How Do I do Library Scan for Particular folder for second time?

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
1

Hi there,

Is there anyway I can refresh metadata for a particular folder?

I have over 5 thousand file in like 12 folders and I don’t like to refresh metadata for all folder at one go.

I’m using Centos 7

Thanks

Server Version#: 1.14.1.5488
Player Version#:

2

Why do you feel the need to refresh metadata for whole folders?
This is nothing that should be done regularly.

Or do you mean you want to update your library, to include newly added files?
That is technically not a ‘Refresh’ but a ‘library scan’.

3

Sorry, yes “Library Scan”

How do I do it?

Thanks

4

AFAIK only per command line parameters
https://support.plex.tv/articles/201242707-plex-media-scanner-via-command-line/

5

I just realized, I actually need to do “Refresh Metadata” so that the plugin “SubZero” can download missing subtitles.

Here is the sample directory of a movie folder,

/var/www/html/fs1/Movies/English Movies/(2012)

What would be the command to do “Refresh Metadata” for the above path using commandline in CentOS

and at the link u posted above, it says about item number, how do I find out the item number of a folder that I like to scan or refresh?

Thanks

6

Anyone willing to help here this novice person?

I’m getting this …

[root@localhost ~]# /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Scanner --list
-bash: /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex: No such file or directory

[root@localhost ~]# /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/ --list
-bash: /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/: Is a directory

PMS version: Version 1.14.1.5488

@ChuckPa Maybe you? Please

Thanks a lot

7

1 week gone and Seriously No One would assist me on this as i’m a novice?

It makes no value that I’m a Plex Pass user?

Disappointing.

8

Read what the error message is telling you.

-bash: /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex: No such file or directory

The spaces in your command (i.e. “Plex Media Scanner”) are being ignored.

9

This is not a Plex issue, you’re using the command wrong, you should add backslash every space like this:

/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex\ Media\ Scanner --list

Please refer to some website to learn about how to deal with spaces in folders/ filenames in Linux.