Sync watched with plex.tv account

Feature Suggestions
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I recently installed Plex on a new server since my hard drive gave up in the last one (ofc did not have a backup for library’s and watched status) but apparently all managed accounts was still there when I logged on.

So my suggestion is that also watched state should be backed up in the account (I guess it’s not that much data for only watch status) so when you start new server you log in add all library’s you want and then sync the watched status.

This should not be server specific or anything it should only save episode xx on serie yy is watchedwatch

//J

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Many of us don’t want Plex storing what is on our servers. Many people achieve what you’re suggesting via Trakt. It’s harder with Plex now but apparently still possible. Search the forums for more information.

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Watched status is saved in your PMS database, which can be set to automatically backup. You can back it up to somewhere other than your main drives, like a usb drive or a cloud drive if you have that setup yourself.

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Why don’t you want Plex to store your data but it is okay for trakt to do it?

Tried to get trakt going but could not get it to work properly the last time I tried :frowning:

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Yeah that is a good option is it backup in Plex server it self or do I need external application for that?

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It’s under the Scheduled Task tab of your PMS settings. There is an option to backup the database every 3 days and you can set where to save it to.

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I don’t personally use Trakt or any other view status service but many seem to.

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Ok :slight_smile:

Bit it would be awesome to have the option at least since the accounts already are in sync

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I set that up now will see how it works in a couple of days :slight_smile:

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The problem is if I want to only restore the watched status. How do I go about that? I want to clear out all other meta data pulled and stored by plex but then have the watched status restored.

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@blackflame451 See https://support.plex.tv/articles/201154527-move-viewstate-ratings-from-one-install-to-another/.

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Early 2021 clean-up: backing up watched status is implemented on the server level