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Issues adding Library on Ubuntu


Firespyer
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Firespyer

I just installed my server on Ubuntu 16.04

I am trying to add my Movies library and get the following error:

There was an error adding the media path. Please ensure the path is valid and the Emby Server process has access to that location.

 

I can connect to the server in ubuntu, I mounted the shared folder as well, and can open files from the share in Ubuntu. Just can't get it to add in Emby.

 

paths I have tried are:

\\FreeNas\TheaterShare\Movies

\\192.168.10.40\TheaterShare\Movies

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

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Hi, the mono runtime does not support unc paths, so if you mount it as a local path it should work. i would try that again.

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Firespyer

I know how to define the local path in windows, but not linux. I tried browsing the local folders through emby but can't find the mounted dir

 

just learning linux, and didn't want to spend money on windows key

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marmayr

I know how to define the local path in windows, but not linux. I tried browsing the local folders through emby but can't find the mounted dir

 

just learning linux, and didn't want to spend money on windows key

 

You mean that you mounted the share with the file manager? Then I do not know where it is located either, because it depends on the applications involved.

 

But usually, if you want to mount a SMB share on a server, you either use smbfs or cifs and put an entry into the /etc/fstab file, e.g.

 

 

//FreeNas/TheaterShare/Movies /mnt/freenas/theater_share/movies cifs auto 0 0

 

(untested)

 

Of course the mount point must be created with mkdir, e.g.

 

 

mkdir -p /mnt/freenas/theater_share/movies

 

and the share has to be mounted manually, e.g.

 

 

mount /mnt/freenas/theater_share/movies

 

For more details and automatic mounting, c.f. https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Samba_Client_cifs/

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mastrmind11

What @@marmayr said.  Don't use KDE to mount the drive because it can put it anywhere.  You need to mount it from the command line using the steps above and in the link.

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