Easy fix for Linux users that have problems with Plex
seeing their media files.
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Plex Can't Find My Files. Easy Fix!
Plex can't find my files!
This is a common complaint with Linux users and
many fixes aren't so easy.
Until now.
Mount your media drives so they can be accessed by Plex in a few simple steps.
After hours of wading through posts of how to get Plex to recognize your media drives I have come up with a simple solution that does not require changing your fstab file or changing permissions of your drive.
It also doesn't require you to change the user to root in the Plex config file. Instead I will show you how to change permissions of the folder where your hard drives are mounted.
This tutorial assumes that your hard drives are mounted in file system/media/(User Name) folder.
If your drives are mounted in a different folder then use that path with these instructions.
First we need to mount you hard drive(s) that contain your movie / tv files.
Next open the file system folder. You do this by clicking on File System in the side bar of your file browser.
Now right click on a blank area of that screen and select "Open as Administrator"
Enter your password in the permissions box.
A new window will open up. You are now in the File System folder and have root permissions.
Right click on the media folder and select Properties.
From the Properties window select the Permissions tab at the top.
Change the Owner to your user name. Change folder access to Create and Delete files.
Next change Group to your user name and in the Folder Access area change it to Access Files.
Under Others change Folder Access to Access Files.
Now click on Apply Permissions to Enclosed files.
Double click on the media folder to open it.
You will see a folder with your user name.
Do the same as you did above using the same steps.
When finished close the file browser windows.
Unmount you hard drives and restart your pc or you can use the following command to restart the Plex Media service;
sudo service plexmediaserver restart
Now mount your hard drive(s)
Open Plex and have it scan your media drive(s).
It should now recognize the drive and files and add them to your library.
Enjoy and hope this was helpful.
TaZ
This is a common complaint with Linux users and
many fixes aren't so easy.
Until now.
Mount your media drives so they can be accessed by Plex in a few simple steps.
After hours of wading through posts of how to get Plex to recognize your media drives I have come up with a simple solution that does not require changing your fstab file or changing permissions of your drive.
It also doesn't require you to change the user to root in the Plex config file. Instead I will show you how to change permissions of the folder where your hard drives are mounted.
This tutorial assumes that your hard drives are mounted in file system/media/(User Name) folder.
If your drives are mounted in a different folder then use that path with these instructions.
First we need to mount you hard drive(s) that contain your movie / tv files.
Next open the file system folder. You do this by clicking on File System in the side bar of your file browser.
Now right click on a blank area of that screen and select "Open as Administrator"
Enter your password in the permissions box.
A new window will open up. You are now in the File System folder and have root permissions.
Right click on the media folder and select Properties.
From the Properties window select the Permissions tab at the top.
Change the Owner to your user name. Change folder access to Create and Delete files.
Next change Group to your user name and in the Folder Access area change it to Access Files.
Under Others change Folder Access to Access Files.
Now click on Apply Permissions to Enclosed files.
Double click on the media folder to open it.
You will see a folder with your user name.
Do the same as you did above using the same steps.
When finished close the file browser windows.
Unmount you hard drives and restart your pc or you can use the following command to restart the Plex Media service;
sudo service plexmediaserver restart
Now mount your hard drive(s)
Open Plex and have it scan your media drive(s).
It should now recognize the drive and files and add them to your library.
Enjoy and hope this was helpful.
TaZ
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