rogema 0 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Hello, I've installed successfully the Emby Server on my macOS, but after configuring the library media folder, it doesn't scan nothing and there are no items when visiting to the web client. When configuring the library folder, it does detect the path, so I guess it has permissions, but even though, no items found on library. When I try to press the "Scan Library" button, it finishes in a second like it doesn't even try to scan. I looked at the logs and there were no errors and exceptions whatsoever. Please help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36881 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Hi there, what folder did you import into emby server? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogema 0 Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 Hey Luke, thanks for the response. I import from an external HDD which in the path: /Volumes/Elements/Movies Where "Elements" is the name of the external HDD and Movies is a root folder in the external HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogema 0 Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36881 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Can you show the contents of the Movies folder? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogema 0 Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 There are just hundreds of movies inside that folder. All of them with the recommended format mentioned in the docs. For example: "The Godfather (1972)", "Fight Club (1999)", and so on... It was working great when it was a server on my Linux system but now I've moved it to my Mac machine. At the beginning, on my Linux server, I had permissions issues when adding library folder and Emby was not able to find the "Movies" folder. But after "chmod 777" and "chown emby" the folder everything was OK. With my Mac I haven't had to change any permissions and when adding the movies folder it found everything real smooth. But it just can't scan the library. Whenever I hit "scan library" the progress bar finish immediately like nothing happens. I was looking at the logs and found no errors, no exceptions... I'm lost... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36881 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 How many emby libraries have you created? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogema 0 Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 Just one, the "Movies" one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelon 159 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Is the hard drive connected to a hub? I had the same issue, and it got resolved when I connected the hard drive directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogema 0 Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 No, it's connected directly to the Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccastilla 3 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Another possible solution, is to use a different file system. I was using APFS, and that had this issue. I was thinking of using a Windows server so I transferred the files to a NTFS drive. I used the paragon drivers to be able to write to a NTFS drive. Before moving the drive to a Windows computer I decided to scan the files from the NTFS drive, and at that point it scanned without any issues. So if you don't mind using NTFS on a Mac, this might solve your problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36881 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 hi @rogema has this helped? Are you still having an issue with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogema 0 Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 Yes, I'm still experiencing this issue. No matter what I tried. I do use NTFS as a filesystem on the external HDD. Anyway, I kinda lost any hope so I ordered a Raspberry Pi 4 from Amazon to act as the Emby Server. I had a better experience using Emby Server on Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36881 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 OK, if you want to try again and attach the emby server log, we're happy to help you resolve this. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogema 0 Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 On 12/29/2020 at 9:01 PM, Luke said: OK, if you want to try again and attach the emby server log, we're happy to help you resolve this. Thanks. Now after I got the Raspberry Pi 4 the library is fine but I'm experiencing buffering issues on my LAN :(( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogema 0 Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 Update: Everything fine via the RP4. It seems that the Ethernet port of the LG OLED is really bad and actually WiFi is faster. So after disconnecting the Ethernet and connecting to the WiFi everything is working great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36881 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Thanks for the feedback ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dongleberry 0 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 I have this issue and am on a Mac using external HDD. Just installed Emby server and permissions are 777 and I can't get the library to find any movies. Structure is set up properly as this is not my first rodeo. What's the deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36881 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 1/17/2022 at 12:03 PM, dongleberry said: I have this issue and am on a Mac using external HDD. Just installed Emby server and permissions are 777 and I can't get the library to find any movies. Structure is set up properly as this is not my first rodeo. What's the deal? Hi @dongleberry can you please run a library scan and then attach the emby server log after it completes? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dongleberry 0 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 57 minutes ago, Luke said: Hi @dongleberry can you please run a library scan and then attach the emby server log after it completes? Thanks so much for the reply. Nothing was showing in my logs, so I moved everything into a new folder and now it's working. I can't seem to find what exactly was the problem other than basic folder corruption of the original folder, simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36881 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Thanks for the feedback. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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