NEVERENDING music scan that I can't stop -

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This is a problem that just tends to come back to my server(s) periodically and I just deal with it, but it’s getting more often and more annoying.

It scans my music folder forever. I didn’t add anything. I didn’t initiate a scan. I just scans forever until I force close the program (and even then most of the time I have to load the task manager and close it out forcefully there too).

Here’s they twist - I now have a separate server just for music (though I leave the music part on my other server as well pointing to the same music) - and the NEW server on a much more powerful computer does the same thing. Scans forever - CANCEL SCAN does nothing - I have to right click the server and exit to get it to stop.

Because it’s doing the same thing on both servers, I have a theory about maybe something that might be causing it - I have all my music on a DIFFERENT computer but as a network share. It works perfectly when streaming music.

But - could the fact that the music is not physically on the computer or a drive attached to the computer where the Plex server is be causing this???

I’ve posted this problem multiple times over the years and have never gotten any solution from the Plex team or anyone.

It’s REALLY frustrating.

Hoping someone has a solution.

This has happened to me but only after I add files. I look at the dashboard 2 hours later it still appears to be scanning the same file.

I have files on 2 different servers with multiple computers, external drives and a NAS and it’s happened with every combination. Even with the files on the same source drive as the server so I don’t think that has anything to do with it.

Something must be triggering the scan so I’m curious what that is. Some type of scheduled task possibly?

If the dashboard shows it being stuck on one file try removing that from any drives connected to plex. Then see if you can scan the library manually after you restart the server

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