Metadata issues, "database disk image malformed" error, even after dump recovery

If the database cannot be repaired and the backups are also corrupt and cannot be repaired, then you’re basically out of luck (you can run with a corrupt db, but at some point it will begin to affect operations).

You delete the current db and start over.

You will have to re-create libraries, re-share with others, etc. You can use the “Move Viewstate…” steps to copy that info to the new database.

I did a quick search regarding copying playlists and found one post. See Python code to copy a playlist from one plex server to another.