chris_netsmart Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 I hope this is possible as I have a very large collection and I don't want to loss my history / watched films I just moved from PlexMediaServer ( Offical Plex ) to Plex (IinuxServer) and I want to know if it is possible to copy over the data files from one repository to the order and keep all my history and watch films ? the reason for this is that I would like to start to just GPU for transcoding and I couldn't find a way to do it with the PlexMediaServer Quote Link to comment
Gragorg Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) I made this switch awhile ago. Spaceinvader one has an excellent video how to do this Edited March 5, 2021 by Gragorg 1 Quote Link to comment
Energen Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Easiest way would be to just name the new docker the same as the old docker... so that the appdata folder is named the same. Nothing else would change in that case. Or you could use a script such as the one linked in my signature to back up essential plex data which you could then use to restore in the new appdata folder.. Quote Link to comment
chris_netsmart Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 3 hours ago, Gragorg said: I made this switch awhile ago. Spaceinvader one has an excellent video how to do this thanks for the link, I found this about 10 mins before you posted. Quote Link to comment
chris_netsmart Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) updated. following the youtube video I was able to transfer over all my media data with no issues. but I did run into a little issue. I had to sign-out of all my plex apps and then sign back in again ( Phone , TV ) and at the moment I have no contents when I check via my TV or Phone but I do have all my media in plex when I check this via the webApp so I am re-checking to see if I have miss anything update: I don't know what it is but there is something within the Plex Media Server media file - that didn't like being moved to a new Plex server. once I re-created a empty one and got it to re-create my media library then I was then able to see the TV shows on my Phone App, but the TV is still not seeing any library's. and on my phone App I can see the media and see that is happening " if I am playing a video on me PC" but it i will not run a video on the phone. Update 2: ok I now pulling my hair out. I have gone back to my old PlexmediaServer and I am getting the same results. both my TV and Phone apps are not playing or seeing any media library's. if there are any know issues with plex and 6.9 Unraid ? Edited March 5, 2021 by chris_netsmart Quote Link to comment
Gragorg Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Might be a good idea to post this in the Linuxserver plex forum. The media mappings on the new docker have to be the same as the old docker. I beleive you have to remove the separate movie tv and music mappings and add the /data mapping as it was in the plex inc docker. Did you do this? Definitely post in the linuxserver thou. Might be good to post the setup page of the two dockers. Quote Link to comment
Daburgers Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 @chris_netsmart did you manage to figure this out? I am considering the same thing Quote Link to comment
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