Plex Cache Location?

[Arkhen]

FreeNAS Version: FreeNAS-11.3-U1
Jail Version: 11.3-RELEASE-p7
Plex Version: 1.18.8.2527

Does anyone know Plex's metadata cache location when installed in an iocage?

Looking at the specified paths on Plex's own support site (https://support.plex.tv/articles/202915258-where-is-the-plex-media-server-data-directory-located/), both the pre 11.2 and post 11.2 directories don't contain my cache.
Curious if you guys know where to find it.

 

[colmconn]

Try /usr/local/plexdata in the jail

 

[Basil Hendroff]

Plex Version: 1.18.8.2527

It depends. Based on the Plex version you're using, it looks like you haven't used the plugin method to install Plex. If you've used a resource on the forum to install Plex, it's likely Plex metadata was moved from its default location. Try the following:

1. Shell into the jail
2. Use sysrc -a to dump a list of non-default configuration variables.
3. See what the variable plexmediaserver_plexpass_support_path points to.

 

[Daisuke]

I installed the Plex Plugin, just curious why the cache files are all 3 bytes?

Code:

root@plex:~ # sysrc -a
cron_flags:  -J 15
hostname: plex
ifconfig_epair0b: SYNCDHCP
ipv6_activate_all_interfaces: YES
plexmediaserver_enable: YES
plexmediaserver_support_path: /
sendmail_enable: NO
sendmail_msp_queue_enable: NO
sendmail_outbound_enable: NO
sendmail_submit_enable: NO
syslogd_flags: -c -ss

root@plex:~ # ls -lah "/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Caches"
total 25
drwxr-xr-x  18 plex  plex    18B Jun 28 02:51 .
drwxr-xr-x   7 plex  plex     7B Jun 28 02:51 ..
drwxr-xr-x   3 plex  plex     3B Jun 28 14:34 com.plexapp.agents.fanarttv
drwxr-xr-x   3 plex  plex     3B Jun 28 14:34 com.plexapp.agents.htbackdrops
drwxr-xr-x   3 plex  plex     3B Jun 28 02:51 com.plexapp.agents.imdb
drwxr-xr-x   3 plex  plex     3B Jun 28 14:34 com.plexapp.agents.lastfm
drwxr-xr-x   3 plex  plex     3B Jun 28 03:17 com.plexapp.agents.localmedia
drwxr-xr-x   3 plex  plex     3B Jun 28 14:34 com.plexapp.agents.lyricfind
drwxr-xr-x   3 plex  plex     3B Jun 28 14:34 com.plexapp.agents.movieposterdb
drwxr-xr-x   3 plex  plex     3B Jun 28 14:34 com.plexapp.agents.none
drwxr-xr-x   3 plex  plex     3B Jun 28 14:34 com.plexapp.agents.opensubtitles
drwxr-xr-x   3 plex  plex     3B Jun 28 14:34 com.plexapp.agents.plexthememusic
drwxr-xr-x   3 plex  plex     3B Jun 28 03:19 com.plexapp.agents.themoviedb
drwxr-xr-x   3 plex  plex     3B Jun 28 14:34 com.plexapp.agents.thetvdb
drwxr-xr-x   3 plex  plex     3B Jun 28 02:51 com.plexapp.system
drwxr-xr-x   3 plex  plex     3B Jun 28 14:34 org.musicbrainz.agents.music
drwxr-xr-x   3 plex  plex     3B Jun 28 14:34 tv.plex.agents.movie
drwxr-xr-x   3 plex  plex     3B Jun 28 14:34 tv.plex.agents.music

Do I have the wrong location for cache files?

 

[Fredda]

just curious why the cache files are all 3 bytes?
drwxr-xr-x 3 plex plex 3B Jun 28 02:51 com.plexapp.agents.imdb

They are not, these are directories. The 3 means this directory has 1 subdirectory (you need to add 2 for "." and "..").
I'm a little puzzled about the 3B, but these number matches the subdirectory count on the ls output. Not sure if this
is normal or if the "-h" switch messes this up.
To get the size of the directories you should try du -csh "/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Caches/*"

 

[Daisuke]

You are right, they are directories. I'm blind :)