Moving my libray to another system

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Hello

I’m running Plex for years on Ubuntu (Kubuntu actually), usually the latest version of Ubuntu and Plex. I bougth myself a new hard drive and made a new fresh Kubuntu install. I have the old drive plugged in so I can copy my old stuff.

I’m following this: https://support.plex.tv/articles/201370363-move-an-install-to-another-system/

  • install Plex
  • copy the main Plexmedieserver (in /var/lib) folder (tried without or without Preference.xml)
  • run Plex

I tried all I could, read some threads, but it won’t work: Plex doesn’t see my old libraries/metadata. I’m not too keen to retag hundreds of files…

Any suggestion please?

Thanks for your help!

cheers,

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What exactly isn’t working?

  • Does Plex start?
  • Does it show your libraries?
  • Do the libraries have the expected content?

As you’re on a Linux system… have you considered to set permissions/folder ownership?

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If I may add?

If you are moving from one to another, this, along with other tips in the Linux-Tips tag, will probably be of most help

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Hi Tom, Plex does start but it doesn’t show me the libraries I had on my old system.

I checked the permissions, all folders in the Plexmediaserver are plex:plex, as expected.

thanks!

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thanks Chuck. I’ll give it a try. and come back. Appreciate the help.

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