# Change Plex DVR Default Folder **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [February 23, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-plex-dvr-default-folder/181242 "2017-02-23T01:59:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tannerjim](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tannerjim/32/15820_2.png) [@tannerjim](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tannerjim)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-plex-dvr-default-folder/181242/1 "2017-02-23T01:59:58Z")
I want Plex to record TV Shows to a temp location, so at midnight my system can execute MCEBuddy transcoding/encoding to all the daily recorded files. I do this to ensure my files are all named properly but most of all I use MCEBuddy to **remove all the commercials**. Then once all the files are done, MCEBuddy will move them to my “TV Shows” folder on my 17tb external drive, where Plex is looking for “TV Shows”. So…how can I change the default folder? ---
**Author:** ![brian.don](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@brian.don](https://forums.plex.tv/u/brian.don)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-plex-dvr-default-folder/181242/2 "2017-06-12T02:53:53Z")
Any answer on this? This is exactly what I am trying to do. ---
**Author:** ![rnappi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/51bf81/32.png) [@rnappi](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rnappi)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-plex-dvr-default-folder/181242/3 "2017-06-12T03:24:48Z")
looking for the same. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-plex-dvr-default-folder/181242/4 "2020-01-07T22:48:38Z")