Transcoding files

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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So looking at my plex file on my synlogy NAS I found a file named transcding. What is this file used for and can I clean it or delete the files to make plex work faster . Is this like a temporary file that needs cleaned out once in a while or is it to be left alone

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Where do you find that file?
Plex is not usually placing any of its temporary files in a user visible share/folder.

Then again… deleting it or not it won’t make the server faster.

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16098814859748337464262102927293
160988148597483374642621029272931014Ă—493 143 KB

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Best leave that share alone (and preferably hidden).
Plex will perform some clean-up of its caches etc. as part of scheduled maintenance tasks. If you manually interfere you’re just messing things up.

Also… don’t place any of your own content inside the Plex share!!

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If I may provide info?

  1. The (hidden) Plex shared folder exists because there isn’t enough system storage for all the metadata. Synology disk formatting is very limited .

  2. I wanted to keep our metadata independent of the program data. This is what allows us to uninstall and revert to a previous version of PMS if we have issues with a Beta version.

  3. The Plex shared folder is, by default, hidden and contains no user-facing data.

  4. Several internet (YouTube) tutorials seem to think it’s OK to put media there – It’s not. To respond to that bad advice, I placed warning files.

  5. Regarding the tmp_transcoding folder in the Plex share.
    a. It’s the default location I use for the transcoder temp storage.
    b. This folder is also used by the transcoder when new Codecs are needed.
    c. If you wish to stop Plex and clean it out – OK.
    d. Do not change any permissions or delete it. It’ll break PMS; which requires Uninstall-Reinstall to fix (I do all permission settings during the installation phase)

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