"Movies" empty help

[gvbri0]

Server Version: 1.43.0.10492-121068a07

Hello

I am a plex noob, i am on UBUNTU, the plex web library will not show the media (one movie) i have in the directory

my directory is locating at /Movies/<media>

i have done sudo chmod 755 /Movies

i have done sudo chmod 644 / Memories\ Of\ Murder\ \(2003\)

the group and owner are both set to plex

plex can see the folder and the media file (which is an MP4) when navigating in the web GUI but it will not show up inside the web interface

what am i doing wrong? i know there is a bunch of posts about this already but i CANNOT figure it out smh

[napolij]

As long as you’ve created a Movie library, which it looks like you have, all you need to do is copy your Memories of Murder folder/media under Movies. You don’t have to add it as another movie library, which it kind of looks like you’re doing. Apologies if I’m mis-interpreting you pics.

[gvbri0]

Thanks for the response, i have added the movie to the /Movies directory and set the permissions to 644 but it still wont show

the full path for the movie is /Movies/Memories of Murder (2003)

[napolij]

And I hate to ask the obvious question, but you did create this as a “Movie” type library and not a TV Series library, correct?

[gvbri0]

no please ask, and yes, you’re talking about on the web interface? it was created as a “Movie” library in the web interface

Also just tested creating a library using “Other Videos” and it also is not working

[gvbri0]

oh for the love of god the extensions were wrong, i must have missed that

SOLVED: sudo mv Memories\ Of\ Murder\ (2003) Memories\ Of\ Murder\ (2003).mp4

[napolij]

Lol, yeah, I get the frustration, (shocker), I was once a noob myself, lol! I definitely went through a learning curve and I still learn still all the time. Don’t feel bad about that. Just be the sponge and absorb it.

I created a test folder in my own Movie folder and coped a test .mp4 into it and it matched right away.

Ok, just saw something, Directories need to be 755, not 644. That’s ok for files but not folders/directories

[napolij]

LOL, ok, please don’t ask me how many times I have fat-fingered a file name.
Good catch.

[gvbri0]

for reals, thanks!!