ProfMeowington 1 Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 (edited) Hello, I am running a DS218+ and the latest version of Emby. I am storing my photos and videos in a top level folder called "photos" (which contains two further folders). I have added this folder as my Home videos & photos folder. I have shared the top level folder with the emby user (full access). However, I don't see anything inside of it in Emby, even when I refresh and update. The folders are indexed because my LG TV is finding them through its native photo app. What have I missed? Thanks! Edited May 29, 2023 by ProfMeowington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37129 Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 HI there, what version of Emby Server are you running? How did you configure your libraries in Emby library setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfMeowington 1 Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 (edited) I wrote the wrong model in my previous post, I have the DS220+. I am running the 4.7.8.0-704070800 version of emby. Do you mean these settings? I believe I left them as default, and added the photo folder. Edited May 30, 2023 by ProfMeowington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37129 Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 How are your files structured underneath /volume1/photo? Have you setup any other emby libraries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfMeowington 1 Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 (edited) Under photo there are two folders, with the names of two users. Under each of the user folders there are further folders, arranged by years, and under years there are folders with the names of locations/events. So volume1/photo/user/year/location/picture.jpg Yes, series and movies are working flawlessly! But I set those up two years ago. Edited May 30, 2023 by ProfMeowington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37129 Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 14 minutes ago, ProfMeowington said: Under photo there are two folders, with the names of two users. Under each of the user folders there are further folders, arranged by years, and under years there are folders with the names of locations/events. So volume1/photo/user/year/location/picture.jpg Yes, series and movies are working flawlessly! But I set those up two years ago. Have you checked the permissions of files and folders underneath the top level? they could have their own overridden permission set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfMeowington 1 Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 I think you're on to something there. For some reason the folders have different properties compared to the other library folders. At the bottom of the "General" tab it says "Owner & group", whereas the working one only has "Owner". And the "Permissions" tab looks different too, in the folder which is not working, I am not able to add individual users... Any idea what to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37129 Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 1 hour ago, ProfMeowington said: I think you're on to something there. For some reason the folders have different properties compared to the other library folders. At the bottom of the "General" tab it says "Owner & group", whereas the working one only has "Owner". And the "Permissions" tab looks different too, in the folder which is not working, I am not able to add individual users... Any idea what to do? @Carlomay have some tips on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 This is a permission problem. It's been a while since I've seen this with Photostation but if I remember correctly the permissions will get reset as files are uploaded to the NAS to make sure Photostation has proper access. In file station right click on the Photos share and bring up properties. Click the permissions tab and make sure "emby" is set to allow and read/write. click edit button and try these settings click Done Enable the option at the bottom "Apply to this folder, sub-folders and files" Click the save button and give it another try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfMeowington 1 Posted May 31, 2023 Author Share Posted May 31, 2023 Thanks @Carlo, but unfortunately I am a bit lost... It doesn't look like that for me. I have attached what my permissions tab looks like. There is no option to do this for subfolders. Am I looking in the wrong place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 That was a right click on photo (left side) followed bt clicking on properties? How about doing an SSH into the box going sudo -i and running a ls -lh on the photo directory might be /volume1/photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfMeowington 1 Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 On 5/31/2023 at 6:51 PM, Carlo said: That was a right click on photo (left side) followed bt clicking on properties? How about doing an SSH into the box going sudo -i and running a ls -lh on the photo directory might be /volume1/photo Correct, I right clicked on "photo" in the tree view, then clicked on the "Permissions" tab. Here are the results from SSH: @Carlo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 There you go. Only user1 & user2 have access to the data. What you're trying to do is rather tricky for a couple reasons which you might want to rethink. First, users of your NAS using PhotoStation can control who can and can't see their pics. You're now looking to bypass that control by making all pictures and videos public (on your server). Then there is the actual permission issue that is tricky in itself because changes here could potentially break PhotoStation. PhotoStation itself was quirky which in part was why Synology EOL it and replaced it in DSM 7. That begs the question, when are you planning on upgrading to DSM 7 (7.2 at this point)? Your system right now has many known vulnerabilities that were fixed in 8.0, 7.1 & 7.2. You should be trying to get off DSM 6 as quickly as possible which also solves this issue because you won't be using PhotoStation any more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfMeowington 1 Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 I am running DSM 7.1.1-42962 Update 5 though, and it says my system is up to date. So there are no new updates available as far as I can tell. When I created the folders I was probably using an older version which had Photo Station. @Carlo The reason I'm doing this is because my LG OLED isn't able to play mp4 videos it seems, at least not the ones recorded with my Samsung Galaxy S22. So I was hoping to get around this problem with emby. But I didn't expect this to be so complex. And anyway I'm still stuck on square one because I can't figure out how to add the emby user to the folder permissions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 You should have been updated to Synology Photos as Photo Station was DSM 6 and not meant to be used on DSM 7.x. Do you not have Synology Photos? With Photos you can setup where the data is stored and who each user shares with. So you would set it up to share with user emby or a group that emby is part of. https://kb.synology.com/en-global/DSM/tutorial/What_are_the_differences_between_Photos_Photo_Station_Moments Info on DSM 7.2 https://www.synology.com/en-us/DSM72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfMeowington 1 Posted July 2, 2023 Author Share Posted July 2, 2023 Finally found a solution to my problem. You can't just simply add the Emby user to the shared access folder "photo" and the subfolders in Synology Photos. What I had to do was "Convert to Windows ACL" which allowed me to set customized permissions. After that I was able to add Emby, and now it is working. I just hope nothing else got messed up by doing so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBRoyKent 0 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 uh... help? I'm in the same sitch with @ProfMeowington Running on a DS920+, DSM 7.2-64570 Update 1; All files updated to current versions (Emby server: Version 4.7.13.0 Emby Server is up to date) Can't get Emby to recognize / load my Home videos & photos; i'm sure it's a permission issue, but I've gone thru and made sure that Emby has permissions (photos attached) Notice that I'll create the Home Videos & Photos library, then go to Folders, then I can click thru my NAS shared folders and choose "Photos". However, if I try to go one step further within Photos and choose MobileBackup, I'll instantly get a blank selection screen (photos attached). I'm thinking this is due to a permissions problem in the folders within Photos (maybe they're not shared folders??) help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBRoyKent 0 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Or could this be the problem..... my home photos and videos on my NAS are "owned" by Synology Photos! Sorry i'm not a sw developer, just a regular dude with a NAS that's fun but sometimes I'm in over my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBRoyKent 0 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 OK F-it, I did the convert to windows ACL, why not. Will see how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37129 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Let us know how you get on. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBRoyKent 0 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 so far not well, still getting nothing imported into EMby anythoughts so far, or can I give you more information? Screenshots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBRoyKent 0 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 ok got it. In WIndows 11, I went into the properties of the Photos folder on my NAS, and basically gave everyone permission to read that folder. Stupid? Maybe. But it's now loading all my movies and photos into Emby. So as long as Emby doesn't botnet my computer (!) I think I should be ok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfMeowington 1 Posted August 3, 2023 Author Share Posted August 3, 2023 Why not just give Emby access to the folder you want it to access? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBRoyKent 0 Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Well, I believe I have done that (see the screen shot in my post above, it's the 1st pic: "Edit shared folder 'photo'" (and I assume it would pass the permission to child (enclosed) folders). The enclosed folders (e.g. MobileBackup) are not Synology "Shared" folders, but I don't think they have to be; that is, I'd rather not make them all root-level, Synology Shared Folders. Anyway, I did what you did, with the Windows ACL thing, and it seems to be working! Although I wonder at what cost, giving "everyone" (within windows within my LAN) access. I'm at home so I'm not too worried, but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfMeowington 1 Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 That's what I meant, do you need to give permissions to everyone, why not just Emby? I think that's what I ended up doing. I'm not sure which screenshot you meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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