# Plex Music Excessive Scanning

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-music-excessive-scanning/654760
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-qnap
**Created:** [November 18, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-music-excessive-scanning/654760 "2020-11-18T05:48:43Z")
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### Author: ![RTMcG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@RTMcG](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RTMcG)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-music-excessive-scanning/654760/1 "2020-11-18T05:48:43Z")

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Server Version#:1.20.5.3600  
Player Version#:  
Why does the PMS repeatedly scan my music library? I have all the automatic scan functions disabled and it still scans hourly for media.

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### Author: ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2021, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-music-excessive-scanning/654760/2 "2021-02-16T05:48:59Z")

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