Plex Media Server-cant see folders to add to library

[Tony_W]

Hi,

just trying unraid as I want to move from current setup of Win 7, Plex & Qbittorrent.

 

Unraid dead easy to install and get running, really impressed.

I've set up a few shared folders which I can access easily via Windows or ios.

Loaded PlexMediaServer (lime version) no problem.

However when I try to add folders to my library I cannot see the shared folders...

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong please?

I've read all the items in the forums here and plex.tv but can't find an answer to fix the issue.

the photo shows the folders avail, which dont contain my shared folders...

 

 

Edited September 29, 2021 by Tony_W

[Squid]

Click the slash.   That'll take you to the root of the container.  Then you should see /movies or whatever mapping you made in the template

Edited September 13, 2017 by Squid

[Tony_W]

Thanks for the quick reply Squid;

I tried that and it still didnt show the folders.

when you say "mapping made in the template"...what do you mean please?

[trurl]

See the Docker FAQ linked below. Lots of important information there. The very first article linked in the FAQ will tell you what we need to help you.

 

https://forums.lime-technology.com/topic/57181-real-docker-faq/

 

[Tony_W]

Sorted!

Found the answer, eventually in one of the guides.

All I had to do was add the folders within the docker container as additional volumes/folders and hey presto.

 

Just need to sort out Qbittorrent, Dropbox and a vnc within the next 26 days. If all that works I might just go with unraid, although I've yet to try Amahi.

[PolicyPaul]

Ah! thank you for this writeup. Helped a ton.

[Zonediver]

...what the heck is giffgaff???

EDIT: A network provider... lol 🤣

Edited September 29, 2021 by Zonediver

[bombz]

On 9/13/2017 at 5:35 PM, Tony_W said:

Sorted!

Found the answer, eventually in one of the guides.

All I had to do was add the folders within the docker container as additional volumes/folders and hey presto.

 

 

Care to explain this ?

[SonOfWidsom]

 

On 12/8/2023 at 11:24 PM, bombz said:

All I had to do was add the folders within the docker container as additional volumes/folders and hey presto.

 

I know this is very old, but it helped me a bunch (thanks @bombz), so I thought I'd elaborate just a bit. 

 

My plex media is on a different server, a synology NAS - sitting on the same network as my Unraid (which I'm only using for the Plex Server.  When setting up Unraid, I added a few remote NFS shares.  From the Main panel, they look like this:

 

Even though these shares have a path on my unraid server (/mnt/remotes/THESDG_dci), my Docker Plex install can't see them until I add these paths to the Plex Docker config:

 

 

(and the create/edit view)

 

Once those were in place, the files were browsable by plex so I could re-link my libraries (I was relocating my plex server from the synology to the unraid).