Allow Media Center services see another drive

Posted by taganof

I have setup sparkbox but when i try and download a movie or tv show using prowlarr or sonarr, the current path is the default path. my HDD where i want to be able to download and save torrents to and keep my films and tv shows on as well does not show up when choosing another path. sparkbox install is on sdb1 and my other harddrive is on sda1 which is mounted at mnt/storage

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Chris wrote:

Thanks for being clear about the setup. Adding a second drive to SparkBox is absolutely possible, but it's one of those integrations Tom handles personally to make sure it works right. I'm flagging this to him now. Quick question while he looks at it: does /mnt/storage show up when you browse files in the Files app inside SparkBox (check your dashboard under Files or Tools)? That'll tell us if the container can see the mount—important detail for getting Sonarr/Prowlarr wired in correctly.

taganof wrote:

the filebrowser app default password provided in the passwords section of settings is invalid

Chris wrote:

Good catch, and sorry for the runaround. FileBrowser's login is username admin (all lowercase) at http://<your-box-ip:8086 — worth confirming the username first, since that trips people up even more often than the password does. If the password shown in Settings is still rejected, the cleanest fix is to let SparkBox regenerate and re-apply it for you. SSH into your box and run: sudo sparkbox reset-password filebrowser That sets a fresh admin password, applies it directly into FileBrowser, and prints the new one on screen — log in with that printed password. If it still won't take afterward, tell me here and I'll dig in further.

taganof wrote:

i have gotten into the file browser but the only files i can access are in /opt/sparkbox/data/media

Chris wrote:

That's actually the clue we needed — thanks for checking. FileBrowser and your media apps are only handed your SparkBox media library, so anything outside it (like /mnt/storage) simply won't show up yet — nothing's wrong on your end. To bring that drive in as your library + download location, set it as MEDIAROOT in /opt/sparkbox/.env: MEDIAROOT=/mnt/storage then run sudo sparkbox up, and finish with sudo sparkbox check-media-perms — it grants the apps safe write access without changing who owns your files. Tom's guide walks it through: https://tomsparkbox.com/guides/use-existing-ugreen-media.html. Tom's aware of your setup too, so shout if anything's still stuck!