EMBY Docker Libray custom location for tvshows and Movies recordings

[rickdEMBY 1]

I have been attempting to have recordings located a custom location as per my docker-compose.yml .. After 1st run I remove the default library location of

/mnt/EMBY/programdata/data/livetv/recordings/ << all appears to happen without error.

Next I schedule a recording expecting that recording to fall into the new custom location I have in my docker-compose however no matter what I attempt the recordings fall back into the default location I posted above even after removing this location from the GUI.

Is this record section hard coded somewhere that prevents the customization?  I noticed this from ver 4.8.x ... I was able to do this on 4.7.x and never had issues both on normal install and docker install..

services:
  emby:
    image: emby/embyserver:4.8.9.0
    container_name: embyserver-docker
    # runtime: nvidia # Expose NVIDIA GPUs
    # network_mode: host # Enable DLNA and Wake-on-Lan
    environment:
      - UID=1000 # The UID to run emby as (default: 2)
      - GID=100 # The GID to run emby as (default 2)
      - GIDLIST=100 # A comma-separated list of additional GIDs to run emby as (default: 2)
    volumes:
      - /mnt/EMBY/programdata:/config # Configuration directory
      - /mnt/EMBY/livetv/recordings/tvshows:/mnt/share1 # Media directory
      - /mnt/EMBY/livetv/recordings/movies:/mnt/share2 # Media directory
    ports:
      - 8096:8096 # HTTP port
      - 8920:8920 # HTTPS port
    devices:
      - /dev/dri:/dev/dri # VAAPI/NVDEC/NVENC render nodes
      # - /dev/vchiq:/dev/vchiq # MMAL/OMX on Raspberry Pi
    restart: unless-stopped

[Luke 42079]

Hi, keep in mind that updating Docker compose might not be enough by itself. You might also have to update the paths in Emby library setup.

[rickdEMBY 1]

where do I change those paths?

[Luke 42079]

24 minutes ago, rickdEMBY said:

where do I change those paths?

Hi, in Emby library setup, the same place where you first set them up, right? You may need to remove the old folders and add the new ones.

[rickdEMBY 1]

57 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi, in Emby library setup, the same place where you first set them up, right? You may need to remove the old folders and add the new ones.

I did that above using the GUI in my original post. I removed the default folders in GUI and removed the folders from the backend volumes  restarted the docker container and they returned once the Series recording started recording again even though the Library had been change before I setup the series to record...

[Luke 42079]

21 hours ago, rickdEMBY said:

I did that above using the GUI in my original post. I removed the default folders in GUI and removed the folders from the backend volumes  restarted the docker container and they returned once the Series recording started recording again even though the Library had been change before I setup the series to record...

Hi, it sounds like you didn't wait for the removal to complete. I would suggest giving it more time before restarting. Please see if that helps. Thanks.

[rickdEMBY 1]

this run . canceled all series for recordings.  removed the default library /data/livetv/recordings/ .. waited for 10 mins. rescanned the library without the default location. All seems ok .. I then recreated the series of recordings again. and finally restarted the docker container.  Tomorrow we will see where it drops the new series recordings again.

[Carlo 4561]

Did you also create new DVR libraries and set these up in Live TV advanced tab?

[rickdEMBY 1]

14 hours ago, Carlo said:

Did you also create new DVR libraries and set these up in Live TV advanced tab?

This step I did not realize and now have implemented. I will report back if this was the fix I needed. Thx