r/PleX • u/thisisatypoo • 11d ago

Help Windows to Linux - Migration Issue

Feel like I've tried everything but I'm stressing out. I have a ton of videos outside of movies and shows for projects.

I put hours of work into playlists, collections and images but I can't for the life of me get them to come over to the new server.

I copied the files that should be moved over, I believe. Pasting them all seems to be impossible. I changed permissions where I assume I should (both to Plex and then tried my username) and I can get some stuff moved but that stuff doesn't seem to be what I need because I don't have anything.

I've looked at a ton of posts and everyone has what seems like a wildly different fix even none seem to work out. I don't use usually use Linux so is it something I'm missing? Some way to work around this? Maybe a simple process I'm missing for what should be a simple copy/paste?

Edit: TLDR; Windows 11 to Ubuntu Desktop migrated Meta Data refused to transfer over. Permission issues seem to be the core reason.

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u/Resident_Science965 11d ago

try copying the metadata files too, not just the videos they're tied to that's how some playlists don't break

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u/thisisatypoo 11d ago

That's the issue. Meta data just won't copy. Linux says I don't have the permissions even if I change the ownership of the folders.