Ok, I have Emby installed and it is working, but I cannot figure out the directories to put in when I create a new library. I tried putting in the exact path (/mnt/TrueNAS/data/media/tv) and it can’t find it. I put all of the directories to 777 just to make sure it isn’t a permissions issue and that does not seem to be the problem. I’ve have the Host Path in the emby app set to /mnt/TrueNAS/data/media. I’ve run out of ideas. Please help me!
Thank You,
Mike LaPointe
What is your Mount Path? If you open Emby’s Shell (button in truenas on Apps page) and type
ls your_mount_path
would you see your files?
This is how I set it up for plex. In this example I would check ls /media/shows
That is not exactly how my TrueNAS scale system is. I am on TrueNAS scale 24.04.2 and my app configuration for Emby does not have a Mount Path.
I have attached a screen shot of mine.
Thank You,
Mike
That’s the config section (where emby stores its config not the media), what is below that?
Look for “Additional Storage” section.
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That worked!
Thank You!
Mike
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Ok, I may have spoken too soon. I was able to put the directory in the mount area.
But, there are no TV Shows in the folder in Emby.
I’ve googled this issue and I found that it is some sort of permission issue with TrueNAS, so I changed all of the permissions to 777 for the folders and files.
Some more help would be appreciated!
Thank You,
Mike
Well, that’s not surprising at all. You picked ixVolume instead of hostpath. Click the little question mark by mount path, it says it’s the path within the container where to mount the ixvolume. You also do not show the library path in emby you are using.
So, the ixvolume mount path is where IN EMBY the data is stored, it is not where to store the Emby data. Your original post says hostpath, you did not configure a host path.
I am guessing you are a new user. As such, I will say that Truenas is a rather non trivial NAS. There is a lot to learn. I’d suggest to start by reading the doc for Scale regarding host paths, ixvolumes. And chmod 777 is not anything that is necessary. Randomly using internet searched for commands is no way to try and run Emby or anything on Truenas and can result is very bad things happening. Better to understamd what you are doing.