Rclone Optimizations for Apps
This guide lists optimizations when using rclone mount to host your files to your slot. This is to lessen the API request hits made by rclone to your cloud streaming service and to not hit your cloud streaming download quotas.
Media Centers
Plex
Settings ⇾ Library
Scan my library periodically: Daily- This lessens the API requests sent.
- You can set this down to 6 hours if necessary.
- You may also use Sonarr/Radarr's Connect to update your libraries if there are any new episodes/movies uploaded with periodic scanning daily.
Empty Trash Automatically after each scan: unticked- This is only a requirment if running a Cloud Mounting system using Rclone.
Generate video preview thumbnails: neverGenerate intro video markers: neverGenerate credit video markers: neverGenerate chapter thumbnails: neverAnalyze audio tracks for loudness: never- The following settings do a full download of the file and are only used to create intro markers, generate thumbnails and analyze the audio track of each file.
Settings ⇾ Scheduled Tasks
Perform extensive media analysis during maintenance: Unchecked- This does a full download and is only used for bandwidth analysis with streaming.
Emby/Jellyfin
Settings ⇾ Advanced ⇾ Scheduled Tasks
Scan Media Library: Every 24 Hours- This lessens the API requests sent.
- You can set this down to 6 hours if necessary.
- You may also use Sonarr/Radarr's Connect to update your libraries if there are any new episodes/movies uploaded with periodic scanning daily.
Thumbnail Image Extraction: none- It does the full download of the file and is only used to generate thumbnails. This can be set per library.
Downloaders
Sonarr/Radarr
Settings ⇾ Media Management ⇾ File Management
Analyze video files: Unchecked- It downloads the media file in full to perform media analysis (Extracting video information from the media file)
- This should be turned off as this frequently happens on library refreshes if left on.
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