How to syncs watch status between different Plex servers?

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Hello everyone, I have a question to ask, is it possible to sync the watch status between two different servers? (I have one on windows and one on mac) if yes, how?

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Not really. If you are good with databases, you could potentially do it manually.

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It would be a mess :smorfie:

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There is a way to sync the status for 1 account, like your admin account. Use the TrakIt plugin. This will keep the status between different servers synced but only for 1 account at a time.

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yes, I’ve only one account with 2 server and 3 friends. you think it can work?

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It should work for your account.

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ok, thanks

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@anon18523487
Not that it matters to the op as he mentioned he only wants to sync one account. But the trakt plugin can actually sync multiple accounts via a web browser. :grinning:

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I was not aware of that. Thought you had to sign into the plugin. Not sure how that works with multiple users.

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Yeah he created a way to access the settings via a browser that allows multiple users to be set up. It’s pretty cool.

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Good to know. Thanks for the info.

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Not what u are asking but u can duplicate the watched database.

ie. copy what you have u watched to the other server. Not difficult if you have them pointing to the same media location. If they pointing to different locations a bit more fiddling.

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You can do this only once, and only if nothing has been played already on the ‘target’ server.

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Well you can actually do it everyday if you want but yeh it’s not the answer is you continually use 2 servers.

I have done it multiple times when moving to a new server as to me the watched info it the most important part of plex.

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The point being: the target PMS setup must be new. If it isn’t you may end up with negative ‘watched’ numbers and other weird stuff.

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Not from experience - I have copied from A to B.
Used B for a while and copied back to A -
With that scenario A and B will have same watched


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If you are copying the entire database file, that’s fine. I think OttoKerner was referring to the method we have in our support articles for copying just the watched status to a new PMS.

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how you do it?

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I entered the names of users in the “Global Filter - Users (comma separated)” section then?