SOLVED: Set up a library and it worked fine, some time later it shows no content in it.

[chuchundra]

I hope I'm asking in the right place.

I set up a Jellyfin server on an old laptop I had lying around - i7/16GB RAM/Windows 10 - machine was reset to factory settings and fully updated before installing the software.

I set up three libraries. Two were on an external USB drive and those both still work fine.

One library was on the machine's internal SSD.  I made it a shared folder so I could drop files on it from my desktop. It worked a trick for a couple weeks, but the other night I went to watch a movie that was in that library and all the content was gone. The files are still there, but Jellyfin doesn't see them anymore. I tried deleting the library and creating a new one using the same folder, but no joy.

Any ideas?

[TheDreadPirate]

Did you add the folder via its network path or with the local path?

Can you share your jellyfin logs via https://sourceb.in/ ?

[chuchundra]

Did you add the folder via its network path or with the local path?

Can you share your jellyfin logs via https://sourceb.in/ ?

I added the folder via its local path. I'll check the logs when I get home.

[chuchundra]

Did you add the folder via its network path or with the local path?

Can you share your jellyfin logs via https://sourceb.in/ ?

This seems to be the issue

Code:

[2024-03-14 06:42:49.117 -07:00] [ERR] [50] Emby.Server.Implementations.IO.LibraryMonitor: Error watching path: "C:\nzbget"
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Error reading the C:\nzbget directory.
  at System.IO.FileSystemWatcher.StartRaisingEvents()
  at System.IO.FileSystemWatcher.StartRaisingEventsIfNotDisposed()
  at System.IO.FileSystemWatcher.set_EnableRaisingEvents(Boolean value)

[TheDreadPirate]

Permissions issue? Did you change permissions to restrict network access and borked local access? Is your Jellyfin a basic install or service install?

[chuchundra]

Looks like it was a permissions issue. I added "Everyone" to the folder access permission and then it worked. Odd, because it was working fine and then stopped and I don't think I made any changes.

I installed Jellyfin through WinGetUI and the install seems a bit weird compared to when I downloaded and installed it on my desktop as a test.

Anyway, thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction.