Yes, if you set a series to record and specify a particular location that series will always be recorded to that location, unless you change it.
I’m fairly certain Plex “remembers” where you set the last recording to be stored and uses that as the default going forward for other shows as well. I wouldn’t necessarily rely on that behavior though.
^^ Correct. Keep in mind that it only does that for new things you schedule. If you already have something scheduled previously, it will not change the choice for those, you need to edit the schedule and change it manually if you want that.
Okok thanks I have one more question can anybody tell me or direct me to a page or send me a link where I can go to backup my metadata on Plex so I don’t have to recreate my collections or my movies I edited and I can just put it back in for the Western digital my clouds mine is particularly the pr 4100 but I know that all the other in the faces of the same so that would be great
because I plan on upgrading a hard drive down the road soon and I just don’t want to have to go through my movies and do all the collections and the rename fixing of some of them
Sure, there’s a support article for that:
There’s another link in the article itself which describes where the Plex data directory lives on different platforms, including WD.
It’s more easier than it sounds but none of them seem to work I need the exact step by step because Western digital does it differently they lock you out of it you have to change certain settings and get a different program I guess to log into it to backup the metadata so it’s really annoying but the Western digital works flawlessly for playing media 4K and 1080p no problem just need help and then I can relax not knowing I won’t have to spend three days non-stop rebuilding on my metadata in collections and video editing name fixes
I don’t use a Western Digital NAS, so have have no first-hand experience with this. However, from what I’ve seen online, you need to SSH into your NAS to access the Plex Media Server data folder. You’ll have to enable SSH on the NAS first (see page 80). Then, you can use any SSH client (macOS and Linux have native ones, you can use Putty on Windows) to login into the command-line on the NAS. From there, navigate to the folder one level above where PMS stores its data:
/mnt/HD/HD_a2/plex_conf/
Then you can run the following to create a compressed archive of the data:
tar -cvzf "Plex Media Server.tgz" "Plex Media Server/"
This will create a file named “Plex Media Server.tgz.” You can then move that file to a location which you can access via one of the NAS’ shares using the mv command:
mv "Plex Media Server.tgz" "/some/user/accessible/share/Plex Media Server.tgz"
Then, just copy it off the NAS using the normal means (accessing whatever share moved it to).
What I use command prompt to run the following
If you’re running on Linux or macOS, you can use the built-in SSH application. Something like the following from the command-line:
ssh user@ipaddress
Where ‘user’ is the username to login to your NAS and ‘ipaddress’ is its IP.
If you’re on Windows, you’ll more than likely need to use a 3rd party utility such as Putty. Run it and set the Connection Type to SSH and the IP address to the IP of your NAS:
Either way you will need to have enabled SSH access on the NAS beforehand (page 80 of the doc I linked above). Once you’re logged in via SSH you should be able to use the commands I suggested above.
Thank you I will try it
didn’t know if you knew this to with the Linux command is coming soon and next Windows 10 update so you can run Linux commands in it
it’s only in developer preview that right nowI do know about this, thanks. I wasn’t sure how much effort you wanted to go to to get this set up. WSL is a bit more advanced than the other method I suggested, but if you’re comfortable, go for it.
Here’s how to install it right now, if you’re interested:
the funny thing is too I didn’t know if you knew this that Apple Mac OS now supports more malware and viruses then window 10
Let all your friends know
Thanks
Cool I will try
Hope everybody is safe at home
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