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JRiver Media Server not showing pictures or videos
wellywu:
With Windows 10 Pro 64 bit version 1909 on my Huawei, client options that are checked include auto sync with server, play local file if one found on media server is identical and show playback zones on server. Audio conversion is set to don't convert audio at 24 bits. Image and video are set to original.
I doubt that this could be an issue, but could it be that I need to know special Ubuntu Uncomplicated Firewall network ports to get this fixed? I got 52199 via HTTP set in UFW and my Verizon router along with Ivacy VPN's NAT firewall + port forwarding. I got no problems connecting to my media server at home. My three PCs are in my bedroom.
I don't get why this problem exists. I should be able to see images and videos from my media server just like on my ASUS GL702ZC running Linux Mint 19.2 64 bit which I do so this PC is not a problem with JRiver Media Server.
This puzzles me.
wellywu:
On my mid-2017 AVA Direct running Linux Mint 19.2 64 bit "Tina" GNU/Linux, my media libraries exist under /media/wellywu/WDBlack6TB. I use this Western Digital Black 6TB 7200 RPM hard disk drive to store my media content for both JRiver Media Center 25.0.113 64 bit Master License and Plex Media Server 1.17.x 64 bit. I followed this guide to get Plex Media Server to access my media folders. It's a long read, but I think that this is a file ownership and permissions issue:
Plex is run under plex username, so you may encounter the following permission issues:
Ubuntu restricts access to /media/$USER through ACL (that's the "+" when you ls -l /media). Solution below.
Your drives may not be mounted to allow plex user to read it. Check it with ls -l on the drive or folder that cause issue, to see the group owner, group permissions and user permissions. Solution below.
Your folder may not allow plex user or group to read it. Use sudo chmod -R u+r FOLDER to allow all users. Or add flex user to the folder group (see below) and use sudo chmod -R g+r FOLDER.
Fix permissions to allow Plex to access /media/$USER
Check which group you and plex belong to:
groups
groups plex
Now, add plex user to your user group, and allow this group to access /media/$USER:
MYGROUP="$USER"
sudo usermod -a -G $MYGROUP plex
sudo chown $USER:$MYGROUP /media/$USER
sudo chmod 750 /media/$USER
sudo setfacl -m g:$MYGROUP:rwx /media/$USER
sudo service plexmediaserver restart
Fix permissions of NTFS partitions
NTFS partitions must be mounted with appropriate read rights in /etc/fstab:
Check your user and group id (1000 and 1000 in example):
id
Edit /etc/fstab to mount the drive with read permissions for your user group and for all users (cf. umask, which is 777 less the desired "chmod" number):
UUID="XXXXXX" /media/USERNAME/MOUNTPOINT ntfs rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=002 0 0
Fix permissions of mdadm RAID disks
If you're using mdadm, this may be needed in /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf:
CREATE mode=0775
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edited Oct 15 '16 at 10:09
answered Mar 15 '15 at 13:27
KrisWebDev
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My media folders where owner/group my username (which for some reason was stopping the thumbnails from being generated)... Once I ran usermod -a -G username plex and then sudo service plexmediaserver restart and did a "Force Refresh" the thumbnails all downloaded correctly :) Probably not the correct fix but it works. – Tod Thomson Aug 7 '15 at 11:15
Thank you SOO MUCH. I have struggled with this so much and this is finally what worked. – chase Jan 4 '16 at 6:54
I think adding one of the flags in /etc/fstab did it for me, spent lots of time on other solutions but this one did it for me, thanks. – alistaircol Dec 26 '17 at 22:11
I know it's a lot to dump in this thread and it's not directly related to JRiver, but this is what I had to do to get Plex Media Server to access my media content. My WD Black 6TB is formatted EXT4 not Microsoft Windows NTFS so I never created the /etc/fstab rule at boot up.
wellywu:
How do I connect to MC Server with Panel?
Sorry for the newbie question. Just trying to help others to help me.
If this does not work, then I am installing Linux Mint 19.2 64 bit "Tina" GNU/Linux on my mid-2018 Huawei Matebook X Pro ultrabook in the near future. That should fix it. It should also allow me to use my Silicondust HDHomeRun Connect Quatro and Antop AT-402B antenna to watch live television + DVR in a GNU/Linux environment because I can't do that from Windows 10 Pro 64 bit to my Plex Media Server running Linux Mint 19.2 64 bit "Tina" at this time.
wellywu:
On my Huawei, images and videos says that there are no files and to double click to add files when connected to my JRiver media server using Windows. Yet, I see my audio, images and videos on my ASUS GL702ZC running Linux Mint and I can log into my Plex account in Firefox and Chrome to access the same media libraries and to watch live television + DVR. Yet, on Windows, I can not do that.
It looks like I need to install Linux Mint on my Huawei. I don't want to do that, but I'm running out of ideas and options here.
wellywu:
My girlfriend's name is Veronica. I gave her an old ASUS AS31E laptop and I installed Ubuntu 16.04.5 64 bit LTS GNU/Linux on it as the primary and sole desktop operating system. I also installed Teamviewer 14.x.y 64 bit and I have remote access to her laptop because she does not know a lot about computers or technology so I administer Linux on her laptop for her.
I just installed JRiver Media Center 25.0.113 64 bit Master License on her ASUS AS31E laptop and I logged into my own JRiver media server on my mid-2017 AVA Direct gaming desktop PC and I can access and play everything in my media libraries just fine. She lives in her own apartment separate from my apartment here in Nutley, New Jersey. I also logged into my Plex.tv account and I was able to stream my media library and watch live television + DVR while from her ASUS AS31E laptop at her apartment while it connected to my Plex Media Server on my mid-2017 AVA Direct gaming desktop PC at my apartment just fine. All this was done via Teamviewer and while performance lagged heavily, it was functional.
So, I really don't understand why Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64 bit version 1909 won't play bueno with my mid-2017 AVA Direct gaming desktop PC considering that my three PCs are inside my bedroom while connected to my Verizon FiOS Internet private network on the same IP address, subnet mask, and DNS for both JRiver Media Center and media server and Plex Media Server at my apartment. What gives? Do I have to change my desktop operating system on my Huawei ultrabook to Linux Mint? It seems so.
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