Real time monitoring issue in LXC

[landofthelost 0]

On Ubuntu 16.04 lts, running in an LXC. I have my libraries setup with real time monitoring enabled, but no files are added to my library without a scan. Scan works fine to add files, but no files are updated in the "latest" category.  I get the following error in my logs:

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2018-01-01 04:14:37.473 Error LibraryMonitor: Error in Directory watcher for: /xx/xxx/xxxx 

** Error Report ***	Version: 3.2.60.6	Command line: /opt/emby-server/system/EmbyServer.dll -programdata /var/lib/emby -ffmpeg /opt/emby-server/bin/ffmpeg -ffprobe /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -updatepackage emby-server-deb_{version}_amd64.deb	Operating system: Unix 4.10.17.3	64-Bit OS: True	64-Bit Process: True	User Interactive: True	Processor count: 4	Program data path: /var/lib/emby	Application directory: /opt/emby-server/system	System.IO.IOException: The configured user limit (8192) on the number of inotify watches has been reached.	System.IO.IOException	No Stack Trace Available

[Luke 42078]

hi, @@landofthelost, welcome. Can you please attach the complete emby server log? thanks !

[landofthelost 0]

Hi Luke. I've PM'ed you the log.

[Luke 42078]

Hi, if you remove the kodi sync plugin, that will reduce file system access and that will decrease the likelihood of this happening.

 

And/or you can also raise the inotify watcher limit on your system:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/13751/kernel-inotify-watch-limit-reached

 

Please let us know if this helps. Thanks.

[landofthelost 0]

Thanks Luke. The kodi plugin is my main motivation for using Emby, but I'll look into raising the Inotify wactcher limit.

 

I appreciate you looking into it.

[landofthelost 0]

Unfortunately this didn't resolve the issue, on the emby server itself or for the Kodi sync. I updated the inotifiy total to 40960 initially, but after adding a few shows/movies found no change, so I upped it the max of 524288 as the article lists and increased the ram in the server. Still no change. I then rebuilt a new server as a virtual machine with the same OS, as LXC can have odd limitations at times. I restored the setting with the backup emby plugin, but am getting the same results.

 

"Latest"  is never updated for Tv shows, even after a media libary scan. Movies will update, but only after a scan. If I drill down into the menus when I know a Tv show has been added and after a scan, I can find it fully indexed. It just never updates as new, and never on its own.

[Luke 42078]

What you can always do is just disable the realtime monitor for certain libraries.