transcode set up

[blackb0x]

2024-02-26 07:29:24.479 T:13512  error <general>: XFILE::CDirectory::GetDirectory - Error getting /data/movies/4k/Footloose (1984)/
2024-02-26 07:29:24.480 T:13512  error <general>: CVideoPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [/data/movies/4k/Footloose (1984)/Footloose.mkv]

This sounds like you're trying to use native mode and don't actually have your paths set up properly.  Nothing to do with the transcoding set up on the server.  This is saying that Kodi is looking at /data/movies/4k for the media files on the playback device and can't find them.

yes i figured it was a permissions issue yesterday and came to that conclusion earlier today. Not sure why my SMB took a dump on me but using the default setting worked. I realized when i tried to add a library to kodi without using jellyfin and it didnt allow me to navigate to it. so now this has become an SMB issue.