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Hi. I have bought at qnap 664T having seen lots of your videos. I am trying to migrate my Plex database and I can’t find the metadata location on my qnap device. I have accessed the file structure using winscp but that’s as far as I have got
I have watched your migration video that covers synology but that doesn’t help me navigate to the qnap folder that I need to Move my metadata to.
Are you able to help me locate it please? Thanks you
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To find the Plex metadata folder on a QNAP NAS using SSH, you can follow these steps:
Open an SSH client (such as PuTTY) and connect to your QNAP NAS.
Log in to your NAS using your admin credentials.
Once logged in, navigate to the root folder by typing the following command:
cd /
Then, navigate to the Plex metadata folder by typing the following command:
cd /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/PlexMediaServer/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/
Note: If your QNAP NAS uses a different volume name or storage pool, replace "CACHEDEV1_DATA" with the name of your volume or storage pool.
You should now be in the Plex Media Server folder, which contains subfolders for your metadata, plugins, and other data.
ls
Use the "ls" command to see the list of folders and files in the current directory.
That should help you find the Plex metadata folder on your QNAP NAS.
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Hi. Thank you for your reply and enjoy the coffee I just sent your way.
I am still having problems. When I use putty and go into the cachedev folder two thing happen. First, thr Is command is not recognised when typed into a new line. Second, the full link into the .qpkg folder does not work.
I have also used winscp which look ls for gui friendly. That too allows me to navigate into the cachedev folder but then all I can see is my Plex library folder I created to hold my media. There are qpkg or Plex media server folders for me to delve into further to locate the metadata folders I need to migrate my setup to.
I’m a real newbie to the nas, so appreciate your help.
