Server Version#: 1.20.1.3252 Hi there - I had one music location on the hard drive of my media server (plus one for each of TV Shows and Movies) but the hard drive was starting to get full so I added an external hard drive to the server. I added the new location (a folder called “Music (Ext)”) to …

I suggest you start by checking the owner and permission “Music (Ext)” directory and the sub-directories. If the user the Plex Media Server runs as doesn’t have access to the parent directory and the sub-directories it wouldn’t be able to add the files to the Music library.

When you get the problem corrected you can add the folder to your existing music library. There’s no need to have a separate library unless that’s what you want.

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New library location not seeing files

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files

ChuckPa February 13, 2021, 3:47am 4

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New library location not seeing files

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