** ![Ahmedhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@Ahmedhere](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Ahmedhere)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-movies-from-multiple-hdds-into-one-library/685163/3 "2021-01-31T14:23:01Z")

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Oh I feel stupid now. Yeah add folders solved it! Thanks a bunch

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/adding-movies-from-multiple-hdds-into-one-library/685163/4 "2021-05-01T14:23:51Z")

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