Is it possible to see the history of previous PLEX libraries? I formated and sold my harddrives with all my movies and TV Shows. I was about to travel so I had to stress. Now I lack a complete backup of every movie and TV show title. Are there any chances there are logs or a list either locally or if PLEX staff could send me any logged data with previous titles or with other media info? I’m afraid I might (possibly) have a new PLEX installation on the same CentOS 7 drive so I have no idea if the old .logs still exist. I’m still on travel but I’ll get to my in 2-3 days approx. Any feedback or help would be highly appreciated. I have a list of my movies on another location but it’s far from complete. I want a complete list so I can get those movies back that I been missing.
No. Plex does not store any of your data beyond your account name, email address, and account features.
Had you wanted a complete list, you should have made a full directory listing prior to the actions you took.
The content list of your Plex library(s) is only stored on your Plex server itself.
It is not transferred to plex.tv or anywhere else.
If you still have a backed up version of your old Plex database file, (back when you still had all the media items in the library) you could restore it temporarily on your server.
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/202485658-Restore-a-Database-Backed-Up-via-Scheduled-Tasks-
Then you could employ the ExportTools plugin to make you a nice, detailed list.
@OttoKerner said:
The content list of your Plex library(s) is only stored on your Plex server itself.
It is not transferred to plex.tv or somewhere else.If you still have a backed up version of your old Plex database file, (back when you still had all the media items in the library) you could restore it temporarily on your server.
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/202485658-Restore-a-Database-Backed-Up-via-Scheduled-Tasks-Then you could employ the ExportTools plugin to make you a nice, detailed list.
TYVM Otto!! I will try this out when I get back to my server.
@SupreX said:
TYVM Otto!! I will try this out when I get back to my server.
Make sure to keep your current database file in a safe place, so you can restore it later.
And before you do any of this, disable the following under
Settings - Server - Library
- Update my library automatically
- Update my library periodically
- Empty trash automatically after every scan
