I have TrueNAS scale virtualized in Proxmox. I created a smb share that I can access on my windows 10 computer by entering the ip address of my TrueNAS and the following folder:
\\10.XX.XX.XXX\prox-share
I can add files to this share on TrueNAS from my Windows 10 machine. So, I know the share is working. On the share, I have created the folder MEDIA. Inside MEDIA, I placed the folders named movies and shows.
When I go into Jellyfin and click on add media library, I select content type: movies.
Then enter the display name of “Movies”.
Then I go to folders and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get this to work. At the bottom where it says “Shared network folder:” I enter 10.XX.XX.XXX/prox-share. Then for folder, if I put “/media/movies”, I get the message "The path could not be found. Please ensure the path is valid and try again ". When I just enter /media (instead of /media/movies) in the folder name, it will accept that, but none of my movies are showing up in my media.
Any idea on what I am doing wrong? Thanks!
“Shared network folder” in Jellyfin doesn’t do what you think it does. 😛 I agree it’s rather confusing. It’s just a convenient link to a Windows share which you can open from the Jellyfin app if you want to browse the files and they happen to also be shared as a Windows share. It’s NOT where Jellyfin takes the files from.
Jellyfin can only index files accessible to it locally. Share the files from TrueNAS to the machine or container running Jellyfin, then point Jellyfin to the directory where you mounted the share. I recommend NFS rather than Samba for this purpose.