Server Version#: Plex Media Server v1.43.0.10492-121068a07
Hi there,
I’m experiencing some issues with the automatic library scan since quite some time. It’s enabled in the settings but new files are not scanned until the next scheduled or manual library scan.
Plex is running via Docker on my Unraid server.
These are my TV library folders:
/data/media/tv # local storage on Unraid server
/tv # NFS share on my old NAS
According to the logs, the new files ARE picked up and watched by Plex:
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:09.602 [23346992134968] INFO - Library section 2 (Serien) will be updated because of a change in "/data/media/tv/Midsomer Murders (1997)/S04"
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:09.603 [23346992134968] DEBUG - [Notify] New directory: "/data/media/tv/Midsomer Murders (1997)/S04", adding recursively.
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:09.603 [23346992134968] DEBUG - [Notify] Now watching "/data/media/tv/Midsomer Murders (1997)/S04"
But the media scanner seems to fail:
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:09.611 [23346992134968] INFO - Library section 2 (Serien) will be updated because of a change in "/data/media/tv/Midsomer Murders (1997)/S04/Midsomer Murders (1997) - S04E01 - Garden of Death [DVD][AAC 2.0][x264]-TVARCHiV.mkv"
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:14.603 [23346873072440] DEBUG - Library Updater: Requested that section 2 be updated, force=0, subdir=/data/media/tv/Midsomer Murders (1997) iTunes=0
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:14.603 [23346873072440] DEBUG - Library Updater: Queueing section 2
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:14.605 [23347064732472] DEBUG - Activity: registered new activity a6fcd4de-6175-4d61-abbf-c56342c12e0c - "Scanning"
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:14.605 [23347064732472] DEBUG - Scanning section 2
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:14.605 [23347064732472] DEBUG - Activity: updated activity a6fcd4de-6175-4d61-abbf-c56342c12e0c - completed 0.0% - Scanning Serien
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:14.605 [23347064732472] DEBUG - Job was already killed, not killing again.
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:14.643 [23347064732472] DEBUG - Asked to cull library timeline before time 1772362334, we're starting with 7 items.
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:14.643 [23347064732472] DEBUG - Library timeline cull complete with 2 items left.
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:14.643 [23347064732472] DEBUG - Scanning Serien using de-DE(Plex TV Series) with 0 current media items and 1 section locations in the database.
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:14.643 [23347064732472] DEBUG - Performing a scan with 'Plex TV Series' (language: de-DE virtual: 0).
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:14.643 [23347064732472] DEBUG - * Scanning /tv/Midsomer Murders (1997)
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:14.646 [23347064732472] DEBUG - Scanner: Processing directory /tv/Midsomer Murders (1997) (parent: yes)
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:14.649 [23347064732472] WARN - Error scanning directory, we'll skip and continue: boost::filesystem::last_write_time: No such file or directory [system:2]: "/tv/Midsomer Murders (1997)"
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:14.649 [23347064732472] DEBUG - Activity: updated activity a6fcd4de-6175-4d61-abbf-c56342c12e0c - completed 99.0% - Scanning Serien
Mar 01, 2026 12:12:14.649 [23347064732472] DEBUG - Scanner [Plex TV Series]: Idle and left with 0 media items.
I noticed that the scanner tries to use the path /tv/Midsomer Murders (1997) which is not the correct one (it should be /data/media/tv/Midsomer Murders (1997) instead). Is this the problem?
Is there anything I can do to fix this?
