Media folder dont get displayed

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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Server Version#: 4.136.1
Synology NAS: DS923+
Nas Version: DSM 7.2.1-69057 Update 5

Using the Container-Manager of my Synology NAS i added a Container with the “linuxserver/plex” image and run it.
The Plex server is running fine, but the added media folder are not displaying any media.
I added the path in the container and enabled the rights for the internal user PlexMediaServer.

When i setup Plex the first time it worked, i then tried Jellyfin and Emby, and now wanted to return to Plex. But now no media is displayed.

How can i fix this?

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You can’t mix docker containers and Internal user PlexMediaServer
PlexMediaServer is the username used by the Native PMS app.
Why not use the native app?

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Thanks for your reply ChuckPA. That worked, so that i can use the App for now. But i would like to use the docker version, is there a possibility to make that work?

I like the container version, since i have more control over the container and can customize more settings around it.

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Best I can give you is overlaying the container on top of the native app.

How it works:

  1. You have PMS native installed and all data in “PlexMediaServer” shard folder.
  2. All the hooks into DSM are configured so you get HW transcoding, etc
  3. You then define a container whose mapping perfectly overlays the native app
    – UID and GID match
    – Directory structure match
    – Drive volumes match
  4. PMS sits there, installed but never started

You use the container PMS.

Given the restrictions in DSM 7, without running as ‘root’, this is best I can give you

Sound OK?

I have this all documented if you’re interested

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That sounds interesting, would be nice to see your documentation on that.

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