Plex should feature a way to copy a bunch of selected media in main browsing window to an external hard disk. Actually, it can be done only tediously and individually, one by one. Sync only works with device having Plex installed, not external hard disk. This would greatly improve the usefulness …

@Zeus-Media said: This would greatly improve the usefulness of Plex as a media management software. I think this is where your thinking is off. Plex is not a media manager. Plex is designed to provide a way to view your media. Plex has very little management features. It cannot rename files, …

@MovieFan.Plex said: @Zeus-Media said: This would greatly improve the usefulness of Plex as a media management software. I think this is where your thinking is off. Plex is not a media manager. Plex is designed to provide a way to view your media. Plex has very little management features. I…

Thank you for your suggestions. Nevertheless, I still believe my suggestion is worthit, and it is exactly that, a suggestion. :slight_smile:

I disagree with MovieFan and MikeG on this, although I would re-word the OP’s request. I think it is perfectly within Plex’s scope to allow the sync function to sync (including transcode) not only to specific devices, but to a USB drive, whether that is an external HD or an SD card. The stock audi…

Thank you for rewording the request appropriately. :slight_smile:

I’m totally for it. It happens quite often that i need to copy stuff for friends and an easy way to copy it to an external HDD from PMP, without having to attach it to my NAS in the basement, nor copy huge files via Wifi, would be a great benefit.

Now that I have a sync-capable device, I’m beginning to see why the folks at Plex don’t consider an SD card a valid device to sync to. Plex apparently doesn’t just take a .flac file from your server, convert it to an .mp3 file, and copy it to the sync device. Plex apparently stores the converted f…

@beckfield said: If Plex, or Plex2CSV, or PlexPY, or some other tool could give me even a .m3u file with file paths, I’d be golden. https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/120292/moviefans-database-tool-for-plex#latest

Hi Plex-Team Please provide a possibility to export files (MKV; MP3; etc.) from the PLEX with a selection or filter. So you could save the files to a USB stick or SD card around this in ‘offline devices’ (holiday disk, car radio, etc). Thank you for your support. Best regards Plex105 Post: …

[REQ] Copy selected media to external hard disk

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[REQ] Copy selected media to external hard disk

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