Plex rclone cache scanner (plex_rcs)

A small python script that will monitor an rclone log file, waiting for notices of file cache expiration. Upon receiving a notice, a local Plex scan of that folder will be triggered and new media will appear in Plex almost instantly.

This is useful for people who run Plex Media Server on a different server than Sonarr/Radarr/etc.

Requirements

1. Python 3+
2. Your rclone cache mount must include --log-level INFO OR if using VFS, it must be --log-level DEBUG
3. Your rclone cache mount must include --syslog OR * if using VFS, it must be --log-file /path/to/file.log

Installation

1. Clone this repo: git clone https://github.com/Torkiliuz/plex_rcs.git
2. Install the requirements: pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

1. Copy the config.yml.default to config.yml
2. Edit config.yml to include your X-Plex-Token, set your media_root setting and any other settings.

Running plex_rcs

Using screen or using the included plex_rcs.service systemd service

Using Linux

Example rclone mount for linux:

mount gdrive:/ /mnt/media --user-agent="myuseragent/v1" --drive-skip-gdocs --timeout=30m --allow-other --dir-cache-time=72h --log-level=DEBUG --log-file=/path/to/log

Using systemd

1. Edit the included plex_rcs.service file and change the path to where the plex_rcs.py file is located
2. Copy the systemd file to /etc/systemd/service: sudo cp plex_rcs.service /etc/systemd/service
3. Reload systemd: sudo systemctl daemon-reload
4. Enable the service [auto-starts on boot]: sudo systemctl enable plex_rcs
5. Start the service: sudo systemctl start plex_rcs

Using screen

Execute the program using screen:

/usr/bin/screen -dmS plexrcs /path/to/plex_rcs/plex_rcs.py

To view the console: screen -r plexrcs