Libraries and 6TB External Hard Drives

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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1, You can keep your files on the external HDD(s) just as you would on internal HDDs or on a NAS. The only requirement is they mount (/etc/fstab) before PMS starts.

  1. The method you use is to create a “TV” directory containing all your series.

/hdd/
   tv/
     Star Trek (1966)/
       season 1/
         episodes here
      Another Series/
        Season 1/
          Another Series - S01E01 - title.ext
          Another Series - S01E02 - title.ext

Repeat the structure as often as needed

Sections are created and point to the TOP level → /hdd/tv (in this case)
They are a group of series stored in a folder (or multiple folders)

I have

  • /nas/tv, /nas/tv2, (as main tv);
  • /nas/tv3 is for cartoons,
  • /nas/tv4 is for cooking programs

It’s really flexible.

If you need help mounting external drives, there is a how-to (shows you step-by-step)