# Metadata

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/metadata/30390>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** other-dev\
**Created:** [March 9, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metadata/30390 "2013-03-09T01:35:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![wallyps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@wallyps](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wallyps)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metadata/30390/1 "2013-03-09T01:35:10Z")

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I would really like to see a configuration option that would allow the metadata to be stored in the same directory as the media is.

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I have three external hard drives (1x3tb, 2x4tb) that are filled with MP4 movies (2200 files) and TV epsiodes (some 4800).&nbsp;

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When I take the hard drives to my winter home, I lose all of the metadata as it is stored on my desktop machine. And to scan all of that data on a laptop via a cellular connection would take WAY too long.

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If the metadata were saved where the media is stored, it would greatly facilitate moving the drives.

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Thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/metadata/30390/2 "2019-12-20T23:01:11Z")

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