Adding folders

[yotamN 1]

I installed Emby on Debian and when I try to add a folder I select the folder (for example /media/yotam/VIDEOS) and I get an empty list of avaliable folders, I can't choose anything because of that

How can I fix this? Maybe I need to run emby as another user?

[geaves 13]

If that is where you copy your videos to selecting the folder /media/yotam/vidoes should be sufficient, as that is the 'root' folder, you may see a list of folders but they or may not actually display anything. 

[Luke 42077]

Emby runs under a service account called Emby. You need to make sure that account can access the media files. @@fc7 do you have any tips? Thanks !

[fc7 123]

I installed Emby on Debian and when I try to add a folder I select the folder (for example /media/yotam/VIDEOS) and I get an empty list of avaliable folders, I can't choose anything because of that

How can I fix this? Maybe I need to run emby as another user?

 

Make sure that every folder in the tree, including /media, have read an execution permissions for Emby. Also every file should have at least read permissions for Emby too.

If unsure and if you don't have any security concerns just give every folder including /media r+x permissions and every file r permissions and you should be good to go.

 

Example commands (as root):

# cd /
# chmod 755 media
# cd media
# find ./ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
# find ./ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

Hope it helps.

[yotamN 1]

Emby runs under a service account called Emby. You need to make sure that account can access the media files. @@fc7 do you have any tips? Thanks !

 

 

Make sure that every folder in the tree, including /media, have read an execution permissions for Emby. Also every file should have at least read permissions for Emby too.

If unsure and if you don't have any security concerns just give every folder including /media r+x permissions and every file r permissions and you should be good to go.

 

Example commands (as root):

# cd /
# chmod 755 media
# cd media
# find ./ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
# find ./ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

Hope it helps.

 

Sorry for not responding but that was the solution, I used Emby through Docker before so I didn't realize it needs a different permission