2 minutes ago, acozad1 said:

So how would suggest that I do that? Just create a path for that to be put on my array or cache?

Delete that plex and start over with a new plex docker. Personally, I use linuxserver.io but the principles are the same.

 

A new install of plex should have a template that already has the appdata mapping in it. You just need to add another volume mapping for your media.

 

 

If you delete that plex docker, I'm not sure the docker image will recover all that space, so you might have to recreate the docker image again.

Got it. I will try that tonight and hopefully I will do it right this time. Thanks again. 

How should I handle the trans-coding part of Plex? Really appreciate your opinion and help.

Just installed it. How does this one look. I deleted my dockers, and went with your suggestion on the Plex download.

No. You have taken the /config mapping and changed it to point to /movie. This is pretty much the mistake you have been making all along.

 

Start over. Delete and recreate docker image. Go with a fresh install of that docker. DON'T change the mapping already in the template in any way. You need to ADD one or more PATHS for your media and leave that /config mapping just as it is in the template so Plex will have someplace for its library.

 

Don't worry about transcoding. The default transcoding will work fine.

 

Do you have any idea what these volume mappings are about?

I have been learning about volume mapping. I am trying to do that now. Cant seem to get the new plex to see my media. So I am trying to add a path to let Plex see my media.

15 minutes ago, acozad1 said:

add a path

Yes. Add a path. Don't change the path that is already there for /config, the plex appdata. It needs that path to store its library. When you hijack it like you did, then it will store its library anyway, but since it isn't mapped, it winds up inside the docker image, filling it up.

Awesome. Thank you. So my tv shows are here: /mnt/user/Media/TV Shows/

 

So my question is when i add the path do i need to put anything in the container path. I have put the above in the path and opened plex but nothing showed up.

 

Not sure why this is happening?

Edited April 19, 20197 yr by acozad1

This is the settings

Did i mess this up again. here is the app config file. Sorry.

No. That is exactly the wrong thing you had before. Why did you change the /config path again?

Still wrong. You should have 2 paths. One for /config and one for /media.

 

Dam it. Sorry about this. My bad.

Are you starting from scratch? Or are you trying to reuse the settings you already messed up? Go to the Apps page. DO NOT use the Previous Apps feature, that will just give you the template you already messed up. Search for the plex docker you want to use and make a completely new one.

And of course, the first step of "starting from scratch" in your case means you need to delete and recreate the docker image yet again.

I am really sorry about this. I have deleted everything again. I have reinstalled the docker. Now i am not going to move. Hahahaha.

OK. You now have the required /config mapping. But you don't have any mapping for your media, so you won't be able to find any of it from Plex.

22 minutes ago, BRiT said:

You should have 2 paths. One for /config and one for /media.

1 hour ago, trurl said:

You need to ADD one or more PATHS for your media

 

 

You can actually go with that one and ADD other paths.

 

Since it has the /config mapping, the plex library actually is in mapped storage now instead of inside the docker image. So, assuming you don't mess that part up again, you don't need to delete and recreate your docker image.

 

You just need to edit that docker and add one or more paths for your media.

Perhaps the thing that has you messing things up is you don't know how to add another mapping, so you just keep opening that one mapping and changing it.

 

Edit that container by clicking on its icon and selecting Edit, then post a screenshot of the Update Container page you get.

Ok. You are right. So i made another path. So my question is what should i put in the container path?

Are you sure that Host Path is correct? Linux is case sensitive and /mnt/user/media isn't the same as /mnt/user/Media.

 

Whatever you put as the Container Path is where the container will see the files in the Host Path. That is what "mapping" means.

Yes. I used this drop down.

I see from this:

55 minutes ago, acozad1 said:

my tv shows are here: /mnt/user/Media/TV Shows/

that /mnt/user/Media is probably correct.

 

To give you a more specific answer to this:

7 minutes ago, acozad1 said:

what should i put in the container path?

if you put /media, then when you are in Plex, you will find your files in /media.

Ok. I will give it a shot. Thank you for everything on this. I know, I am probably driving you up the wall whit my stupid problems.