Some simple (thick) newbie questions Part two!

[stringman 1]

Hi all

So after a protracted break, and lots of films etc being watched remotely. I decided I wanted to add some content to the server.

The server is a laptop running hard wired on my network.

The content is on my laptop connected to the same network via wifi.

I can connect to emby sever and see all the content but can see no way of adding the conten.

Is there a way of just remotely adding content?

Thanks in advance

[MBSki 1114]

No, you can't add content remotely. You have to add the content to the hard drive on your server and let Emby scan and find the media based on the libraries that you've setup. 

[Luke 42081]

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Is there a way of just remotely adding content?

Have you checked out Emby library setup?

[stringman 1]

Thanks for the prompt reply 

Presumably there is a way outside of emby to move the content via the network? ( I appreciate this is out the "remit" of this forum

Thanks

 

[darkassassin07 652]

FTP, SSH, etc.

 

There are ways, they just aren't part of emby. You'll have to setup a seprate system for managing the raw files if you want to do it remotely. I mainly use FTPS. (ftp over ssl)

[darkassassin07 652]

1 hour ago, Luke said:

Have you checked out Emby library setup?

What are you on about?

 

 

......  What part of library setup allows you to upload content to the server from a remote client.....??   I must have been hammered last time I looked at those menus to have missed that.

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

2 hours ago, MBSki said:

No, you can't add content remotely. You have to add the content to the hard drive on your server and let Emby scan and find the media based on the libraries that you've setup. 

While the first sentence seems true the rest is false. I have much content on my server that is NOT on my my server's hard disk at all. In fact over 95% of my content does not even reside on the server itself at all. It exists on another computer that is shared on my network and my server accesses as a network share. 

Content does not have to reside on the server. It just must be able to be accessed by it. 

However, in general, no content should be accessed wirelessly by the server. Clients can be wireless, most of mine are, but servers and the content should be hard wired simply for reliability and stability. 

[MBSki 1114]

6 minutes ago, Gilgamesh_48 said:

While the first sentence seems true the rest is false. I have much content on my server that is NOT on my my server's hard disk at all. In fact over 95% of my content does not even reside on the server itself at all. It exists on another computer that is shared on my network and my server accesses as a network share. 

Content does not have to reside on the server. It just must be able to be accessed by it. 

However, in general, no content should be accessed wirelessly by the server. Clients can be wireless, most of mine are, but servers and the content should be hard wired simply for reliability and stability. 

I guess I didn't explain that right. I just meant to say that the server needs to be able to get to it and you need to have a method to copy actual files to a location that the server can get to. Sorry for the confusion.

[stringman 1]

3 hours ago, Luke said:

Sorry cant get rid of the above box.

I get that i could have the files on another laptop for the server to pull.

All I really want to do is move various files from  laptop so they end up on the server laptop  for me to play

It would be nice if I you could just add the files via emby as it allows you to delete files.

A new route of investigation is needed for me I feel

Thanks

 

 

 

[moviepalace4K 29]

the only solution and the fastest is to use an external SSD, 1) cut files from laptop 1 and paste to ssd. 2) Cut files from SSD and paste to server. when transferred: run a library scan with emby.

[stringman 1]

Videopalace, 

Thanks for that, Surely there is another way- that is what I had to do when the ssd  was plugged directly in the ssd?

One option I am looking into is remote access to the server  ( so I can do the library scan etc) and then having the files  stored on my dropbox account with synced folders on the sever. This would mean that I could add a delete files from my Pc ( the folder on my pc would be on line only) but if I set the folder on the server for off line use it would effectively  stored on the server hdd?

But If I can control the files via dropbox  would emby connect allow me to "remotely control" the server from my laptop?

Thanks