If you have existing video preview thumbnails that you no longer want, you can remove those. Related Page: Video Preview Thumbnails Delete Existing Video Preview Thumbnails So, if you want them for movie content but not TV episodes, you can do that. Tip!: You can choose on a per-library basis whether video preview thumbnails are created for that library. (However, see below regarding existing items.) Note that disabling the settings will not affect existing video preview thumbnails only future items will be affected. Since video preview thumbnails are one of the most common reasons for large directories, disabling their generation can greatly reduce further growth of the directory. Related Page: Remote Access and Granting Library Access What Can I Do About It? Turn Off Video Preview Thumbnails Generation If a shared user creates a large sync job, it will affect your server. Tip!: This also applies if you enable the Allow Sync option when sharing with other users.
That means they may be taking up a large amount of disk space until the sync completes. If you create a really large sync job (say, an entire season or series of a television show or a large number of movies), those will all need to be prepared before they’re ready to sync. When you set up a sync job for Mobile Sync, your Plex Media Server will process the files before they’re ready to sync. Related Page: Video Preview Thumbnails Sync Jobs Installations with a large number of media items in your library can easily take dozens or even hundreds of gigabytes of space when generation of video preview thumbnails is enabled. If you’ve enabled that for your content, it can consume significant amounts of space. One of the most common reasons for unexpectedly-large data directories is when people have enabled video preview thumbnails generation. If you make use of Mobile Sync, it’s also possible for sync files to take up a significant amount of space. It isn’t uncommon for installs to take several gigabytes of space. These are found under the Metadata and Media subdirectories. In a standard Plex Media Server installation, the majority of space here will be taken up by metadata-particularly by artwork.
Related Page: Where is the Plex Media Server data directory located? What’s Taking Up Space? This includes the database file with your library information as well as metadata, artwork, caches, and more. The Plex Media Server data directory contains nearly all the information about your server installation.
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