Hello I had a plex server on Windows 10, I decided to use unRaid instead. Everything is working fine except for example I cannot see which movies/series did I watch. Is there a way to copy that data to the new plex server?

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I think it is hard (impossible?) to transfer this watch-state in the backend, as the two servers use different ways of displaying file location (“/” vs “\” incompatibility), but I think you can do it if you leave both servers up, and enable “ Watch State Sync ” in settings. It may take a day or two f…

To add to Otto, I have a 3rd Party tool which I’ve written to do all the typing for you. You’ll only need to preserve the existing “Databases” directory and make it available for import (give the tool the path to where the DB to import from is)

Oh, whoops. I will adjust my knowledge in the future. I keep repeating a “fact” I thought was true from 2 years ago, that moving from Windows to Linux (or vice versa) was impossible.

Based on your replies its really hard. I may just leave it, not worth the time and potential risks :frowning: . I tought a simple copy and paste will do it.

How to move plex settings?

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How to move plex settings?

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