Where are my DVR recordings

[RevWayne 2]

I am new to Emby and have lots to learn. I have purchased the appropriate Emby Premier license. Emby says recordings are in \config\emby-server. I can't find that path anywhere on my Mac. I have searched, using Finder, the Users folders, my folder under Users, the Macintosh HD folder, and ever a couple of the attached hd. Nothing. So just where is that folder supposed to be? And how can I make sure the DVR recordings go to the folder I want them to go to, the ones I listed in the DVR Settings part of my dashboard? Thank you for the help. Oh, and if it matters, I am using a Mac Mini M4 running MacOS 26.3. 

[Luke 42126]

@sa2000

[sa2000 681]

@RevWayne Recordings by default go into data/livetv/recordings under what is known as the Program Data folder for Emby Server

Open the Emby Server settings dashboard and select Dashboard in left sidebar and click on the 3-dots ... and then select View Server Info. You will see the path for the "Program Data"

Use Finder Go To Folder... to open that folder and then you can drill down

It is probably ~/.config/emby-server and so would be ~/.config/emby-server/data/livetv/recordings

Edited 6 hours ago by sa2000

[sa2000 681]

On 21/02/2026 at 19:46, RevWayne said:

Emby says recordings are in \config\emby-server

Where was this stated ?

[sa2000 681]

On 21/02/2026 at 19:46, RevWayne said:

And how can I make sure the DVR recordings go to the folder I want them to go to, the ones I listed in the DVR Settings part of my dashboard

The settings for recording paths are in Server Settings for Live TV / Advanced tab

The paths are actually library names and where a library has more than one folder path defined, then it would be selecting the library and the parent folder path. I am actually updating the support documentation to give more details on this