Why don't newly added albums appear when browsing my Logitech Media Server (LMS) share using WiiM app?

[d6jg]

Just read back and I see it is docker on some kind of server with presumably an NVMe OS drive and separate Raid storage

Not 100% what you are looking for but the principles are set out here - https://lyrion.org/getting-started/...-an-lms-application-to-your-container-station

Your docker image needs to be set up to "see" the correct Music folder inside the Docker Compose config file. This should be the same on any hardware.

As this is Lyrion specific and a little unusual - not a NAS - I suggest you post your question here - https://forums.lyrion.org/forum/user-forums/logitech-media-server

 

[simbun]

Because when I copy new albums to the Music share on the RAID array, LMS is looking at the Music folder on the default drive.

Yes but you said only new music was impacted, meaning there must be some in the current path.

 

[d6jg]

Yes but you said only new music was impacted, meaning there must be some in the current path.

He quite clearly has "some" files on the NVMe drive as well as in the RAID folder.

 

[simbun]

He quite clearly has "some" files on the NVMe drive as well as in the RAID folder.

Yes so he'll need to mount an additional volume in the docker container rather than change it, and configure LMS to index both.

So, I need LMS to look at this folder instead of the default Music folder,

 

[d6jg]

Yes so he'll need to mount an additional volume in the docker container rather than change it, and configure LMS to index both.

I suspect a duplication but if not then yes of course he will.

There was earlier talk of Emby which may or may not be in a Docker. If it is in Docker then it should be pretty similar Compose file.

 

[M1ke2345]

Please describe EXACTLY what hardware is involved and what OS is running on each and I should be able to answer.

LMS is running in a Docker container, on an Ubuntu server (set up by a friend of mine, as it's out of my knowledge base)

 

[M1ke2345]

I suspect a duplication but if not then yes of course he will.

There was earlier talk of Emby which may or may not be in a Docker. If it is in Docker then it should be pretty similar Compose file.

Emby app shows all and any new folders added to the Music folder.

 

[rccarguy]

Why do you need to run LMS under docker container in Linux? I recall installing it directly years ago in Linux

 

[d6jg]

LMS is running in a Docker container, on an Ubuntu server (set up by a friend of mine, as it's out of my knowledge base)

You’ll need to get your friend back. He hasn’t set up the Docker container correctly.

 

[M1ke2345]

**UPDATE - PROBLEM SOLVED!!**

A buddy and I (mainly him if I’m honest) finally figured it out (he’s a super brained tech).

I asked him, if it could have anything to do with the way that I initially ripped the music and then copied it to the server hard drive.

He asked me what I meant and I explained that sometimes after I’ve ripped an album on my laptop, I will copy it over USB to an SSD drive and then physically connect that drive to my server in the garage and copy the music from that drive to the music folder on the server.

I also explained that sometimes I use the mapped network drive on my laptop to copy and paste the rips directly into the music folder on the server across the network (Wi-Fi).

He kind of emitted a Hmmm type sound and said to leave it with him (I think he went into full nerd mode).

Next thing I know, I get a message ping across saying that it was indeed the permissions issue and that it is now all working and all folders are visible within LMS.

1st thing I do of course, is open up the WiiM app to check, And by jove, he was absolutely spot-on! All of my newly ripped albums were in indeed visible and playable. :yikes:

He did offer to give me a full explanation of the problem, but I declined! He also said that this was just a temporary fix (for whatever reason) and that he would work on a permanent fix in the background for me.

He also gave me a couple of scripts that I can run in terminal that will force a permissions update if I add any more files in the short term, but he plans to implement a fix that we just update on the fly.

I want to thank everybody in this thread for contributing and keeping me sane by trying to help.

Thanks again everyone.