Jellyfin: empty library

StitchyMist · Apr 11th 2025

Hello,

I am new to OMV, I installed everything following the OMV QUICK CONFIGURATION GUIDE. So far everything seems to be working fine, except for Jellyfin.

I created a Jellyfin user and can log in but the library shows up empty. I guess this is could be some sort of permissions issue? I set up Jellyfin logged in as the admin user.

Soma · Apr 11th 2025

Post the YML inside a CODE box that you used to launch Jellyfin

StitchyMist · Apr 11th 2025

Do you mean this?

Code

---
services:
  jellyfin:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest
    container_name: jellyfin
    environment:
      - PUID=${PUID}
      - PGID=${PGID}
      - TZ=${TZ}
    volumes:
      - ./library:/config
      - CHANGE_TO_COMPOSE_DATA_PATH/media:/media
    ports:
      - 8096:8096
    restart: unless-stopped

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Soma · Apr 12th 2025

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Do you mean this?

Does your PUID:PGID have R/W access to the folders you are using?

Does the media PATH matches the HOST path where the files are?

StitchyMist · Apr 12th 2025

I set up the container as the admin user, I also created two users:

Code

Name        UID    GID
appuser     1000   100
myname      1001   100

Under Services -> Compose -> Files I then created a new File and filled it with the content above.

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Does the media PATH matches the HOST path where the files are?

I’m not sure what that means. I have a shared folder named “media” under /dev/media. I tried placing files directly inside the media folder as well as creating sub folders (phone and camera).

Soma · Apr 12th 2025

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I have a shared folder named “media” under /dev/media

/dev path is for devices and not a place to put files.

You should use the /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-xxxx-yyy-zzzz/media proper.

Check and post

lsblk

blkid

StitchyMist · Apr 12th 2025

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/dev path is for devices and not a place to put files.

You should use the /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-xxxx-yyy-zzzz/media proper.

Sorry, I this is what I meant. I am using /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-xxxx-yyy-zzzz/media

lsblk

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NAME         MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda            8:0    0 465,8G  0 disk 
└─sda1         8:1    0 465,8G  0 part /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-ce014ef7-3318-4783-884c-3cc6c60a3d74
mmcblk0      179:0    0  14,7G  0 disk 
├─mmcblk0p1  179:1    0   512M  0 part /boot/efi
├─mmcblk0p2  179:2    0  13,2G  0 part /var/folder2ram/var/cache/samba
│                                      /var/folder2ram/var/lib/monit
│                                      /var/folder2ram/var/lib/rrdcached
│                                      /var/folder2ram/var/spool
│                                      /var/folder2ram/var/lib/openmediavault/rrd
│                                      /var/folder2ram/var/tmp
│                                      /var/folder2ram/var/log
│                                      /
└─mmcblk0p3  179:3    0   977M  0 part [SWAP]
mmcblk0boot0 179:256  0     4M  1 disk 
mmcblk0boot1 179:512  0     4M  1 disk

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blkid

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/dev/mmcblk0p3: UUID="08862897-d128-463f-b19c-aa85f8cb4d68" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="87eeab16-682f-4987-87a8-4b9fee0fb1b7"
/dev/mmcblk0p1: UUID="53EB-4725" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="73ee23e7-9288-4953-8fc1-a47dabfa21fb"
/dev/mmcblk0p2: UUID="7deea527-4c1b-4dd4-9b8f-54cc22250c08" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="1b7e6bf9-cd0e-4420-9e2d-ab2cbed
0c032"
/dev/sda1: UUID="ce014ef7-3318-4783-884c-3cc6c60a3d74" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="dd50e21d-0c21-4e22-9610-17f17e553ec5
"

Soma · Apr 12th 2025

ls -al /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-ce014ef7-3318-4783-884c-3cc6c60a3d74

StitchyMist · Apr 12th 2025

ls -al /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-ce014ef7-3318-4783-884c-3cc6c60a3d74

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drwxr-xr-x   8 root root   4096  9. Apr 22:25 .
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root   4096  9. Apr 22:21 ..
drwxrwsr-x   3 root users  4096 11. Apr 18:50 appdata
drwxrwsr-x   3 root users  4096 10. Apr 19:19 data
drwx--x---  12 root root   4096  9. Apr 22:28 docker
drwxrwsr-x   4 root users  4096 10. Apr 21:37 documents
drwx------   2 root root  16384  9. Apr 22:21 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root   4096  9. Apr 22:21 ..
drwxrwsr-x   3 root users  4096 11. Apr 18:50 appdata
drwxrwsr-x   3 root users  4096 10. Apr 19:19 data
drwx--x---  12 root root   4096  9. Apr 22:28 docker
drwxrwsr-x   4 root users  4096 10. Apr 21:37 documents
drwx------   2 root root  16384  9. Apr 22:21 lost+found
drwxrwsr-x+  4 root users  4096 12. Apr 10:54 media

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Soma · Apr 12th 2025

ls -al /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-ce014ef7-3318-4783-884c-3cc6c60a3d74/media

id appuser

id myname

StitchyMist · Apr 12th 2025

ls -al /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-ce014ef7-3318-4783-884c-3cc6c60a3d74/media

Code

drwxrwsr-x+ 4 root users 4096 12. Apr 10:54 .
drwxr-xr-x  8 root root  4096  9. Apr 22:25 ..
drwxrwsr-x  3 myname  users 4096 10. Apr 18:20 Photo
drwxr-xr-x  8 root root  4096  9. Apr 22:25 ..
drwxrwsr-x  3 myname  users 4096 10. Apr 18:20 Photo
drwxrwsr-x  3 myname  users 4096 10. Apr 21:20 Video

id appuser

Code

uid=1000(appuser) gid=100(users) Gruppen=100(users)

id myname

Code

uid=1001(myname) gid=100(users) Gruppen=100(users)

Thanks for your help and your patience btw!

Soma · Apr 12th 2025

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drwxrwsr-x 3 myname users 4096 10. Apr 21:20 Video

Is there a awkward character on that folder?

ls -al /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-ce014ef7-3318-4783-884c-3cc6c60a3d74/media/Video

Since I think it's more accurate to use full paths on the YMLs (I don't use the ENV box for nothing), you can use the YML like this to be sure that all PATHs go on the correct folders and with the correct permissions.

Bring down the container and edit the file with this CODE (delete what you have and copy/paste this)

Don't forget to edit the needed remarks:

Code

---
services:
  jellyfin:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest
    container_name: jellyfin
    environment:
      - PUID=1001
      - PGID=100
      - TZ=Europe/Berlin # Edit this to your own TZ
      - JELLYFIN_PublishedServerUrl=http://192.168.x.y # Change x & y with your correct LAN IP
    volumes:
      - /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-ce014ef7-3318-4783-884c-3cc6c60a3d74/appdata/jellyfin/config:/config
      - /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-ce014ef7-3318-4783-884c-3cc6c60a3d74/media/Video:/data/movies
    ports:
      - 8096:8096
    restart: unless-stopped

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StitchyMist · Apr 12th 2025

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Is there a awkward character on that folder?
ls -al /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-ce014ef7-3318-4783-884c-3cc6c60a3d74/media/Video

Yes, there was a space at the end! I totally missed that…

I copied the code to the YML file (edited the necessary changes). After getting the container up again a second folder “Video” appeared. I renamed the old folder so that there’s no longer a space at the end and deleted the new folder (I couldn’t put files inside the new folder, permission denied). ~~Unfortunately, the library still appears empty.~~

~~Maybe I’d better start all over again…~~

Success! I changed line 13:

Code

- /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-ce014ef7-3318-4783-884c-3cc6c60a3d74/media/Video:/data/Video/

gderf · Apr 12th 2025

This is might be part of your problem:

ls -al /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-ce014ef7-3318-4783-884c-3cc6c60a3d74

drwxrwsr-x+ 4 root users 4096 12. Apr 10:54 media

Only root and others can enter the directory.

StitchyMist · Apr 12th 2025

Quote from gderf

This is might be part of your problem:

ls -al /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-ce014ef7-3318-4783-884c-3cc6c60a3d74

drwxrwsr-x+ 4 root users 4096 12. Apr 10:54 media

Only root and others can enter the directory.

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It is working now! I’ve edited my post above.

Do you think I still need to change something here?

gderf · Apr 12th 2025

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It is working now! I’ve edited my post above.
Do you think I still need to change something here?

Well, it's a matter of style so some things are up to you to decide. But a thorough understanding of filesystem ownerships and permissions is a needed in general, and especially with Docker.

StitchyMist · Apr 12th 2025

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But a thorough understanding of filesystem ownerships and permissions is a needed in general, and especially with Docker.

Yes, I see that now. I’ve installed Jellyfin directly (without Docker) before, permissions were a bit more accessible to me. At the moment I’m just happy that everything works.

Thank you again, Soma

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