Server connects but displays no media files

[ebr 16676]

Okay, that confirms my thesis I'm pretty sure.  You probably also cloned one server from the other, right?  So they both had the same server ID and looked like the same server to the apps.

2 hours ago, twofacetoo said:

I've just checked again that the laptop IS connected to the internet safely, and it is.

That's not really relevant for what you are trying to do.  You are trying to connect within your network.

2 hours ago, twofacetoo said:

I tried doing it manually with the IP address listed on the laptop's server

Which one?  The LAN or WAN?  You should be using the LAN one.  If that doesn't work, then that brings us back to firewall settings on your laptop.  Look at the firewall rules on your PC and make sure the same ones are on your laptop.

[twofacetoo 2]

10 hours ago, ebr said:

Okay, that confirms my thesis I'm pretty sure.  You probably also cloned one server from the other, right?  So they both had the same server ID and looked like the same server to the apps.

That's not really relevant for what you are trying to do.  You are trying to connect within your network.

Which one?  The LAN or WAN?  You should be using the LAN one.  If that doesn't work, then that brings us back to firewall settings on your laptop.  Look at the firewall rules on your PC and make sure the same ones are on your laptop.

I setup my server initially on the desktop PC, the logged into it using my laptop, they have different IP addresses when I check them on each machine, but it could be the case that it's still logging into the desktop one instead of the laptop one.

I was connected on the LAN specifically.

On both computers Emby has full permissions on everything, public or private, but I noticed something: on my desktop PC, the outbound rule shows for 'Emby Open 1', then the Inbound shows 'Emby Open 2', 'Emby Open 3', then 'Emby Server' and another 'Emby Server', all set to enabled, all, yes, allow, etc
Then on my laptop, outbound only shows 'Emby', then inbound shows the two 'Emby Server' settings as before, but also 'Emby Server Port 7359', 'Emby Server Port 8096', and 'Emby Server Port 8920'

Is the fact that they're showing differently potentially related?