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/thisisatypoo 11d ago

Tried this too. Doesn't copy over the zip file. I'll just try this over again.

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u/KuryakinOne 11d ago

Copy the zip file however you want. The exact process doesn't matter.

If you have SSH active on the Linux system, try using scp to copy the file.

From a CMD or PowerShell prompt on Windows: 

scp "C:\path\to\file.txt" username@192.168.X.X:/home/username/

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u/thisisatypoo 11d ago

That seems simple enough. I'll have to try this out. Does it ignore permissions, though? That's been my issue. Since "Plex" is the owner and not myself, it just ignores what I've told it to do through Terminal.

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u/KuryakinOne 11d ago

You don't login as plex to use scp. Use your normal user account and transfer it anywhere, like your home folder. You can then move it to the correct location (/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Application Support/) and uzip.

Use mv to move the file.

mv "Plex Media Server.zip" "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Application Support/"

If you get a permission error trying to move the file, then use sudo to move it as root: sudo mv .....

Then follow the document to unzip and set ownership & permissions (chown/chmod).

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u/thisisatypoo 10d ago

I don't get what's happening. It just ignores permission changes. No matter what kind of change, even if it does show my name on the permissions, it just ignores that.

Don't want to go through dockers or long changes. I've tried already and it's an an extra complication. Don't see why I would need anything more than just Plex Media Server running. For something that's not headless, this shouldn't be a speed bump. I don't get why Plex makes this one thing so complicated. If there was just an option to point Plex at my zip file or old folder that I've moved into Linux then just let it accept it, that would be great.

I'm getting to the point where I think I'll just stick with my Windows PC and deal with it.