I initially set up a Plex Media Server on my desktop PC. Using the Plex app on my iPhone, I created some playlists. Now I have set up a new Plex Media Server on my (QNAP) NAS. My iPhone app sees both the first PMS on my desktop PC and the new PMS on the NAS. My question is how to “move” the pla…

By default you cannot, unfortunately. If you get WebTools installed and running on both servers, you could try to export/import the playlists.

Thank you for the quick reply. I have a QNAP NAS, so I’ll have to figure out how to get that installed on it. With nothing but a web based UI, it’s a little different than I’m used to. Seems like “playlists” are a trouble spot for Plex… I wouldn’t think it would be that hard to write an Import /…

The author of WebTools is QNAP specialist. So I’m sure this thing runs on QNAP. [image] ukdtom/WebTools.bundle WebTools is a collection of tools for Plex Media Server. Like the Unsupported AppStore (UAS) - ukdtom/WebTools.bundle

See: https://github.com/ukdtom/WTInstaller/wiki/QNAP And to Download, find it here: https://github.com/ukdtom/WTInstaller/releases/latest

I was able to install webtools on my QNAP pretty easily (thank you for the write up). But then I realized what I really needed to do first was install it on my desktop PC which is where my first Plex Media Server is and is the one with the playlists. So I downloaded and installed the Windows versi…

Operating WT is the same on every platform: You go to http://IP_address_of_server:33400 with your web browser (notice that this is a different port number than the “Plex port”).

Ah, right, I was missing something obvious! One more question… Now I can access WebTools, go to Playlists. See the playlists in question… click the Download button next one of them and I get: “‘NoneType’ object is not iterable” Doesn’t seem to matter what playlist I pick, clicking Download resu…

[image] margo_on2morning_com: Doesn’t seem to matter what playlist I pick, clicking Download results in the same error. So close! [image] Known Issues WebTools is a collection of tools for Plex Media Server. Like the Unsupported AppStore (UAS) - ukdtom/WebTools.bundle …

How to move playlists?

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OttoKerner March 1, 2020, 2:12pm 5

If you are just starting out on QNAP, make sure to bookmark this: Qnap faq.....read me first!

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