The Thumbnails folder is growing quite large, which should be expected on very large databases. Is it possible to move that folder to a different location (drive) and have Plex not only recognize it but also continue to update it there?
I have Win 10.
In case it matters …1,500 movies and 3,400 TV episodes
Yes it is possible. Check this topic and this support article
Here is an elaborate HowTo for Windows I made earlier:
Thanks for the responses. I ended up moving the complete Plex Media Server folder to a different drive (using the settings options and not junctioned folders). I want to make sure it is working but I am not seeing anything show up in the “Thumbnails” folder. That is where the index thumbnails go, isn’t it? The job is supposed to run each evening and it has been a few days and it is still empty.
If you moved the whole plex data folder to someplace else,
and you followed my guide above,
and your server is working and shows you all posters and covers,
- yes, then it is indeed working.
I don’t quite understand, what else do you expect to see?
Everything is showing but now that I have more space and I have thumbnails turned on I was expecting to see folders and data in the “Plex Media Server/Thumbnails” folder. I’m sure everything is fine, I just get worried any time I change something. Thanks for the assistance, I will just “let it ride”.
It is pretty possible, that this particular Thumbnails
folder was not created by Plex but by some other software which you used to browse the Plex data folder.
I don’t have a Thumbnails
folder in my Plex data.
Well, there you go. Are the index/thumbnails in the Media folder or the Metadata folder then?
All data the Plex server creates are in the Plex data folder.
PMS never touches your media folders (with two exceptions: explicitly enabled ‘media deletion’ and ‘optimized version’ creation)
the video indexes and the full resolution posters/cover art/episode thumbs are in the
[Plex data]/Media/localhost
subfolder.
I can’t tell you exactly how to find out which particular subfolder is for which media item. But I think you are able to find out using the URL of the item and/or its mediainfo XML.
Thanks! I get a little overly concerned at times. It works, your instructions to move the folder worked, the family is happy, I should stop worrying.
Thanks again @OttoKerner for your assistance and patience.