I currently have one big Library with all my movies in it. I would like to create multiple libraries for multiple languages so that it’s easier to manage.
I tried creating a new library, adding it to my user, and moving a few files in it, but it seems that Plex sees those as completely new files. It created a new entry in the database with a new ID, a fresh “added on” date, and it loses the watched state.
I would like to know if there’s a way to “move” files to a different library without losing this data, without creating a new entry.
Long answer, yes. But the amount of work you would have to go through would be the most scariest reality show ever created! (unless you had like 1 movie to move)
Each library is a different entity with it’s own metadata and to compound what is already an ‘almost impossible’ thing, changing languages, you will find the metadata such as plot summary & posters/artwork will be wrong.
Thanks for your answer. That’s what I was suspecting.
How about this: I backup the watched state for all my users (based on unique id like IMDB id or something?), then make all my changes, and once everything is set, I restore the watched state based on that id for all movies for all users. Then I set the “added on” to the file creation date, which would fix the recently added, mostly.
Does that plan make sense? Or did I overlook something?
