Scrape movies on a cloud drive while avoiding provider traffic limits and saving metadata and artwork to a local hard drive.
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When movies are stored on a cloud drive, scraping directly to that drive writes posters, metadata, and many small files. This can trigger provider traffic limits and may leave incomplete files if the connection drops.
A more reliable approach is to let MDC read the media through a mounted drive and write the scraping results to a local hard drive.
Step 1: Mount the Cloud Drive as a Network Location
On Windows, use CloudDrive2, RaiDrive, AList, or a similar tool. Select Network Drive, then confirm in This PC that it appears under Network locations.
On macOS, follow Apple's guide to connect to a computer or server, then select the mounted media directory in MDC.
Step 2: Change the Configuration
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MDC client
- Local settings → Scraping source directory: select the mounted cloud drive directory.
- Local settings → Output directory: select a directory on a local disk.
Following the file naming rules, click the appropriate Type in the lower-right corner of the Local settings page.
Then click Edit and sync cloud configuration to open the user panel. Editing the cloud configuration through this entry point enables automatic synchronization.
User panel
- General settings → Organization mode: choose
Soft link.
Click Update configuration at the bottom of the page. The MDC client will display a Cloud configuration synced successfully message.
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If the MDC client does not display the message, click Sync cloud configuration only manually.
Soft link is recommended. If you use a media library such as Emby, you can also choose Create STRM files.
Step 3: Scrape and Check the Results
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Finding media files may take time. Scanning a cloud drive is usually slower than scanning a local disk.
Do not scan the entire cloud drive on the first run. Start with a few movies in a subdirectory and confirm that:
- MDC can correctly scan media files on the cloud drive.
- Each movie matches the correct title or identifier.
Expand the scraping scope after these checks succeed.
FAQ
Does the Docker MDC client support this feature?
Yes. The host directory path must match the corresponding path inside the container exactly for link files to work. You can also scrape 302 direct-link STRM files generated by other tools.