hi all,
FreeNas 11.0 here,
I finally got Plex to work - the plugin works super easy but when I go to add storage to it, I notice the following oddities:
I have mounted my as follows:
a.)
source = /[my SMB share]
destination = /media
Everything works great.
b.)
source = /[my SMB share]
destination = /var/db/plexdata/Plex Media Server/Media
Everything works BUT no matter what I do, it would not create thumbnails. Not for photos, movie files, anything.
I can put one file into the SMB share, create in plex two libraries and point each at a different "destinations" one at /media and the other at /var/db/plexdata/Plex Media Server/Media and both will show the file, but the latter would not show any thumbnail at all. It'll happily play the movie or show the picture, but no thumbnail.
My SMB share is on a volume with Windows permission type and me as the Owner and a group that contains only myself.
The SMB share is a normal SMB share with "browsable to network clients" but not allowing guest access.
To my noobish mind, this does not seem a "permissions" thing (as the /media one works just fine) but is more of a jails issue?
Anyhow, I'd like to have files in what is default for Plex if possible. Hopefully you learned folks can point me in the right direction. I thank you in advance.
C
my freeNAS specs: i7 2600S, 16Gb RAM, 3x1Tb WD Green HDD.
FreeNas 11.0 here,
I finally got Plex to work - the plugin works super easy but when I go to add storage to it, I notice the following oddities:
I have mounted my as follows:
a.)
source = /[my SMB share]
destination = /media
Everything works great.
b.)
source = /[my SMB share]
destination = /var/db/plexdata/Plex Media Server/Media
Everything works BUT no matter what I do, it would not create thumbnails. Not for photos, movie files, anything.
I can put one file into the SMB share, create in plex two libraries and point each at a different "destinations" one at /media and the other at /var/db/plexdata/Plex Media Server/Media and both will show the file, but the latter would not show any thumbnail at all. It'll happily play the movie or show the picture, but no thumbnail.
My SMB share is on a volume with Windows permission type and me as the Owner and a group that contains only myself.
The SMB share is a normal SMB share with "browsable to network clients" but not allowing guest access.
To my noobish mind, this does not seem a "permissions" thing (as the /media one works just fine) but is more of a jails issue?
Anyhow, I'd like to have files in what is default for Plex if possible. Hopefully you learned folks can point me in the right direction. I thank you in advance.
C
my freeNAS specs: i7 2600S, 16Gb RAM, 3x1Tb WD Green HDD.
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