How to change folder for a library ?

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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Hello,

I have just bought a Western Digital My cloud home.

On the cloud, all of my music files are synchronized in the folder “Sync from desktop” (created by the sync application)

But for Plex, all music files must be in folder “Plex\Shared Music”

Is it possible to customise the Plex music file folder (“Sync from desktop” instead of “Plex\Shared Music” ) ?
Or is it possible to customise the synchronized folder in My cloud home (“Plex\Shared Music” instead of “Sync from desktop” )

Thanks in advance

Joël

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  • go to the homepage of the Plex Server
  • go to the context menu of your music library
  • click Edit
  • go to Add Folder
  • Add the new/different folder
  • Refresh the Library
  • if this is successful, you should see “2 files” behind each record
  • return to the Library settings (Edit > Add Folder) and remove the old link

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200289266-Editing-Libraries

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Hello Tom and Thank you.
But I have not the Add Folder Menu. How is it possible ?

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hmm… it appears this is handled differently on your WD Cloud machine and you have to go with the default folders.

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/115003310834-Western-Digital-My-Cloud-Home

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Yes, but is it any way to customise the defaut folders ?

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You could try to create a link to include the sync folder into the Plex Music folder.
If you have terminal access to the WD NAS you could try creating a hard link (ln "<path to the source folder>" "<path to the target folder>"); from what I’ve read, there might be issues if you create a soft link (ln -s ...) as the different apps might not follow those links.

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Also, try using a different browser.

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@tom80H said:
You could try to create a link to include the sync folder into the Plex Music folder.
If you have terminal access to the WD NAS you could try creating a hard link (ln "<path to the source folder>" "<path to the target folder>"); from what I’ve read, there might be issues if you create a soft link (ln -s ...) as the different apps might not follow those links.

Just here to clarify a linux point.

Hard links don’t work on directories. Only symlinks are allowed with directories. ln -s /real/dir /new/dir/name

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I think you speak about linux, but i’m on Windows.

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@betedesvosges said:
I think you speak about linux, but i’m on Windows.

but your WD Cloud isn’t :wink:
however you should also be able to create a shortcut from within Windows when accessing the network share

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Yes but how ?

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if it’s documented, they’re hiding it damn well :S
I assume you have mapped the My Cloud device as a network drive in Windows? Can you try to right-click and make a shortcut of the folder, so you can move that one to the target location? Not sure this works… seeing there’s nearly no questions/discussions on this, I hope the most simple approach might actually work (fingers crossed)

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No i have not mapped the device, it was done when i installed the WD software.
But it does not seem to be a Mounted Network Share but it seems to be a Mounted Network Drive using what is known as a Call Back FIle System (this is the answer from a guy from an other forum).
But i don’t know if i have the hand to customize it ?