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Monitoring Library activity
Manual or automated Library Update and Refresh activity can be monitored in a few ways: Temporary Status Indicator When using Plex Web App, temporary indicator messages will appear toward the bottom of...
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Library Actions
There are a number of useful tools available when managing libraries. These might be used globally (all of a server’s libraries), on a single library, or on a single item within a library. Global...
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Matching Process
Once a Library has been created or new content is added to an existing Library, the Plex Media Server will scan the media files it finds and start the matching process to gather metadata. Scan the...
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As of version 1.20 of the Plex Media Server there is a new version of the Plex Movie agent/scanner that will be the default for new movie libraries. The older version of the Plex Movie agent is now...
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Upgrading a Movie library to the use the new Plex Movie Agent
As of Plex Media Server version 1.20.0 when you create a new movie library it will default to the new Plex Movie agent. Existing movie libraries will remain unchanged but you can upgrade them in a few...
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Manage Recommendations
As part of Plex Media Server library management, server admins can can manage which recommendation rows will show up on their player app home screens when the source is pinned in the sidebar, as well...
View ArticleAdvanced Settings Plex TV Series Agent
As of version 1.23.0 of the Plex Media Server the Plex TV Series agent/scanner will be the default for new movie libraries. The Besides being much faster at scanning and getting metadata, one of the...
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Migrating a TV library to use the new Plex TV Series Agent/Scanner
As of Plex Media Server version 1.23.0 when you create a new TV library it will default to the new Plex TV Series agent. Existing TV libraries will remain unchanged but you can upgrade them in a few...
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Collections
Collections let you gather related movies, TV shows, and artists or albums for music together. For example, you might add all the James Bond movies together in a “Bond” collection. You must be running...
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Publishing Collections
Publishing collection allows the server admin to create custom rows with content they recommend for themselves and their shared users. Requirements Server Version 1.22.3 or higher Web app 4.53.0 or...
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