# Plex notes

## Rescan from terminal

First make sure you're acting as the `plex` user.

    $ sudo su plex

The Plex binaries are located in `/usr/lib/plexmediaserver`.

To rescan everything:

    $ /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex\ Media\ Scanner -s

## Other functionality

Run `Plex\ Media\ Scanner` with no flags to see usage.
- `-r` (refresh) rebuilds the metadata for the entire library. Very slow!
- `-x` (force) might be helpful, but I'm not sure when.

For debugging `-l` and then `-t -c <section>` with the relevant number could be useful.