I have a library for courses. Some of them gets updated as the framework evolves. However I intend to keep them in separate folder per relevant version. Thus the same file can exist in multiple folders (they might have different naming because of numbering those files though).
So the end result plex produces is that when in folder view in certain course folder I have mixed files from different folders. This creates big confusion!
Did the library deletion and created it from scratch, seemed as expected for the short time, but a bit later it created the same mess again.
anyway the library settings is for the general video files.
Server Version#: 1.15.3.876
Player Version#: web
Appreciate, Michal
EDIT:
So basically I dont want PLEX to try to merge similar files together at ALL, just display them as they are on the disk.
When selecting Folder view I suppose this is the desired outcome.
Clearly this is bug and needs solving asap. Resulting with the statement users are naming files wrongly is so inappropriate… Especially if we are not in charge of the naming… Consider example of tons of files from the camera… If plex offers folder view then it should behave accordingly on every aspect not just semi-corrupt attempt which leads into such a mess.
So created library from the scratch called TESTBUG to point just to the “angular” courses folder. Right after it was done scanning I captured the debugging logs.
You are using some kind of nbz downloader, and added it’s download directory to a library, if I read the logs correctly.
That’s very bad, and should be avoided. Please keep that out of Plex library folders
Ref: /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Scanner --scan --refresh --section 27 --directory /plex/media/.downloads
Above is also using the Plex Video Files Scanner ?
When above directory/library is removed from Plex, do the Plex Dance on your Angular training medias, and after that, upload fresh set of logs
Why? I don’t see any reason… If you are concerned of the downloading parts being constantly scanned it’s fine, they don’t have a valid media extension so they shouldn’t get into Plex library anyway. Those parts just gets into logs and in real they are ignored.
The valid use case for this is when you want to start watching something just being downloaded in sequential order - so by the end of a movie it will gets completely downloaded.
Correct:
Fresh logs - testing library is now called TESTBUG4: Plex Media (6.6 MB)
Bottom line, results is exactly the same as before.
ALL files get scanned. Whether or not plex does anything with them afterwards is moot.
More importantly, any time the file changes will flag plex to re-scan. So, if you are downloaded a file and it’s being saved in chunks, plex will see this and re-scan the file all over again. Just fyi.
PMS checks the timestamp of the directories, and since last updated is changed constantly, PMS, keeps adding it to inotify, as well as add it to the scanner queue.
As such, this is putting unneeded work to PMS workload, as well as your logs roll over with irrelevant entries.
And no idea about the impact on the agent/scanners here. (In theory, they should be fine, but…)
Why? I removed that “download” library before as requested
to be more precise, I deleted that problematic library, restarted plex, added new library from scratch and once plex finished dance I captured the logs
appreciate, Michal
