I was installing plex server on my synology HDD 1 and it was doing great with more than 100k media files. Recently HDD 1 got full of space and I planned to change it to a larger HDD. Before the replacement, I copied the whole plex media server folder to another HDD in my synology, then replaced the…

There should not be a Plex Media Server folder at the same level as AppData The structure is: PlexMediaServer/ AppData/ Plex Media Server/ Cache/ Codecs/ Crash Reports/ Diagnostics/ Drivers/ Logs/ Media/ Metadata/ plexmediaserver.pid …

Plex can't find previous metadata after re-installation

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices

FordGuy61 October 1, 2024, 4:23pm 6

NAS model?
DSM 6 or 7?

If DSM 7, perform FAQ 32: Repairing the PlexMediaServer shared folder.

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Plex can't find previous metadata after re-installation

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