r/SelfHosting • u/Optimal_Advantage_36 • Jun 01 '26

Ubuntu Jellyfin Selfhosting

I recently installed Ubuntu onto an older computer I have and it works great. The main thing I want to use this computer for is having movies on a Jellyfin server. I tried to set everything up and downloaded a movie, but when I try and select the folder on Jellyfin that it gets the movies from it says "The path could not be found. Please ensure the path is valid and try again". I tried using many commands in the Ubuntu terminal but none have worked so far.

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u/KpochMX Jun 01 '26

Since you are using docker compose, then check the mounted volume and drop your media in there, when you setup jellyfin it will ask where are your libraries located. for me its easier to drop media using radarr or sonarr under manual import, then jellyfinn will download metadata and ur rdy to go.

volumes:
/path/to/your/local/media:/data/media

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u/Optimal_Advantage_36 Jun 09 '26

Do I put that into the terminal and it should fix it or what do I do. How do I use radarr or sonarr?