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Path could not be found. - RuralAnemone - 2024-07-27
Issue: trying to add a folder to a media library gives an error:
> The path could not be found. Please ensure the path is valid and try again.
Solutions I've tried to no avail:
- restarting Jellyfin
- restarting my machine
- ensuring that /home/ruralanemone/Videos and /home/ruralanemone/Videos/movies/** have at least rwxr-xr-x permissions
I'm not entirely sure what else there is to do; Jellyfin has access to the files I'm trying to add to the library.
Am I doing something wrong?
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OS: Debian GNU/Linux bookworm 12.6 x86_64
Host: Latitude 5400
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-23-amd64
Jellyfin Version: 10.9.8 (from official Debian apt repo)
and here's the directory listing:
0 - ruralanemone@reginald ~/Videos/movies
$ llr
drwxr-xr-x ruralanemone ruralanemone 4.0 KB Sat Jul 27 10:27:00 2024 ./
drwxr-xr-x ruralanemone ruralanemone 4.0 KB Sat Jul 27 10:24:51 2024 ├── 'monty python and the holy grail'/
.rwxr-xr-x ruralanemone ruralanemone 770 MB Fri Jul 26 23:58:52 2024 │ └── 'monty python and the holy grail.mp4'*
drwxr-xr-x ruralanemone ruralanemone 4.0 KB Sat Jul 27 10:26:51 2024 ├── 'o brother where art thou'/
.rwxr-xr-x ruralanemone ruralanemone 2.7 GB Thu Jul 25 18:13:25 2024 │ └── 'o brother where art thou.mkv'*
drwxr-xr-x ruralanemone ruralanemone 4.0 KB Sat Jul 27 10:25:38 2024 ├── rango/
drwxr-xr-x ruralanemone ruralanemone 4.0 KB Thu Jul 25 09:15:05 2024 │ ├── Subs/
.rwxr-xr-x ruralanemone ruralanemone 93 KB Thu Jul 25 09:15:06 2024 │ │ └── 2_Eng.srt*
.rwxr-xr-x ruralanemone ruralanemone 92 KB Fri Jul 26 17:04:03 2024 │ ├── rango.en.srt*
.rwxr-xr-x ruralanemone ruralanemone 2.1 GB Thu Jul 25 09:15:15 2024 │ └── rango.mp4*
.rwxr-xr-x ruralanemone ruralanemone 4.1 GB Sat Jul 27 10:33:31 2024 ├── wallace-and-gromit-collection.VNKlHbpJ.zip.part*
.rwxr-xr-x ruralanemone ruralanemone 0 B Sat Jul 27 01:38:16 2024 └── wallace-and-gromit-collection.zip*
RE: Path could not be found. - TheDreadPirate - 2024-07-27
You should not be storing files that need to be shared with other users in your home directory. Sure the directories themselves have 755 permissions, but /home/ruralanemone also needs to be opened up. Which is something you should not do. Your home is a private directory due to ssh keys and other sensitive files being located there.
Relocate your media files out of your home to something like /media, which does not contain any sensitive information.
RE: Path could not be found. - RuralAnemone - 2024-07-28
ah ok that makes a lot of sense
thank you so much (: