Plex Metadata from Windows based server to Unraid

[RxLord]

Is it possible to transfer my Plex Metadata from my Plex Media Server on my computer running Windows 10 to the Plex Unraid docker?  

[GoudaK]

Sure is, all you need to do is transfer the meta data to the docker folder from the windows folder. It's the same folder structure.

 

The transfer will take a very long time as it is thousands of little files... Mine too 34 hours.

[RxLord]

Do I transfer the whole "Plex Media Server" folder over?

 

[DZMM]

9 hours ago, RxLord said:

Do I transfer the whole "Plex Media Server" folder over?

 

Yes

 

https://support.plex.tv/articles/202915258-where-is-the-plex-media-server-data-directory-located/

 

If you create the docker first you'll see where.

 

11 hours ago, GoudaK said:

The transfer will take a very long time as it is thousands of little files... Mine too 34 hours.

I've had to move my plex folder a few times recently.  I agree, if you copy the whole folder in one go it takes forever.  I don't know why, but this way allows me to do it in under an hour - could be faster but you have to stay at the keyboard and be alert for when each mini-transfer completes.   The Media and Metadata folders are the painful ones to copy.  What I do is:

 

1. Manually create Media/localhost and Metadata/Albums, Metadata/Artists etc folders on the destination
2. Then manually copy over a few subfolders at a time/in chunks e.g folders 0-3 and then 4-7 from the source Metadata/Albums, folders d-f from Media/localhost etc etc
3. for the non Media and Metadata top-level folders I copy them all in go

The transfers are much faster