All done!
We just completed setting up Plex Media Server on a Synology NAS.
Depending on model, you might want to let it finish this initial indexing. There are a lot of CPU resources being consumed. The best experience can be had when all metadata retrieval is complete.
You can also monitor the Synology Health: CPU utilization meter.
Other considerations & final comments
Photos and music take much longer to process. Music takes the longest.
When adding Photos and Music, try to add smaller sub folders (groups) at a time. Something less than 5000 individual items per ‘batch’ is a good rule of thumb.
note: Some users have reported over 10 days to scan their entire music library all at once (they are that massive)
There’s no limit to how many sub-folders PMS can use so don’t be afraid to organize & curate your media as much as you want.
Obtaining help
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us in the forum for help if you need it.
Before you do reach out, we do ask
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Please do search (using the “magnifier” in the upper right) before creating a new thread. Most times, we’ll have answered your question for someone else.
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Plex has built-in logging so we can diagnose problems. The default is “DEBUG” logging enabled and “VERBOSE” logging is disabled. PLEASE do not change this. It doesn’t save any space (fixed size logs). Changing from the defaults without being asked only lengthens how long it take us to help you.
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Please present as much information as you can when you create your thread. The diagnostic logs ZIP file (Settings - Server - Troubleshooting - Download Logs) are almost always needed. Without this, we can only answer the most basic questions. Plex will download them to your computer. To share them with us, please drag & drop into the Reply window and allow enough time for the forum to show you a URL (hyperlink) as evidence the upload has completed.
