Where to put Jellyfin media files?

[p_7]

What app is this about, and its version: Jellyfin
What YunoHost version are you running: 12
What type of hardware are you using: Old laptop or computer

Describe your issue

Hello, I have installed jellyfin and nextcloud each to their own subdomains. I mostly want to use them to share home videos and photos.

In Jellyfin, it asks what directory I want to use to keep the media files. I am not sure, and can’t find an answer in the documentation.

On this page, Adding an external storage to your server | Yunohost , it says that /home/yunohost.multimedia will have files that are shared by multiple apps. So if I put files there, will Jellyfin be able to serve them?

Can I add this folder as “external storage” in nextcloud as well so users can use nextcloud to add files to Jellyfin? What ownership / permissions should it have?

EDIT: I found yunohost.multimedia/README.md at master · YunoHost-Apps/yunohost.multimedia · GitHub and added my user to the multimedia group. I hope that is right this is all so confusing.

Thanks. -P

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[tituspijean]

@p_7

Can I add this folder as “external storage” in nextcloud as well so users can use nextcloud to add files to Jellyfin? What ownership / permissions should it have?

EDIT: I found yunohost.multimedia/README.md at master · YunoHost-Apps/yunohost.multimedia · GitHub and added my user to the multimedia group. I hope that is right this is all so confusing.

That’s indeed the way to go, cf. the help message in the app’s page of your YunoHost webadmin:

The app can access YunoHost’s multimedia directories:
Choose one of the folders in /home/yunohost.multimedia/share upon configuration of your libraries.

Edit: I discover this is not mentioned in the post-install message, I’ll add it.

[p_7]

Thank you for the clarification.

Also I was happy to see that the folders are preconfigured in Nextcloud and accessible by default. Amazing! Thank you