FAQ 7: Reorganizing your media after it’s been indexed.
As you add media, you may find that you want to reorganize it to what works better.
While performing this reorganization, your media library can look messy. If you keep track of what you’re doing on paper, or move only one section at a time, you’ll be fine.
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Preparation
– Disable “Scan my Library automatically”
– Disable “Run a partial scan when changes are detected”
– Disable “Scan my Library periodically”
– Disable “Empty trash automatically after every scan”
– SAVE these changes. -
Stop Plex
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Move your files
– Make any changes or physical media file moving you need to.
– When you are done, proceed with the actual PMS configuration change -
Start Plex, Updating your PMS configuration to reflect the new structure
– Edit each library section - Folders - ADD the new location (Do not remove the old yet) - SAVE the changes.
– PMS will see the new location and begin scanning.
– When completed, Edit the library section again. REMOVE the old media location.
– Scan one final time.
– Empty the Trash
– Clean the bundles
– Optimize the database
– Wash - Rinse - (Repeat for each library section until done)
That’s it. Your media has now been moved to its new location(s) and PMS is updated to reflect this.
Revisit Settings - Server - Library and turn on those flags which you previously turned off.
