Moved my plex server to a Win 10 machine, and also moved the libraries from a NAS drive, to an external HD on the same machine as the server. Since then, i have noticed that the library just randomly loses 500+ items … I log in one day, its 620 files, next day 90. I re-index, they come back immediately (so not permissions), and may stay for some time… but eventually the library drops back down to 90 or so??
I honestly have not noticed if its always the same 90 or files that remain, but I never had this issue on the old desktop i was using (had to switch, old Dell Opti 790 on last legs).
Do I need to create network shares on the external HD, and link to those, instead of just to the local drive? Doesnt make sense.
You should start with disabling Empty trash automatically after every scan in Settings > Library.
If your server initiates e.g. a scheduled scan and cannot find the drive, this can result in Plex also dropping the related entries. By disabling emptying the trash, Plex will keep the records until you manually empty Plex’ trash.
thanks Tom, I did see that on a thread about other indexing issues, will try it. I just deleted and re-added my libararies as well, and ran a full new index, so we’ll see if it all improves.
I have been having power saving issues with this PC as well, it seems to power down even though its not set to (likely saving me $, but I wonder if that could be an issue - am tempted to turn off ‘scan my library periodically’, and just leave the ones on for scanning when changes are detected, as the computer will obviously be up for that.
Give it a try… otherwise, scanning the library for updates can always be triggered manually in Plex Web. Even with the UNO interface it’s still in the main level of the library context menu.
Personally I prefer the manual scans as that gives me more control (e.g. when uploading/adding a new season of a show).
