The path could not be found. Please ensure the path is valid and try again

[Exact3081]

Hi Jellyfin community. Hope you can help me with this headache.

I have a Linux Mint 21.3 laptop where I have installed Jellyfin server.

I have my media on an external USB at this path

Code:

/media/dellxps13/1TB Work/MEDIA/TV_Shows

but when I try and add this as the Library source, I receive the error: The path could not be found. Please ensure the path is valid and try again

Interestingly when I installed Jellyfin via Flatpak, this source worked, however after having to reinstall Jellyfin server via the package manager (snap?) it no longer is able to add this as a media path. (I had to reinstall as Jellyfin flatpak was too outdated and would no longer connect from my Fire Stick saying was too outdated).

I've read a lot of threads with a lot of different possible solutions but I'm confused as to what to try to be honest.

A visual File Explorer to select the folder of interest for setup, would be a big UX improvement in my eyes.