Hello,
If i try to analyze the section with images in the gui it doesnt work for some of my subfolders. On the other hand, i was able to analyze images in the recently added section in the gui (clicking … on every single image) which did not have thumbnails. Now only some images in three folders are left without thumbnails. These i wanted to generate on commandline.
I had to ro run three export commands. I’ll post my commands tonight when i’m back home.
I was able running the plex scanner via command line. As i ran the scanner i used something like
/apps/plexmediaserver/Binaries/Plex\ Media\ Scanner --scan --force --directory /data/Bilder/2006
So, running this scanner command caused scanning the whole library but not only this one directory. I see the output of the scanner, beginning every line with “GUI:” listing every section, movies, music etc. (yes, i am absolutly sure of this).
Actually i want to scan only some directories with images in it. Some folders didnt generate thumbnails(*) so i want to force the generating. I think, the command must be something like
/apps/plexmediaserver/Binaries/Plex\ Media\ Scanner --generate --force --directory /data/Bilder/2006
or
/apps/plexmediaserver/Binaries/Plex\ Media\ Scanner --analyze --force --directory /data/Bilder/2006
If i run the last two commands i dont get any output at all and the scanner returns to commandline nearly immedately. Nothing changed.
In summary:
- running commandline scanner somehow doesnt seems to recognize the directory parameter.
- how do i generate thumbnails of jpeg images on command line?
- Bonus question: maybe the fast returning scanner is caused by crashing the scanner. Maybe its better to make a little script which calls the scanner for every image in a subfolder. Does scanning for single files work on command line?
Regards.
(*) It’s an old problem i wasnt able to solve. Some images seems to cause the scanner to crash.
