Server Version#: 1.41.0.8992
Player Version#: Plex Web 4.136.1
I’m running Plex Server on Ubuntu 22.04. I’ve got a Photos library. I want it to ignore the folders “thumbs” and “encoded-video”. In the root folder of that library, I have a .plexignore file with the following contents:
thumbs/*
encoded-video/*
When “Scan my library automatically” is disabled, I can manually perform a library scan, and this works as expected. When “Scan my library automatically” is enabled, it watches and generates thumbnails for both folders. If I disable automatic library scans, restart Plex Server, and manually scan the Photos library, and both folders will disappear. This is repeatable.
I use .plexignore at the directory level (which will match your need?)
[chuck@lizum tv.2007]$ cat .plexignore
#
# Plex Ignore sample
# Ignore all series beginning with "The"
The*
# Ingore series with "Cities" in the name
*Cities*
# Ignor all series ending in "Science"
*Science
# ignore anything with a "Season" subdirectory (wipes out that whole subdir)
*/Season *
[chuck@lizum tv.2008]$
Being at the root , this example hides “The Waltons”, series with the word “Cities” in the name, or ending in “Science” (which wipes out most of that section –
if you want to ignore (hide) any ‘thumbs’ directory (if the name is only ‘thumbs’
then you write
# Ignore 'thumbs'
thumbs
# Ingore 'thumbs' with trailing info
thumbs*
You’re not trying to ignore the contents of ‘thumbs’ (thumbs/*), you’re trying to ignore thumbs itself (which will include all below it as well) (thumbs).
Tried that. Doesn’t work for me. Once I enable “Scan my library automatically”, the thumbs folder and all its subfolders get watched/indexed/thumbnailed. This doesn’t happen when that option is disabled and I perform manual library scans.
My Photos media library is in /mnt/stuff/Media/Photos. The folder I want to ignore is /mnt/stuff/Media/Photos/thumbs. Here’s my .plexignore:
