Command Line Scanner and Partial Refresh

[RyanDungeyMX]

@sa2000 @ChuckPa

Any news please?

[roeiking14_gmail_com]

same issue.

[Dragonsider]

Same issue here.
Using --scan --refresh --force --section ## --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]

I have also already opened a Thread in the Linux-Section:

[Bug] “Plex Music” library doesn’t work with command line scanner

Server Version#: 1.19.2.2673-776106bc6 System#: Ubuntu Server 5.3.0-46-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 27 17:37:05 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Player Version#: not needed 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

[Dragonsider]

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.

Plex don't automatically pick up externally added subtitles

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]

Yes, TV Series and Movies works, but not Plex Music.