I set up jellyfin with docker and it's working fine with local files. I wanted to add some additional media files so I mounted a directory using sshfs. The directory is present with the media files and it is bound to a volume in Docker. But jellyfin doesn't add the files. It doesn't find the subdirectories or the media files. Am I doing something wrong ?

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[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What are the permissions on these files/folders? Maybe Jellyfin doesn't have read access?

[–] nobloat@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I figured it out. For some reason the directories created were owned by root. I did change the ownership of the main directory but forgot that it needs to be changed for the subdirectories as well. In the add folder menu I could see the mounted directory but couldn't access the subdirectories (shows, movies). It's working fine now.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Seconded, its the first thing to check. I am only using local files but depending how I transfer files from other devices it seems they get different permissions assigned. I made it a regular workflow to just run chmod (linux system) over anything new I want to add.