Similar to excluding the scan of music libraries in full/automatic library scans. I think it would be cool to have an ability to exclude certian other libraries manually (Shows, Personal Media or Movies) from the automatic or full scans. For instance, I do have a specific shows library that …

A humble and gentle bump, no spam is intended. :unsure:

PMS does a simple check if there has been a change in the folder containing your media. If there is no change, PMS skips that folder. This only takes a split second so there really isn't any wasted time here. If you really want to skip something, you can use the .plexignore file to tell the scann…

PMS does a simple check if there has been a change in the folder containing your media. If there is no change, PMS skips that folder. This only takes a split second so there really isn't any wasted time here. If you really want to skip something, you can use the .plexignore file to tell the sca…

I only see that if there is an unmatched item so the scanner keeps trying to match it, or something is changing in your folders causing the trigger. If you can upload the scanner log, i can check to see why it is doing that.

[Feature] Exclude "X" Library from Full/Automatic Update Library Scan

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[Feature] Exclude "X" Library from Full/Automatic Update Library Scan

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