Same issue here.## --directory /my/directory/path/ causes Plex Media Scanner to refresh the whole section instead of just the directory path.
Is it possible to force refresh just the directory path ?
bangaa
June 7, 2020, 5:33pm
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I have also already opened a Thread in the Linux-Section:
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While the Thread was in the Winows-Subforum, here the equal to Linux.
https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-new-plex-music-library-doesnt-work-with-command-line-scanner/471536/14
Initial: My Music have a Path “/volume1/data/”. Scanner is Plex Music. I have a very large Music Folder, so i add Music manual to Plex with the…
But no answer, no comment from the Plex Team in the last 2.5 Months
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to make it work using --directory but thanks to @pshanew ’s response on another topic, I found out it’s possible to force a refresh on a single TV Show or Movie using --item.
We’ll see.
Instead of specifying a directory for it to refresh, try specifying the show’s item ID. You can find the Id by doing something similar to the following:
Plex Media Scanner --list --section XX
This will list all the shows and their item IDs in that section. You could then do something like:
Plex Media Scanner --refresh --section XX --item YY
This should cause the metadata for the specific show to be refreshed. You can try adding --scan and --analyze in there too, but I don’t …
bangaa
June 8, 2020, 4:08am
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Yes, TV Series and Movies works, but not Plex Music.
system
September 6, 2020, 4:08am
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