Jellyfin doesnt detect any media at all

I dunno if i did the install wrong or something. I made the cache and config dataset. And on a separate dataset i made an smb shared media thing… and added it as the additional storage.

forgot to check host network but did so later too.

Jellyfin installs. i set it up. And chose the smb dataset folder too for the movies and shows libraries.

Heck i can even connect jellyfin app to the server. it shows fine.

But no matter what media i copy to the storage dataset from windows, jellyfin doesnt detect anything at all…

What is the path you have added as additional storage?

I use emby but it is the same for all apps

Go to a shell in the app and change folder into that path and see if you can see anything

This is how I set my app to read the various mounts:




which I hope might help a bit.

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But no matter what media i copy to the storage dataset from windows, jellyfin doesnt detect anything at all…
Did you start a full re-scan of your libraries in Jellyfin after the copy? Sorry if it is trivial, I just thought let’s start from step 1 regarding the investigation :slight_smile:
The next step would be to check the docker container logs to check for any errors Jellyfin may throw while scanning.

Off topic:
If you want to have a bit more control over your docker containers, I’d say install Portainer and setup Jellyfin using a compose file. I do setup all my containers using Portainer, because it is easy to find examples for docker compose files. Usually the app developers also publish examples with docker run or a compose file.
I mean it is nice to have this “Apps” front-end on top of docker, but to me any kind of “GUI” on top of docker is just in the way…