I have 5 sections in totally in plex (movies 1, movies 2, tv shows, tv shows 2 and music). I have quiet a large amount of media and so dont have all movies together and likewise for tv shows. Movies 2 and tv shows 2 sections never change as they contain old files. My issue is that plex still has to …

putting .plexignore file (with the dot) on your library root folder may be a solution for you. Use * alone instead of *trailers* in the sample shown here: https://plexapp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201375253-Excluding-Content-with-plexignore

unforunately that doesnt stop it scanning the library sections but thanks anyways

What we need is setting different interval for each Library Section with option to select None ie Manual Scans for that section Furthermore if a change happens to one Library Section or if i force a manual scan for one section, it must not go through scanning all sections ! Also at the moment a ne…

Option to exclude library sections from library update

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Option to exclude library sections from library update

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