Location of the 'plugins' folder on Synology 7?

[Orphan_Script 1]

Hi all, trying to manually install a plugin (VirtualTV). 

Earlier posts note that the plugins folder is located at: 

//var/packages/EmbyServer/target/plugins

That doesn't exist, but I did find 

//var/packages/EmbyServer/target/system/plugins

And this looks correct because the other plugin files are there as well. But when I put VirtualTV.dll in here, it's not showing when I refresh / check the plugins tab on Emby dashboard. 

 

So my question is: Is this actually the correct directory to install a plugin manually? 

And if so, any idea why it's not loading? 

Logs attached if it's helpful. 

 

embyserver.txt

[Orphan_Script 1]

Update: Reviewed the log myself and it looks like the problem is Emby doesn't have access to 

//volume1/@appstore/EmbyServer/system/plugins$

The embysrv user has full admin rights, as much as I can give through Synology control panel, I'm not really sure how to give it r/w access to that folder specifically. 

[Orphan_Script 1]

Found a solution. SSH to //var/packages/EmbyServer/var/plugins then chown / chgrp to emby, all good here! 

[Luke 37093]

Thanks for following up. We plan to add a screen to the web interface to make it easier to manually install plugin dll files.

[ThieuMa 0]

On 7/19/2021 at 1:37 AM, Orphan_Script said:

Found a solution. SSH to //var/packages/EmbyServer/var/plugins then chown / chgrp to emby, all good here! 

Hello! How can I send file to this folder? I don't know how to do it. Can I do it with filezilla or stuff like this?

[Luke 37093]

2 hours ago, ThieuMa said:

Hello! How can I send file to this folder? I don't know how to do it. Can I do it with filezilla or stuff like this?

Here's one way: 

 

[kellerbaum 0]

On 7/18/2021 at 7:52 PM, Luke said:

Thanks for following up. We plan to add a screen to the web interface to make it easier to manually install plugin dll files.

Did this ever get implemented?

[Luke 37093]

50 minutes ago, kellerbaum said:

Did this ever get implemented?

Hi, not yet. On the to do list.

[AlexF6 2]

19 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi, not yet. On the to do list.

How far away is that likely to be? or alternatively can Smart Playlists 2.0 be added to the Catalogue?

[AlexF6 2]

Hi all , 

Newbie to Emby but not media servers. I followed the WinSCP tutorial linked above by Luke  and can login via WinSCP as both admin or a user with administrator rights (i skipped steps 2, 3 & 6 as advised) but when i copy the file SmartPlaylist.dll to //var/packages/EmbyServer/var/plugins , WinSCP says "permission denied". WinSCP is opened in commander mode and i can definitely see all the recent dll files that were installed directly via the Catalogue.  Not sure why i get "permission denied" if im an administrator?  

[Luke 37093]

6 hours ago, AlexF6 said:

or alternatively can Smart Playlists 2.0 be added to the Catalogue?

That's up to the developer of the plugin.

[Luke 37093]

5 hours ago, AlexF6 said:

Hi all , 

Newbie to Emby but not media servers. I followed the WinSCP tutorial linked above by Luke  and can login via WinSCP as both admin or a user with administrator rights (i skipped steps 2, 3 & 6 as advised) but when i copy the file SmartPlaylist.dll to //var/packages/EmbyServer/var/plugins , WinSCP says "permission denied". WinSCP is opened in commander mode and i can definitely see all the recent dll files that were installed directly via the Catalogue.  Not sure why i get "permission denied" if im an administrator?  

HI, please try following this and see if it helps: 

 

[FrostByte 5051]

5 hours ago, AlexF6 said:

Hi all , 

Newbie to Emby but not media servers. I followed the WinSCP tutorial linked above by Luke  and can login via WinSCP as both admin or a user with administrator rights (i skipped steps 2, 3 & 6 as advised) but when i copy the file SmartPlaylist.dll to //var/packages/EmbyServer/var/plugins , WinSCP says "permission denied". WinSCP is opened in commander mode and i can definitely see all the recent dll files that were installed directly via the Catalogue.  Not sure why i get "permission denied" if im an administrator?  

You can't skip the superuser steps.  Only with elevated SU privileges will be able to delete/write in most places other than shared folders.  You are still logging in with Admin when using SU.

Edited October 4, 2023 by FrostByte

[FrostByte 5051]

Also, I usually turn off SSH in DSM after I'm done.  Unless you SSH into your NAS a lot.

[AlexF6 2]

12 hours ago, Luke said:

That's up to the developer of the plugin.

Ok wasn't aware of that.  Not sure why the developer hasn't as it's a great tool which should be a standard feature like in Kodi.

[AlexF6 2]

12 hours ago, Luke said:

HI, please try following this and see if it helps: 

 

First off thanks for the quick reply in your 2 posts. As a newbie its great to see the Emby product well supported by Staff and Community.  Thats exactly what i was following. See my feedback to FrostByte below.

[AlexF6 2]

12 hours ago, FrostByte said:

You can't skip the superuser steps.  Only with elevated SU privileges will be able to delete/write in most places other than shared folders.  You are still logging in with Admin when using SU.

Thanks FrostByte that's exactly what i got wrong. Not sure if this can be clarified in your instructions around skipping the superuser steps.  When i redid it from scratch with all steps it worked. The only other item i performed was changing the SmartPlaylist.dll properties of Owner and Group from root to Emby  and giving it the same Permissions of the other DLL plugins. I restarted the EmbyServer and it worked.  And as mentioned to Luke its great to see the Emby product well supported by Staff and Community.

[AlexF6 2]

12 hours ago, FrostByte said:

Also, I usually turn off SSH in DSM after I'm done.  Unless you SSH into your NAS a lot.

Yes that's exactly what i did and i also disabled the Synology admin user profile as well.

[FrostByte 5051]

9 hours ago, AlexF6 said:

Thanks FrostByte that's exactly what i got wrong. Not sure if this can be clarified in your instructions around skipping the superuser steps.  When i redid it from scratch with all steps it worked. 

Good ideas.  That and the switching of Admin and SSH back off.  I'll have to see if I can get a mod to let me change it. @Abobader

[Abobader 2947]

8 hours ago, FrostByte said:

Good ideas.  That and the switching of Admin and SSH back off.  I'll have to see if I can get a mod to let me change it. @Abobader

Hi buddy,

I give you permission on TUT's forum, so go a head and edit what you like there.

My best 

[FrostByte 5051]

14 minutes ago, Abobader said:

Hi buddy,

I give you permission on TUT's forum, so go a head and edit what you like there.

My best 

Great, thanks Abo