Library scan not dereferencing symlinks to media

[markshu 8]

(...splitting this out to its own topic...)

 

Emby server 3.0.5675.1 on Debian 8 (Jessie) is not dereferencing symlinks to media when scanning library for content.

see http://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/23998-updated-server-cant-see-media/&do=findComment&comment=236558

Edited August 13, 2015 by markshu

[markshu 8]

Here are some examples of various ways media files can - and are - stored on Linux machines.  In all cases the expectation is that the media is both visible and browsable to the emby media server. However, only in cases 4 & 5 are the media file both visible and browsable.

 

In particular, cases 1 & 2 are THE standard methods of balancing storage across multiple drives on a Linux system.  Case 3 is used by some drive pooling extenders.

 

Test scenarios

 

1) Library folder symlinked: neither visible nor browsable

 

 

2) Media folder symlinked: neither visible nor browsable

 

 

3) Media files symlinked: folder visible, media files not visible to library scan

 

 

4) Media file present, all other files symlinked: library scan detects media, all other symlinked files are accessed without issue.

 

 

5) All directories and files present in the search path: [don't need a picture for this ...]

 

 

[edit]  Looks like I'm not the first one to run in to this issue: http://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/23407-help-with-shortcut-not-showing-up/

Edited August 14, 2015 by markshu