Server update without changing library settings?

Plex Media Server
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So, this has bugged me for a while. Whenever I do a server update, all of my library settings (19, in all) get changed to “Recommended,” and I have to go in to each one and change them back to “Library>Album (or Library>Title for movies).”

Any way to not touch this when updating?

Thanks

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Well, I thought Feature Suggestion was better than Complaints :wink: (Where do you suggest I post this?)

I’m on Sever 4.146.0. I almost exclusively play my libraries on my Apple TV 4K (latest OS). And that’s where I have to change my library settings after every update.

Thanks

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Okay, I guess it’s just me…?

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@shmengie

Are you changing the PMS setttings in Plex/web – Setttings - Server - *** ?

-OR-

Are you changing the AppleTV settings with each update (much more common) ?

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Hey Chuck:

Yeah, everything looks good in PMS. I have to change everything in the ATV app. Sounds like you get what I’m talking about: Each update hard resets the settings of each library back to Recommended. End of the world? Nah. Annoying? You betcha!

Thanks

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@shmengie

Yeppers… AppleTV is annoying as … :see_no_evil_monkey:

It seems that when the internal settings variable change, it simply starts fresh rather than ‘migrating’ to the new structure like PMS does with database upgrades.

I don’t know if that’s an Apple restriction or not. I’m an OS guy so don’t know internals of the apps.

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Hey Chuck…I appreciate your jumping in. I’m not sure it’s an OS thing, per se. It feels more like a Plex app thing. Like, the devs have hard-coded a preferences flag to 0, or something like that.

Either way, thanks for the input. Somehow, I will survive this minor inconvenience! :slight_smile: