install Emby on Pi 5 and attach NAS drive

[cl4ptp 0]

Hello everyone,
I am currently running Emby on a NAS Synology DS218Play. All files such as movies, series etc. are also stored there. However, over time there are more and more files and the NAS is not particularly powerful. I also have a Raspberry Pi 5 with 8GB RAM running on my network.
Would it speed up Emby if I install Emby on the Pi 5 and tell the system that the files are on the NAS? Can I install my Emby backup on the new installation on the Pi 5?

Many thanks in advance

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[Luke 39294]

hi, yes I do think the RPI 5 will perform better.

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tell the system that the files are on the NAS

Yes you can do this.

[Luke 39294]

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Can I install my Emby backup on the new installation on the Pi 5?

Yes.

Configuration Backup

[cl4ptp 0]

i have mounted the nas shares in debian and was able to import the backup. looks good at first glance. the only thing that is wrong is of course the paths to the media. however, i cannot change the paths in the library. how can i change this without having to reload everything? i am using debian. i found this but this doesn't help

 

Edited Thursday at 12:28 PM by cl4ptp

[TMCsw 155]

12 hours ago, cl4ptp said:

i cannot change the paths in the library.

Then change the mount...

...If you match the paths on the new system to the paths on the old system emby will pick these up just fine.

Say emby sees your libraries under “/volume1/share/emby” on the syno (note: I've no experience with DSM)

Then  create the same on the Pi with:

sudo mkdir -pm755 /volume1/share/emby

the ‘-p’ = create all parent dirs with ‘m755’ permissions (root full, everyone else see and read (the mount will change the final dir to suit if done properly)  

Now mount the share to the new Pi folder via /etc/fstab (this varies quite a bit depending on if the share is NFS or SMB.

Edited yesterday at 12:57 AM by TMCsw