Edit: This is my first ever post on the plex forums. If I am posting in the wrong area or there is a better topic to post under please reply back and let me know! Thank you.
Started using plex over the pandemic and it is truly amazing. It even indexes all my “private” videos lol…
Recently updated plex, after a restart I kept getting plex database corrupt errors. I followed all the tutorials for the sql repair. Nothing worked…I will recount my next steps as best as I can recall.
I KNOW I AM AN IDIOT BY NOT RESTORING AN OLD DATABASE. Kind of found that option out after I did the following.
After DB repair didn’t work I figured “Fk it, ill just uninstall and have it reindex my library from scratch” … so I uninstalled Plex. Reinstalled it and now I get the error
"Plex Media Server was unable to open its media databse"
Uninstalled, reinstalled multiple times, same error
At the time I was also messing around with my MB and sw overclocking. Wasn’t impressed.
Today I thought. “I know windows system restore, ill recover it to 2 weeks ago when it was running smoothly”
After rebooting plex was back installed on my computer. I thought sweet everything should be fixed now. still getting the error
“Plex Media Server was unable to open its media database”
I checked %LOCALAPPDATA%\ Plex Media Server the db is now 0kb
Then I searched the HD for recoverable deleted files. Nothing in *.db was a plex db…
After this system restore I tried to uninstall and reinstall an old build from Feb 2020.
Install went smooth, same “unable to open media database”
Then I figured there must be some registry keys lingering where it doesn’t give plex a fresh install. Deleted all traces of plex from the registry. Restarted. Fresh install. Once again
"Plex Media Server was unable to open its media database"
Can anybody please help? Should I try installing Plex server to a different HD maybe?
I am running out of things to try. I can’t find any of the plex DB autobackups because i am an idiot and did the steps I just described.
