Orphaned media files referenced in plex

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Make sure the file is not in some other location being scanned by Plex.

  1. Using the web browser interface, go to the pre-play page for one of the videos.
  2. Click on the three dots, then choose Get Info.
  3. This shows the path to the file.

Remove stale entries from Plex database.
See screenshot below.

  1. Scan libraries
  2. Empty Trash
  3. Clean Bundles (also in Settings → Troubleshooting)
  4. Optimize Database (also in Settings → Troubleshooting)

If the file is still displayed in the clients, check for database corruption.

  1. Pull log files (Settings → Troubleshooting)
  2. Look in Plex Media Server.log and .1.log to.5.log, for SQLITE3 ERROR entries that mention a corrupt database, malformed disk image, or similar.
  3. Or upload the ZIP file to the thread, and others can take a look.

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