gray bayBOT
citizen, please continue the conversation here.
Content: Plex Media Server Databases_2026-05-07_00-44-49.zip: 100%|██████████| 22.0/22.0 [00:00<00:00, 28.6kB/s]
| Metadata Error: File Error: Database File Could not be Downloaded
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naive hawk
@shut stone let’s move here so we aren’t spamming general chat
naive hawk
I have everything on mine set to false and it runs just fine.
I’m trying to check out the wiki
shut stone
ill stop plex first it recommends that
naive hawk
Try that and see. That is good first step
shut stone
nope plex needs to be running
Plex Media Server Databases_2026-05-07_00-56-18.zip: 100%|██████████| 22.0/22.0 [00:00<00:00, 37.4kB/s]
| Metadata Error: File Error: Database File Could not be Downloaded
same error
naive hawk
nope plex needs to be running
Does imageMaid container have correct permissions
shut stone
naive hawk
usually indicates a corrupt database (.db) file
light elk
/dbrepair
ivory gazelleBOT
Thanks for using Kometa
shut stone
trying the community applications version of db repair tool
shut stone
going to try now please stand by
naive hawk
Any update?
shut stone
no the server was pretty active all night but everyone is off right now so shutting down now to test
ivory gazelleBOT
antwanchild used !aenh
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shut stone
keep getting this error
light elk
Please share the results of the dbrepair. The above is related to the plexapi not able to download the db. Usually when that happens it’s because at some time, the plex db became corrupt.
silk pine
IM asked Plex for a copy of its database. Plex returned a tiny file (22 bytes, maybe 22K). That file wasn't a valid database file. The cause of that is going to be entirely on the Plex side.
You can set this up to read the database in place, or you can make your own copy and IM can use that one.
shut stone
i was not able to set up dbrepair , i did not see the library file it was asking me to put the directory into
shut stone
IM asked Plex for a copy of its database. Plex returned a tiny file (22 bytes, ...
how would i configure imagemaid to read the db file in place , i think maybe that would be best in this senerio?
naive hawk
Set local_db: true
silk pine
light elk
i was not able to set up dbrepair , i did not see the library file it was asking...
This would have been a useful piece of information to have much earlier as we have no way of knowing that unless you tell us.
Using a copy in place does not guarantee anything if the db is corrupt.
A corrupt db may also be preventing plex from taking successful backups during its maintenance periods. You would really benefit from getting dbrepair.sh working.
We can help you however just take small steps and come back here when you are stuck.
There is no need to run the community apps for dbrepair. I don’t even understand how the community app would work for this (you mentioned community app for dbrepair way up) as you need to drop into the plex container to do the dbrepair.
I would not use this as the DBrepair has a bunch of menu options within the cli tool itself.
https://github.com/ChuckPa/DBRepair/blob/master/DBRepair.sh
Simplest is to drop the DBrepair.sh into your plex config folder within your appdata/plex on unraid
Then go to console of plex.
Make the DBrepair.sh executable by doing a chmod 755 DBrepair.sh and then running it:
./DBrepair.sh
The rest is menu driven
Step one in menu is to stop PMS.
Step two is start DBrepair with automatic
Assuming that everything comes back clean, step three is start PMS.
1,2,7
If 1 fails to stop db, come back here and share screenshots or share the messages you get.
If DBrepair.sh does not launch, share the error message.
As for the plex container you are running, it’s less popular than the official one or the hotio version. Not a huge issue but since we cannot see what you see, you need to share more of the screenshots so we understand what might be going on over there.
silk pine
My thought behind just using the database in place is the Plex is obviously running; the database can be read. The issue here is with downloading it, which is not required for imagemaid. All imagemaid needs to do is run a couple queries. While yes, dealing with database issues would be a good idea, it's not required for the task at hand..
light elk
Indeed… not trying to derail in any way… there was a lot of chatter with OP in general that is not caught here in this thread in terms of context.
Lots of struggles just to map folders. So the same will likely happen with the copy option since I believe they are using binhex-plex in unraid. And I have no idea what binhex does with their plex container in terms of folders.