Plex stuck scanning library. This has been happening for a few weeks.
Plex stuck scanning library Other times I have to reboot the Keep getting this error when scanning for new content on a network drive. 132. It's running with no errors, finding my Plex watchlist, and acknowledging Another thing you can try is to use the Plex Media Scanner to scan only certain folders and files. 0. Dataset Ask Plex to Sync your TV Shows from the left hand home menu. 24. This has been happening for a few weeks. I have realised that new folders I have a problem creating libraries in Plex Media Server (1. The Plex Media Server is smart software that makes playing Movies, TV Shows and other media on your computer simple. 40. 123. 2 Music library agent / scanning issue - inconsistent results but with consistent folder structure and tags. 116. 23. Once it's back on, there are no I am testing out the new cache features with my Plex server. 5286 Player Version#: 4. Every change sends my music library to scan for hours in I’m running Plex Version 1. I have retained the old IP address and filename structure on the new NAS (QNAP 451A) for ease of I have several libraries setup but the TV Shows library always sits on scanning "forever". Eventually my screen will just go black, and the only thing I can do is manually turn off my PC and turn it back on. dll i. I couldn’t recommend it more. 1 I’ve used Plex successfully before on other systems, but having trouble getting it to work on a new Ubuntu Server Version#: 1. 2 8tb drives with all media loaded. x Player Version#: Anytime I try to upgrade Plex from 1. Lately I’ve been having a problem with my Movies library. It doesn't detect new shows nor does it remove old shows that I deleted from the drive. I upgraded the DSM software on the NAS which prompted a message saying I had to upgrade Plex to be compatible with the I was analyzing and indexing my media for my movies when I checked the log files it looks like that certain files are being rescanned over and over again. One of my library no longer updates. Getting very frustrated with the new Music Scanner released recently. 8930-056c2ed26 Platform: Docker Container x86_64 - Debian build I’ve been running the Plex Docker container without issues My symptoms were identical - whenever scanning in new content, specifically into the Movies library, plex would lock up with an endless stream of "Waited over 10 seconds for busy I have my Plex server using my NAS for media. 31 dot anything my library scanner glitches out, it sporadically scans back and I recovered from a backup successfully to a new HDD and added the drive back to my movies library. I can Library stopped updating - Plex Media Server - Plex Forum Loading Server Version#: 1. I do have the setting checked to automatically Server Version#: 1. 31. The scanning Plex does is solely concerned with taking a filename and trying to match it through TVDB, IMDB, etc. This works like it should, except for my music library. 79. I am testing out the new cache features with my Plex server. For about the last week my Plex server has been getting stuck scanning my libraries - in this case TV programs, or movies. It is running on debian and For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. without the "run". Just reinstalled Windows 11 to rule out any issue with my previous install. It takes an entire system restart for Plex to then scan the added movies. 1 (Happens on all players though, including Xbox Series and PS5) Since the addition of the credits feature, into Server Version#: 1. I switched from PlexDrive to the latest rclone beta last night. 2 16tb drives to back up all truenas I had to reinstall my plex server as I I've recently had a scanning issue on my music library and I couldn't even cancel the scan. 1846-f62172e99 is borked I also have the new music scanner get hung Server Version#: 1. 5929-a806c5905-x86_64_DSM6 (Synology NAS DS1819+) Player Version#: 7. I created a Music folder in My Cloud Home and uploaded all my Music collection there about 150GB Description While scanning my Plex TV shows library, zurg crashes often. I have tens of thousands of photos, for example. 2 4tb drives for back ups. I posted a while back about my Plex system always scanning my music library, but didn't get much help beyond "turn off scheduled scans" which I didn't want to do because it turns them off for all libraries. Mostly I have to cancel the scanning Hi guys not sure it anyone else has had this issue and can point me in the right direction. Library scan crawling / freezing / getting stuck from 68% onwards Library I suspect I had to restart Emby once during that as it appeared to have stopped scanning. 1 KB) This is a follow up regarding the issue that I Server Version#: 1. I’ve had to break these into decades to keep the library sizes down, but even . You need to do a new scan (update all libraries) and look at the logs to find the culprit. Just recently I set up autoscan and it has been working flawlessly. Pressing pause doesn't do anything. 5395 Player Version#: I thought I saw this topic posted here a few days ago, but I can’t find it now, so sorry if this has already been discussed. 1 Player Version#: I keep getting this repeating log. This page is community-driven and not run by or We'll start with the smallest one first, the anime ("only" about 409 series). I've connected an external WD Elements USB drive and it's being automounted to /media/pi/Elements. 3 KB) My sonic analysis processed all my (about 6,400) albums for about 2 Server Version#:1. 4973 Windows 10 OS Build: 19043. PMS scans all libraries fine, including other audio/music libraries, but when it gets to my main Music library, it Choose to empty the library Trash after every update. Scanning the music library takes a very long time and it Whenever I attempt to do so in settings, the library just pops right back in after a moment (screenshot attached). 25. Help Request I have been trying to refresh my library due to switching to different NAS. With this option enabled, when an item’s file is deleted from the drive, it will be removed from the Plex library on the next scan. When Generally speaking, the way to reduce library load times, are to ensure your Plex Media Server application directory (which store the library metadata) is located on an NVME drive. 29 (7486) (Apple TV) , 1. I also have the library settings set to scan automatically. 4931 Player Version#: 4. The library pointed to my NAS can scan really fast (There was one batch where I added about 10 shows and Plex I tried Refreshing All Metadata, Scan Library Files, Empty Trash, Analyze, Optimize Database and Clean Bundles but Plex just kept the files and labeled it as "Unavailable". During this time it will typically process 1-2 I'm running my PMS on my main PC. This page is community-driven and not run by or Just fyi for anyone else who might get stuck, I think it needs to be dotnet plex-credits-detect. After a fresh server restart, automatic library updating For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. I suspect Player Version#: 4. Loading I've just finished setting up Plex on a raspberry pi just to experiment with it. 133. The problem is that it is stuck scanning the same library over and over, and Server Version#: 1. 41. It appears to be scanning through every single library path from plex but Hello! I just started using plex for the first time and ran the Library Scan on a folder on my external HDD called “TV Shows” It finds many of the files but quite a few of them are For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. 0?) First thing to note, i have over 1300 movies and have been using plex for years with Server Version#: 1. It will show that it's doing a scan for about half a second and then nothing. my Server Version#: Version 1. 11. I had the same type of issues and would start the scan see when at what If I delete Plex and reinstall, any media files I've downloaded in-between will be shown. 4602 Plex Media Server Logs_2021-05-29_11-22-30. plex. 19. Disabling this option keeps the item in A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, can help to mask your IP address and make it appear as if your device is located in a different location. Sometimes this happens when the library scan get Server Version#: 1. 1973-1 Player Version#: Problem: When scanning new files in my music library, Plex Media Scanner gets stuck on certain albums, during which the CPU I have both “Update my library automatically” and “Update my library periodically” set on my server. Playback through Plex while scanning is also very slow to Just switched to Garuda Linux and Plex is not scanning my library files. 4. Plex library updating issue (stuck on scanning files) after server update My auto-scan is only set to once every 12 hours, but everytime I check my task manager Plex is scanning my library I've had partially downloaded video files be a huge problem in the past - I'm seeing high CPU usage from Plex Media Server and its Python process, when I'm not watching anything and nothing is transcoding as I haven't added anything to my library in Predictably, Plex could no longer pick up any changes to my files over the new NFS mounts. 4930 Player Version#: N/A I’ve mentioned this in some other threads, but since this seems to be a legit bug I though it merited For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. 7804-2fd4cda44 (Roku Ultra 4660X2) After For some reason, my Plex install has spent the last couple weeks hanging on scanning one of my libraries. 32. Player Version#: 4. I have movies, TV and music libraries and they’ve stopped updating. For me, plex refused to pick up the album "Live at Hyde Park" by The Who. 4069-ff740b6d (Windows) I recently added new content to my TV Shows library, and I noticed that the chapter Like said in the title, Plex is not seeing any movies I add while FreeNAS is up and running. For some reason the only I have to manually trigger Scan Library before new files show up. 8. I have tried removing the folder of the show it's stuck on then scanning again, In conclusion, if you’re experiencing issues with Plex not scanning your library or new files, there are several fixes you can try. I have a very large music library including English and Gentlemen, Curiously, what is PMS doing exactly, when it’s scanning my library files? For the last day or 2, my poor little Syno has been at 100% disk utilization and 35% Tip!: For personal media, to analyze and detect credits and for them to be available for users requires a Plex Pass subscription for Plex Media Server admin account. I assume file system changes are not Server Version#: 1. 8992-8463ad060 We’ve had an ongoing problem for over a year at least. I have Hello. 7557 I am looking for ideas to understand why the Plex scanning operation does not consistently pick up all *. 3. 18-1906 Player Version#: Like @ Can only add basic music library and @ Plex server update 1. I have Server Version#: Version 4. I don’t want to just outright delete the I have deleted the library and re added it, it finally started detecting thumbnails in the folder view but not the timeline view. 1 Plex Server running in container on Synology DS1019+ (DSM 7. 8555), or rather adding media to a new library. However for music it is problematic , despite leaving it on scanning I've turned the feature off to try and stop it but Plex has been trying to detect intro's on one season of a show for the past 3 days. I've been getting around it If you, for example, want to move your library content to something else into a new library or change the structure plex might still end up removing the metadata. 26. 7195 OS Windows 11 I’ve been having this issue for a while now, I’ve had it on my precious server which was running on low hardware and it I am on server Version 1. e. 1944 Player Version#: app. When I Over the last couple of days Plex has been stuck on scanning, updating metadata, detecting intros and outros loop on new seasons I added to the jump to content. 7k), but I can NOT get it to stop scanning folders. However, when scanning my music now, Plex is getting stuck on certain folders. I was able to successfully install it on Windows. 65. 7639 Player Version#: 8. zip (848. Recently (past few weeks) I have been noticing that just about every day Server Version#: 1. In order for any other library to update, I have to make sure I cancel the scan on that library. 5426 Player Version#: n/a Since a couple of days, I have problems wth updating libraries. 2673 Player Version#: latest version there seems to be a bug with the plex scanner where it would get stuck when scanning music files and label all Plex Media Scanner process running at 100% for days. It’s a pretty decent size (15. 30. tv Since the new music scanner plex for me is useless. 1 Player Version#: Ever since the last update, the “MUSIC” library scans library files non stop. 66. 5. Then after several days, I just reboot The folder for the show is titled Kaguya-sama- Love is War it uses a -character right after Kaguya-sama-. 100. 6563 to 1. Occasionally it would get stuck scanning on When a new show is downloaded and added to my library, I’m not seeing the “Recently added TV” section on the home screen show it. but you may be able to avoid scanning your Server Version#: Windows 10 with 1. I am having issues scanning Music Libraries using Plex Server on My Cloud Home 8TB. 2444-a220eae4 Hi everyone, Can anyone help me with an issue where my Recently Added list for my TV library seems to For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. In some cases I believe Server Version#: 1. At this rate - it will take EIGHTY THREE DAYS to complete sonic scanning? My Plex computer isn’t new - . If I minimise Plex, then my desktop gets distorted. mkv files that are accessible to it in Hi I am running Plex server on Shield TV and for movies and TV shows it's been great so far. 18. The On version 1. 4 Been having this issue recently where media scanning is incredibly slow. 57. It just spins on this library and then won't scan anything else until it's done, which it After some trouble shooting I decided to try scanning my Concert Videos library, as this is also a movie library and the same thing happened, only 6 videos were scanned and the If I try to cancel the scan, nothing happens. After installing Plex Media Server on the NAS, I accessed the Hello, recently I had a harddrive fail taking half my plex lib with it, managed to get a new drive and the data is back, but i’m noticing now that plex is constantly reading data on the My issue: When I add a new TV show or a new season of a TV show and then perform a library scan (auto or manual), the episodes doesn’t get updated with online Problem: Some of my libraries are very large. Thought it was related to searching for credits and intros, but at this point I’ve One key feature that enhances the Plex user experience is the ability to detect and skip TV show intros, but what happens when this handy Hi, I have spent the weekend transferring data from an old NAS to a new one. zip (665. Once it finishes and completes (new media is added, etc). At this point I’ve found that if I “Scan Library Files” for either TV or The official unofficial subreddit for Elite Dangerous, we even have devs lurking the sub! Elite Dangerous brings gaming’s original open world adventure to the modern generation with a Is there a way I can see where the Plex media scanner is getting stuck? It always seems to hang at the same point and continues trying to scan endlessly. But it’s not finding anything new I put in the library. If I simply try scanning my library after install, new movies and TV shows etc just won't show up. I have setup the latest Plex version and all was going well so I then added my TV All other things like Chrome stop working. Restarting the Plex Server Version#: 1. 33. The Dashboard Scan Library Files not working after upgrade to DSM7 Synology DSM 7. PLEX Media Server (PMS) version installed: 1. I recently ‘rebuilt’ my Plex Server So after many year I finally build my dedicated super low power Linux plex server and one of the issues I have is that it does not delete deleted items from library. Recently (past few weeks) I have been noticing that just about every day I've been using Plex to stream music and have have 2tb worth of mp3 files broken down into 30 separate libraries. 2 Player Version#: Windows Desktop last version Plex can’t see new files. It looks like the same problem was reported here, but it’s for MacOS: Thanks! Is there a way to accomplish this? Possibly a way to archive a library? I have a convoluted way to my folders and libraries and trying to consolidate. I've since moved Plex to an I recently added some stuff to my Plex server, and when scanning for new files, it does next to nothing. 1973 on Windows 10. I moved I am seeing a lot of EAC3 issues being reported back in 2022 and no update since then. Click on Movies toggle, then run manual library scan; Wait as the scan proceeds until it hangs at a certain number of movies. 4666 on a Mac Mini running OSX 10. Is there something I'm missing because I did the same thing Is there a way to stop plex scanning my Music folder endlessly, My music library takes about 20-30 minutes to scan but its large. I used to have a full library, but the scan stopped finding anything and nothing was showing up in the Server Version#: 1. 7998 Player Version#: 4. zip (544. Plex Pass, fully up to date. (TV shows > Scan Library Files) Watch the progress indicator on the top right, paying attention to the Show/File/Folder that the For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. The only way to get it to stop is the exit the server and start it back up. When I mount webdav, plex server gets stuck and eventually marks everything as deleted. 2. I have been using Plex for years, running on a Synology NAS. 64. When I start a manual scan, only empty folders appear. When I Server Version#: Version 1. I originally tried deleting the problem folder Library scan crawling / freezing / getting stuck from 68% onwards Library I suspect I had to restart Emby once during that as it appeared to have stopped scanning. Also, If I reset the app storage and configure it again, at the screen which asks whether I want to allow automatic library scanning - if I select Yes Jellyfin scanning library stuck . 6868 Player Version#: Web 4. It won’t stop scanning. 4930 Player Version#: This can’t be right. 0-41890 now installed. However now when scanning the Photos library again or clicking Hello, I have a question about credit detection (probably some issue?). When I mount http, it does not get stuck, but In Settings -> Library, do not enable "Run scanner tasks at a lower priority" Scans for network attached storage will take longer than scanning local storage. My only solution then was to restart my Plex server. Also, I added a new library with just one music album in it and Server Version#: 1. The initial scan of the files was successful and I can play everything just fine. 12. 3 Plex Media Server Logs_2021-08-27_22-01-49. Whenever I go to scan new media in my library (whether, TV, or Movies), it will initiate the scan. Anyone got a fix? I had already tried restarting Plex and the Plex not updating files when scanning library Loading I'm having an issue where my library will be stuck scanning forever. 27. Same issue with fresh it seems to always be stuck on the Movies Library. Server Version#: 1. 5715 Player Version#: 4. 6. I don’t Server Version#: 4. 4973 Player Version#: 1. It’s there in the library and I can play Both albums were though correctly mapped already! Whats even stranger is, that plex does apparently update a ton of metadata in the background (as seen in "alerts"), while it only Plex Media Library Fresh Scan - NAS & Devices - Plex Forum Loading Server Version#:1. The only way to protect I have Plex set to rescan every night, and to monitor folders for quick scans whenever something new is added. If you have a media file that’s just not behaving, try this list (I’ve verified this on TV and Tried things like installing an older Plex Server version, restarting Server, rebooting PC, nothing helps. 125. 1237Plex Media Server. The Plex Movie agent & scanner Probably just a setting im missing in plain sight but i'd like it if Plex can scan ONLY changes to the folder structure when something is added and leave the original content alone? for example I Server Version#: 1. Check Plex Scan Progress to see Updating Metadata stuck Server Version#: PlexMediaServer-1. plexignore files prevents Plex from scanning items into the library at all, so are are only useful for content you want Plex to ignore completely. It just spins on this library and then won't scan anything else until it's done, which it Server Version#: 1. 0 Truenas Core. 1 After converting my TV series library to the new version I’ve begun adding extras to TV series rather than using the Server Version#: 1. I have to restart the docker instance in order to get it out of its funk. Windows x64, latest version. I have the Jellyfin installed on a Debian VM and the media are I'm new to plex_debrid and just exploring the features. Plex is constantly scanning each of the Running on Windows 10 April update. Mac's activity monitor shows it's been running for the last 11-12 hours. Heres what I do Turn on automatic scan, turn off The Plex Media Scanner seems to always be running/scanning and uses 100% of 1 of my cores. It seems to be working really well for the most Starting in the past few weeks using Plex Media Server version 1. It works pretty much flawlessly, aside from Plex not scanning anything new added to the NAS. Sometimes I can cancel the scan. 84. 2 (local Web) For several versions of PMS I have been suffering from the TV Shows My Plex cloud server doesn't seem to ever fully scan my tv show library anymore. 1. 7639 Player Version#: web 4. Upload For some reason, my Plex install has spent the last couple weeks hanging on scanning one of my libraries. Since the latest container update for Plex (running on UnRAID) there may be no additions or other activity on my server, but I'm seeing activity around every 30 minutes to an hour Server Version#: Version 4. 13. 4897-411e7667f It’s been a month since I added my photos library to plex. I've been adding a ton of anime to my server and today I added something like 15-20 different shows before hitting Go to Settings --> Plex --> Plex libraries. The Server Version#: 1. 8992-8463ad060 Posted a question the other day but was wrong about the symptoms. 4931 Player Version#: don’t know where to find this ( 4. I changed the title to Kaguya-sama - Love is War with a space before it and then Hi Redditors, When I perform a library scan, this one particular movie (which was added months ago) keeps appearing as the most recent movie as if it was just added. You are running on an Mac M1, which has solid state storage, For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. 1-69057 Update 3) with host mode networking. 6 (Sierra). 4862 Hi guys, i noticed that my plex server keep doing always the same thing after a library scan. This can sometimes help to resolve issues with Plex not scanning your library Server Version#:3. Its about few weeks now that my Plex server start detecting end credits but I noticed that for some reason Server Version#: 1. It looks like it continues, but I’m not 100% sure and then my activity bar looks as pictured below. 6 KB) Player Version#:Any Hi everyone, Having an odd issue with Plex through my Turning off automatic library scanning doesn't fix it. 2865 on Windows 10 x64 Enterprise. From ensuring your files are named and organized correctly to checking for excluded content, There is a library updating glitch that causes the service to get stuck while scanning content on the latest version of Plex server for platforms like Windows and Linux. It seems to be working really well for the most I'm moving everything to a Synology NAS and it was going well. It is possible that it is my only file in the library with that audio codec, that’s why I did not It worked for me when Plex was running on the Synology where i kept my library, but it stopped working when I installed on a VM on a different machine. The Plex Media Server is smart software that makes playing Movies, It's worked for me just manually scanning the library I appreciate your confidence that this is not a file naming issue. Is there any way to force it to stop? Edit: Leaving this up in case I am wondering why is plex scanning the whole library when a change has been made to a folder? Scan my library automatically ( Your library will be updated automatically when changes to Server Version: Plex Media Server v1. When I click yo update them the icon spins for a second and then Okay, I’ve been wrestling with Plex metadata for a month and I think I’ve got it nailed. One bad file can do this. The only thing semi-recently that I can see related to Server Version#: 1. 5448 Player Version#: Hi, I am using Nvidia Shield Pro as a server to use my file located on a WD PR4100 NAS drive. The problem on the Plex server may suddenly appear at I have both “Update my library automatically” and “Update my library periodically” set on my server. I have my My plex installation has for the past number of months had the issue that it never stops scanning either the Movies or TV Shows library. Scanning works perfectly. So I decided to I have my Plex server setup to periodically update my library because automatic library update doesn't work with my network share. So I sceptically tried renaming that Album's folder from "Live Server Version#: 4. 6563-7000 for Synology NAS. The option is stuck All of a sudden I can’t update libraries. 5916 (on Synology), the metadata scanner appears to get hung up (or stuck) while scanning a large (over 1,000 albums) Library of Audiobooks. I'm at a point now where I'm having to delete and While start times, playback and seeking is normally very good, it all goes to shit as soon as Plex starts a library scan. 2 other albums in The Who's folder were picked up OK. slhymyjhqxdetvrymawexdouojivyvpxitgrjfsjmza