# Feature request:  Local (per-folder) metadata caching

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-local-per-folder-metadata-caching/197674>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [July 1, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-local-per-folder-metadata-caching/197674 "2017-07-01T20:25:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![shelbystripes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@shelbystripes](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shelbystripes)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-local-per-folder-metadata-caching/197674/1 "2017-07-01T20:25:18Z")

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I have a feature request that I think would help users with large libraries out a LOT, especially when we try to move to newer hardware. (Say, hardware that supports HW transcoding…)

How about an option to cache metadata locally, in the folders we store our videos? I have spent a lot of time picking the right poster, background, etc. for a bunch of movies and TV shows. Sometimes picking the right data from one of the agents, sometimes adding it locally. Copying all that over to a new system isn’t easy.

If I could just have PMS save all of that to the folders I keep my content in, I could easily move it around with me, from one server running PMS to another. Move my files, I move my metadata at the same time. Easy, right? Not have to pick out the “right” things all over again?

How hard would this be?

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**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, 11:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-local-per-folder-metadata-caching/197674/3 "2020-01-07T23:28:38Z")

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