Hi,
Am a new Plex user. Trying to understand the manual scan library function.
I have my music collection stored on my Asustor NAS.
Once I have logged on to Plex via my pc and set the manual scan to run, do I have to be logged on to Plex via my PC?
OR can I log off, turn my PC off and scanning on my music library will still continue with Plex in the backend?
Feedback appreciated.
Thanks
Where is PMS running? On the NAS? If so, then yes, you can log out and turn off the computer. Once the scan starts, PMS will do the rest, so as long as your server is running, the instance of Web that started the update does not need to stick around.
Yes PMS downloaded on my NAS via Asustor Data Master (ADM).
I am using my PC to log in to PMS via the web browser.
Thanks for the feedback, I will do as advised…
Hi,
Another question.
While PMS is updating/scanning music library, is it advisable to play other media (eg movie files) or should I wait till scanning is complete.
My music collection is approx. 600GB so I am not sure how long it would take for scanning to complete, days/weeks maybe?
thanks,
In have not generally found issue playing media while a library scan is running. I have seen in the forums that people post about some performance issues. It’s really about the NAS server and disk performance.
I also generally run the large scans overnight when the activity on my media server is light ( including my shared remote users)
It depends if this is the initial scan creating the library. That can take up some resources. If it is a subsequent scan to add more items, I don’t see any problems.
If you see a problem with this, there is a PMS option that could help.
Settings \ Server \ Library \ Run scanner tasks at a lower priority
