TOS 7 Stable and Latest Emby Issue Upgrading

[Racerprose 29]

So TOS 7 stable is out now and for some reason if you try to do manual updates of Emby versions it wipes the config and you need to start over. Not sure if the issue lies on Embys end with TOS 7 or if it is a TOS 7 issue. Clearly this is not ideal as you want to be able to keep your library config and not need to start over every time there is a stable or beta update!

Edited July 8 by Racerprose

[Luke 42799]

Hi, this isn't normal. What versions of Emby Server and DSM did you update from?

[gluk147 4]

Before the update, I had TOS 6 and Emby Server 4.10.0.16 beta installed.

Today I updated to TOS 7. The Emby version remained the same: 4.10.0.16.
However, all Emby settings were deleted because the settings folder was moved.
Updating to 4.10.0.17 didn't help.
I had to manually copy the metadata folder from Emby to ffdetected.

Edited July 9 by gluk147

[Racerprose 29]

25 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi, this isn't normal. What versions of Emby Server and DSM did you update from?

It doesn't seem to matter the version. Currently on 4.9.0.70. If I update to stable 4.9.5.0 all settings and config are erased. Same happens if updatin to beta Emby versions. This only happens on latest TOS 7

Edited July 9 by Racerprose

[richt 98]

Take a look at these items.  Emby and TOS 7 are currently out of sync

https://forum.terra-master.com/en/viewtopic.php?t=10180

 

Still waiting......

[Racerprose 29]

5 minutes ago, richt said:

Take a look at these items.  Emby and TOS 7 are currently out of sync

https://forum.terra-master.com/en/viewtopic.php?t=10180

 

Still waiting......

TerraMaster takes forever to put a new version on the AppStore. You'll be waiting a while, thats why manual is the best way. But right now with TOS 7 a manual update breaks things. Don't know if the issue is on Emby or TerraMasters end. To be fair, TOS 7 is a new OS version, so if they made changes how things work, its probably up to Emby to make sure they are following the OS way. Emby do after all offer different versions depending on OS version currently. I think they need to do that with TOS 7 now. @Luke

[richt 98]

6 minutes ago, Racerprose said:

But right now with TOS 7 a manual update breaks things.

That's what my post to Luke and my post to Terramaster were about.  I provided a little detail as well.

Edited July 10 by richt

[Jincheng1 0]

I have the some issue, i am really waiting for the newest version of Emby which will work correctly on TOS 7

[Luke 42799]

On 7/10/2026 at 6:06 PM, Jincheng1 said:

I have the some issue, i am really waiting for the newest version of Emby which will work correctly on TOS 7

Hi, what version have you tried?

[gluk147 4]

On 7/11/2026 at 1:06 AM, Jincheng1 said:

I have the some issue, i am really waiting for the newest version of Emby which will work correctly on TOS 7

To fix this bug, simply enter in the terminal

nano /Volume1/@apps/emby/emby-server/bin/emby-server

And replace -programdata in the config with the correct path
-programdata $APP_DATA_DIR /Volume1/Emby \

After restarting the server, everything will work correctly.

Edited 57 minutes ago by gluk147

[Racerprose 29]

Is this a Emby issue or TOS 7 issue?

@gluk147@Luke

 

I will note there is a new TOS 7 update out today that mentions library scanning fixes for Emby but no mention of a fix for this issue.

Edited 54 minutes ago by Racerprose

[gluk147 4]

I think it's TOS because when I updated TOS to the latest version (last week), I edited the config file again.

[Racerprose 29]

Okay it would be helpful if everyone sent this to TerraMaster support so they get on it.

support@terra-master.com

[AlexCh19720904 0]

13 minutes ago, gluk147 said:

To fix this bug, simply enter in the terminal

nano /Volume1/@apps/emby/emby-server/bin/emby-server

And replace -programdata in the config with the correct path
-programdata $APP_DATA_DIR /Volume1/Emby \

With a space between $APP_DATA_DIR to /Volume1/Emby?

[gluk147 4]

7 minutes ago, AlexCh19720904 said:

With a space between $APP_DATA_DIR to /Volume1/Emby?

I don't know if a space is needed or not; I have it written with a space in the config.

The server detects everything correctly.

Edited 35 minutes ago by gluk147