Plex doesn't see file in mounted folder

paranoidnemo

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Nov 8, 2025
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Hi,
I've a LXC container with a plex installation in it. The container has a bindmount to a media folder (directory type on host) which contains two other folders (music and video).
For the LXC console I can see and browse all folder and files inside it but when I connect to the Plex web interface I see only the /mnt/media top folder and inside is empty. I tried to add the correct path inside Plex as a music library (/mnt/media/music) but the scan sais that the folder is empty. How can I fix it?

Kindly,
 
First step check that the bind mount is actually mounted to the LXC propley:
df -h
Next I'd run ls -al to check whether maybe its a permission issue if so chown it to the Plex user. Hope this helps
 
First step check that the bind mount is actually mounted to the LXC propley:
df -h
Next I'd run ls -al to check whether maybe its a permission issue if so chown it to the Plex user. Hope this helps
thanks for the reply.
dh -f gives me this (among other things)

/dev/sdb1 469G 79G 366G 18% /mnt/media

which says to me that the starting folder is mounted correctly.

ls -al for the subfolders gives me this

drwxr-xr-x 17 1000 10000 4096 Dec 21 15:55 music
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 10000 4096 Dec 1 15:42 video

those folders are mapped like that because are accessed also by other lxc container (that see them correctly). Maybe I missed something inside the container configuration? I think a chown will break everything else, or am I mistaken?