1. When a change is detected in the source location for a library’s content, the appropriate library will be scanned. This function relies on the computer’s operating system providing the “something changed” trigger. Some operating systems don’t provide this trigger and content mounted via a network will also typically not work. If your library doesn’t automatically scan, you may have to set a periodical scan or do it manually.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Enabled`**
When a change is detected in the source location for a library’s content, the appropriate library will be scanned. This function relies on the computer’s operating system providing the “something changed” trigger. Some operating systems don’t provide this trigger and content mounted via a network will also typically not work. If your library doesn’t automatically scan, you may have to set a periodical scan or do it manually.
1. When changes to library folders are detected, only scan the folder which changed rather than scanning the entire content location. This works together with the normal Update my library automatically setting (and requires that setting to be enabled).
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Enabled`**
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Enabled`**
??? tip "TIP - Autoscan - [CLICK TO EXPAND]"
1. I don't do music, so this choice is up to you, and I won't be covering it.
1. Turning this on will cause your Plex Media Server to run scans on your libraries using the designated interval.
If for some reason ex. your operating systems don’t provide this trigger or your storage is mounted on a network (SMB/NFS/Cloud Storage) or your library just doesn't automatically scan, or is just plain impractical, You might want to consider using autoscan. IBRACORP (A Youtube channel I collaborate with) has a video explaining it in further detail.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Disabled`**
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*Do you need a extra scan for your library to recognize new media?*
Please don't forget to check out his other Unraid Video's [HERE](https://www.youtube.com/c/IBRACORP/videos){:target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}
1. Library scan interval if you enable option `4`
1. 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. Disabling this option keeps the item in the library with an overlay over the item’s poster when the item is removed.
#### Run a partial scan when changes are detected
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Disabled`**
*Why ? When a file get's a upgrade it won't be recognized as `Recently Added` . So, I decide to run this task manually*
When changes to library folders are detected, only scan the folder which changed rather than scanning the entire content location. This works together with the normal Update my library automatically setting (and requires that setting to be enabled).
1. Delete files from Plex.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Enabled`**
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Disabled`**
#### Include music libraries in automatic updates
*In my opinion Plex shouldn't touch your media files. Use Sonarr/Radarr to manage your media library. (For extra security I've setup Plex with Read Only access to the media library)*
I don't do music, so this choice is up to you, and I won't be covering it.
1. On low-powered systems (e.g. ARM-based NAS devices), it can be beneficial to run scanner tasks at a lower priority than other tasks. This can help ensure they do not interfere with regular streaming.
#### Scan my library periodically
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Enabled`**
*Makes sure it uses less resources and ensure they do not interfere with regular streaming.*
Turning this on will cause your Plex Media Server to run scans on your libraries using the designated interval.
1. This option creates a series of preview thumbnails from a media item when it is analyzed. These images are used by some Plex apps when you move back and forward in an app with the timeline scrubber. They’ll also be displayed in Now Playing when someone is streaming from you so that you can see where they are in the video.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Disabled`**
!!! danger "ATTENTION"
Creating these images can <u>take a considerable amount of time</u>, <u>CPU resources</u>, and <u>increase the storage space used</u>. The images are stored in your Plex database so <u>be careful you don’t fill the drive :bangbang:</u>
*Do you need a extra scan for your library to recognize new media?*
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Never`**
#### Empty trash automatically after every scan
*Besides that, it uses allot of disk space and high I/O, No one in my family uses FastForward/Rewind but they use the skip forward/backward.*
1. You can choose to have TV episodes analyzed to try and detect when the “intro” occurs during playback. When detected, apps will then offer a `Skip Intro` button, allowing you to quickly jump over the intro.
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. Disabling this option keeps the item in the library with an overlay over the item’s poster when the item is removed.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `as a scheduled task`***or* **Suggested: `as a scheduled task and when media is added`**
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Enabled`**
1. Chapter thumbnails provide images in the chapter view on supported apps. They can take a little time to generate and consume very minor additional disk space.
#### Allow media deletion
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `as a scheduled task`***or* **Suggested: `as a scheduled task and when media is added`**
The owner of the server will be allowed to delete media files from disk.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Disabled`**
*In my opinion Plex shouldn't touch your media files. Use Sonarr/Radarr to manage your media library. (For extra security I've setup Plex with Read Only access to the media library)*
#### Run scanner tasks at a lower priority
On low-powered systems (e.g. ARM-based NAS devices), it can be beneficial to run scanner tasks at a lower priority than other tasks. This can help ensure they do not interfere with regular streaming.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Enabled`**
*Makes sure it uses less resources and ensure they do not interfere with regular streaming.*
#### Generate video preview thumbnails
This option creates a series of preview thumbnails from a media item when it is analyzed. These images are used by some Plex apps when you move back and forward in an app with the timeline scrubber. They’ll also be displayed in Now Playing when someone is streaming from you so that you can see where they are in the video.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Never`**
*Besides that, it uses allot of disk space and high I/O, No one in my family uses FastForward/Rewind but they use the skip forward/backward.*
!!! danger "ATTENTION"
Creating these images can
- <u>Take a considerable amount of time</u>
- <u>Use allot of CPU resources</u>
- <u>Increase the storage space used</u>
The images are stored in your Plex database location (/config) so <u>be careful you don’t fill the drive :bangbang:</u>
#### Generate intro video markers
You can choose to have TV episodes analyzed to try and detect when the “intro” occurs during playback. When detected, apps will then offer a `Skip Intro` button, allowing you to quickly jump over the intro.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `as a scheduled task`**
*or*
**Suggested: `as a scheduled task and when media is added`**
Chapter thumbnails provide images in the chapter view on supported apps. They can take a little time to generate and consume very minor additional disk space.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `as a scheduled task`**
*or*
**Suggested: `as a scheduled task and when media is added`**
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Disabled`**
Enable IPv6 support.
*If you're not sure your network 100% works with ip6 <u>don't Enable it</u>.*
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Disabled`**
1. Choose how your Plex Media Server handles secure connections.
*If you're not sure your network 100% works with ip6 <u>don't Enable it</u>.*
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Preferred`**
#### Secure connections
*Accept and prefer secure connections when they’re available for a Plex app, but allow regular HTTP connections if the app doesn’t support secure connections or if one can’t be established*
1. For users with multiple network cards or systems such as NAS or Docker where there is always another network interface which Plex client applications may try to use to connect to the Plex Media Server, with this option you can ensure that your local Plex clients would only try that interface.
Choose how your Plex Media Server handles secure connections.
!!! attention
If you have enabled Remote Access enabled and are having Plex automatically map the port (as opposed to specifying a port manually), then Plex Media Server has no control over which network interface is used for an automatically-mapped port. Thus, it’s possible that Remote Access connections could come through an interface other than the one specified here.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Preferred`**
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Whatever suits your setup`**
*Accept and prefer secure connections when they’re available for a Plex app, but allow regular HTTP connections if the app doesn’t support secure connections or if one can’t be established*
1. If this setting is enabled, it prevents Plex Media Server from using or accepting the deprecated TLSv1.0 and v1.1 protocols, as well as legacy weak ciphers. May prevent older clients from connecting. The vast majority of users will have no reason to enable this option (and receive no benefit from doing so).
1. Enable “G’Day Mate” discovery. This is used to allows Plex apps and servers to find each other automatically on a local network.
For users with multiple network cards or systems such as NAS or Docker where there is always another network interface which Plex client applications may try to use to connect to the Plex Media Server, with this option you can ensure that your local Plex clients would only try that interface.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Enabled`**
!!! attention
If you have enabled Remote Access enabled and are having Plex automatically map the port (as opposed to specifying a port manually), then Plex Media Server has no control over which network interface is used for an automatically-mapped port. Thus, it’s possible that Remote Access connections could come through an interface other than the one specified here.
*If your local devices are seen as remote devices, then this could solve your issue. (Do not include spaces or tabs.)*
If this setting is enabled, it prevents Plex Media Server from using or accepting the deprecated TLSv1.0 and v1.1 protocols, as well as legacy weak ciphers. May prevent older clients from connecting. The vast majority of users will have no reason to enable this option (and receive no benefit from doing so).
1. Allows incoming requests from this network’s WAN IP address to be treated as LAN requests in terms of bandwidth. This often occurs when DNS rebinding protection is in place and clients on the LAN cannot contact the server directly but instead have to go through the WAN IP address.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Disabled`**
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Enabled`**
#### Enable local network discovery (GDM)
1. The Relay allows connections to the server through a proxy relay when the server is not accessible otherwise. Relay connections are bandwidth limited.
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!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Disabled`**
Enable “G’Day Mate” discovery. This is used to allows Plex apps and servers to find each other automatically on a local network.
*I've seen several reports where people that had this Enabled had playback issues because it seems to be limited at 2 Mbps.*
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Enabled`**
1. A comma-separated list of URLs (either HTTP or HTTPS), which will be published to plex.tv for server discovery. This can be very useful in a few cases: if you’re using a reverse proxy in front of the media server, or if your networking configuration is otherwise unique. For instance, if you have your own custom domain with subdomain.
#### Remote streams allowed per user
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Depending on your setup`**
You can set the maximum number of simultaneous streams each remote user is allowed to have.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Whatever suits your setup`**
#### LAN Networks
It lets you specify which IP addresses or networks will be considered to be “local” to you.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Your local IP/netmasks`**
*If your local devices are seen as remote devices, then this could solve your issue. (Do not include spaces or tabs.)*
#### Treat WAN IP As LAN Bandwidth
Allows incoming requests from this network’s WAN IP address to be treated as LAN requests in terms of bandwidth. This often occurs when DNS rebinding protection is in place and clients on the LAN cannot contact the server directly but instead have to go through the WAN IP address.
The Relay allows connections to the server through a proxy relay when the server is not accessible otherwise. Relay connections are bandwidth limited.
1. This feature can be enabled to allow your server to send events to external services. For example [Notifiarr](/Notifiarr/Quick-Start/){:target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Disabled`**
*I've seen several reports where people that had this Enabled had playback issues because it seems to be limited at 2 Mbps.*
#### Custom server access URLs
A comma-separated list of URLs (either HTTP or HTTPS), which will be published to plex.tv for server discovery. This can be very useful in a few cases: if you’re using a reverse proxy in front of the media server, or if your networking configuration is otherwise unique. For instance, if you have your own custom domain with subdomain.
This feature can be enabled to allow your server to send events to external services. For example [Notifiarr](/Notifiarr/Quick-Start/){:target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}
Directory to use when transcoding temporary files for streaming.
*Speeds up transcoding and less I/O, transcode data is temporary and doesn't need to be writing to a disk.*
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Depending on your setup, if possible, your RAM (disk)`**
*If you run docker set this to `/transcode` and map it to `/tmp/plex`*
*Speeds up transcoding and less I/O, transcode data is temporary and doesn't need to be writing to a disk.*
*Default Linux only allocates a max of 50% of total system RAM to any ram directories (ie. /tmp, /dev/shm, etc.)*
*If you run docker set this to `/transcode` and map it to `/tmp/plex`*
*Default Linux only allocates a max of 50% of total system RAM to any ram directories (ie. /tmp, /dev/shm, etc.)*
!!! danger "WARNING"
:bangbang: **YOU SHOULD NOT SPECIFY A LOCATION THAT RESIDES ON A NETWORK SHARE/DISK.** :bangbang:
1. This feature allows Plex Media Server to maintain high visual fidelity of content, by applying tone mapping to convert it to SDR when transcoding HDR content.
#### Enable HDR tone mapping
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Depending on your setup`**
*Most HDR content will be in 4K resolution. If your platform has to use software transcoding to perform the tone mapping, then it may well struggle convert 4K content in real-time, unless you’re running on a very powerful system.*
This feature allows Plex Media Server to maintain high visual fidelity of content, by applying tone mapping to convert it to SDR when transcoding HDR content.
!!! note
Plex’s tone mapping support should generally be able to produce good color mapping and help avoid the “washed out” colors that occur when converting HDR content without tone mapping.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Depending on your setup`**
1. To use Hardware-Accelerated Streaming in Plex Media Server.
*Most HDR content will be in 4K resolution. If your platform has to use software transcoding to perform the tone mapping, then it may well struggle convert 4K content in real-time, unless you’re running on a very powerful system.*
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Enabled`**
!!! note
Plex’s tone mapping support should generally be able to produce good color mapping and help avoid the “washed out” colors that occur when converting HDR content without tone mapping.
1. To use Hardware-Accelerated Encoding in Plex Media Server.
#### Use hardware acceleration when available
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Enabled`**
To use Hardware-Accelerated Streaming in Plex Media Server.
!!! check ""
**Suggested: `Enabled`**
#### Use hardware-accelerated video encoding
To use Hardware-Accelerated Encoding in Plex Media Server.
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