Thumbnail/BIFF interval setting not available in advanced server settings for Mac

Plex Media Server
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Server Version#:1.30.1
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As it’s been well documented., thumbnail creation, while a really cool feature can add a tremendous amount of space to your drive quickly. One option in advanced server settings is to change the interval that the thumbnails are created. In the “Advanced Server settings” it’s been well documented that you can change the default “GenerateBIFFrameInterval = 2” to a larger number so the thumbnails are created less often.

The problem is (I’m assuming this is a Mac thing) is no such option exists in advanced settings file com.plexapp.plexmediaserver.plist. The only settings referencing BIFF creation in the settings listed are:

GenerateBIFBehavior = “scheduled”;
GenerateIntroMarkerBehavior = “scheduled”;

I’ve looked around quite a bit and I’ve always seen the same resolution discussed, but have yet to read anyone post about the issue I’m running into on Mac (which makes me wonder if I’m totally missing something).

if anyone has any suggestions or guidance I would be very grateful. Thanks a lot.

EDIT- I’m on an Intel Mac as an FYI.

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Only default settings in the interface are created in the file on all operating systems. if you want to add another setting then you need to manually add it.

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oh wow, so I would add the field “GenerateBIFFrameInterval” to the advanced settings file. Had no idea, thanks for explaining that.