Team Drive + Rclone Mount + Plex? Why doesn't this work? Maximally frustrating

xigeyep956 · July 25, 2022, 5:46pm

What is the problem you are having with rclone?

I don't know that this is a problem with rclone, but I have to start somewhere.

Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.

rclone v1.59.0

os/version: ubuntu 18.04 (64 bit)
os/kernel: 4.15.0-176-generic (x86_64)
os/type: linux
os/arch: amd64
go/version: go1.18.3
go/linking: static
go/tags: none

Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)

Google Team Drive

The command you were trying to run (eg `rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp`)

rclone mount newplex: newplex/ --vfs-cache-mode full --allow-other --vfs-write-back 3h --vfs-read-ahead 1G --timeout 1h

The rclone config contents with secrets removed.

Encrypted

The actual problem I'm having, I don't understand.

I've been using a VPS to run Plex, and it has been working fine on my unlimited google drive. I don't feel comfortable having my gdrive accessible via rclone on the VPS, so I decided to move plex to a shared drive, and access only through there.

One back end works, one doesn't.

Configuration A:
UnlimitedGdrive: -> Crypt -> Union
Then I'm mounting the union.
This command works just fine:

rclone mount union: media --vfs-cache-mode writes --vfs-read-ahead 1G --tpslimit 10 --tpslimit-burst 10 --allow-other --umask 000 --allow-non-empty --timeout 1h

I'm trying to do something new, though.

My newplex: remote is a crypt of a teamdrive.

When I mount newplex: I can ls through all the files, I can see everything from the filesystem. Plex cannot see anything in there. Plex is considering the mounted directory to be empty, almost as if --allow-other isn't working.

I don't know what to do next. The only difference I can think of is that it's a team drive... but why should that matter? If I can mount the crypt and ls through it, and du -sh returns 11G of video in there... why can't plex see it?
I've even tried using an identical mount command, and still nothing.

Please help

EDIT: Is there an advanced config I need to enable with the Team Drive? I apologize for not posting my configs, I'm not sure how I can do that... They're encrypted.

EDIT 2:
newplex: mount with -vv. I also cd'd into the dir, and ls'd it and can see what belongs there is present. Then I used mkdir in there with a test directory.


2022/07/25 19:50:07 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.59.0" starting with parameters ["rclone" "mount" "newplex:" "newplex/" "--vfs-cache-mode" "full" "--allow-other" "--vfs-write-back" "3h" "--vfs-read-ahead" "1G" "--timeout" "1h" "-vv"]
2022/07/25 19:50:07 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "newplex:"
2022/07/25 19:50:07 DEBUG : Using RCLONE_CONFIG_PASS password.
2022/07/25 19:50:07 DEBUG : Using config file from "/home/user/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"
2022/07/25 19:50:07 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "team-gdrive:Encrypted"
2022/07/25 19:50:08 DEBUG : vfs cache: root is "/home/user/.cache/rclone"
2022/07/25 19:50:08 DEBUG : vfs cache: data root is "/home/user/.cache/rclone/vfs/newplex"
2022/07/25 19:50:08 DEBUG : vfs cache: metadata root is "/home/user/.cache/rclone/vfsMeta/newplex"
2022/07/25 19:50:08 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "/home/user/.cache/rclone/vfs/newplex/"
2022/07/25 19:50:08 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "/home/user/.cache/rclone/vfsMeta/newplex/"
2022/07/25 19:50:08 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'newplex:': Mounting on "newplex/"
2022/07/25 19:50:08 INFO  : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 0 (was 0) in use 0, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 0 (was 0)
2022/07/25 19:50:08 DEBUG : : Root:
2022/07/25 19:50:08 DEBUG : : >Root: node=/, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:51:08 DEBUG : Google drive root 'Encrypted': Checking for changes on remote
2022/07/25 19:51:08 INFO  : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 0 (was 0) in use 0, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 0 (was 0)
2022/07/25 19:52:01 DEBUG : /: Attr:
2022/07/25 19:52:01 DEBUG : /: >Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxr-xr-x, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:02 DEBUG : : Statfs:
2022/07/25 19:52:03 DEBUG : Google drive root 'Encrypted': read info from Shared Drive "External"
2022/07/25 19:52:03 DEBUG : : >Statfs: stat={Blocks:274877906944 Bfree:274877906944 Bavail:274877906944 Files:1000000000 Ffree:1000000000 Bsize:4096 Namelen:255 Frsize:4096}, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:03 DEBUG : /: Attr:
2022/07/25 19:52:03 DEBUG : /: >Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxr-xr-x, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:03 DEBUG : : Statfs:
2022/07/25 19:52:03 DEBUG : : >Statfs: stat={Blocks:274877906944 Bfree:274877906944 Bavail:274877906944 Files:1000000000 Ffree:1000000000 Bsize:4096 Namelen:255 Frsize:4096}, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:03 DEBUG : : Statfs:
2022/07/25 19:52:03 DEBUG : : >Statfs: stat={Blocks:274877906944 Bfree:274877906944 Bavail:274877906944 Files:1000000000 Ffree:1000000000 Bsize:4096 Namelen:255 Frsize:4096}, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:03 DEBUG : : Statfs:
2022/07/25 19:52:03 DEBUG : : >Statfs: stat={Blocks:274877906944 Bfree:274877906944 Bavail:274877906944 Files:1000000000 Ffree:1000000000 Bsize:4096 Namelen:255 Frsize:4096}, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:08 DEBUG : Google drive root 'Encrypted': Checking for changes on remote
2022/07/25 19:52:08 INFO  : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 0 (was 0) in use 0, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 0 (was 0)
2022/07/25 19:52:43 DEBUG : /: Attr:
2022/07/25 19:52:43 DEBUG : /: >Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxr-xr-x, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:44 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:
2022/07/25 19:52:44 DEBUG : /: >ReadDirAll: item=7, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:44 DEBUG : /: Lookup: name="Movies"
2022/07/25 19:52:44 DEBUG : /: >Lookup: node=Movies/, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:44 DEBUG : Movies/: Attr:
2022/07/25 19:52:44 DEBUG : Movies/: >Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxr-xr-x, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:44 DEBUG : /: Lookup: name="TV Shows"
2022/07/25 19:52:44 DEBUG : /: >Lookup: node=TV Shows/, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:44 DEBUG : TV Shows/: Attr:
2022/07/25 19:52:44 DEBUG : TV Shows/: >Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxr-xr-x, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:44 DEBUG : /: Lookup: name="Testing"
2022/07/25 19:52:44 DEBUG : /: >Lookup: node=Testing/, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:44 DEBUG : Testing/: Attr:
2022/07/25 19:52:44 DEBUG : Testing/: >Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxr-xr-x, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:51 DEBUG : /: Attr:
2022/07/25 19:52:51 DEBUG : /: >Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxr-xr-x, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:56 DEBUG : /: Lookup: name="test-dir"
2022/07/25 19:52:56 DEBUG : /: >Lookup: node=<nil>, err=no such file or directory
2022/07/25 19:52:56 DEBUG : /: Mkdir: name="test-dir"
2022/07/25 19:52:56 DEBUG : : Added virtual directory entry vAddDir: "test-dir"
2022/07/25 19:52:56 DEBUG : /: >Mkdir: node=test-dir/, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:56 DEBUG : test-dir/: Attr:
2022/07/25 19:52:56 DEBUG : test-dir/: >Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxr-xr-x, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:52:59 DEBUG : /: Attr:
2022/07/25 19:52:59 DEBUG : /: >Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxr-xr-x, err=<nil>
2022/07/25 19:53:08 DEBUG : Google drive root 'Encrypted': Checking for changes on remote
2022/07/25 19:53:08 INFO  : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 0 (was 0) in use 0, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 0 (was 0)
2022/07/25 19:53:08 DEBUG : : changeNotify: relativePath="test-dir", type=0
2022/07/25 19:53:08 DEBUG : : invalidating directory cache
2022/07/25 19:53:08 DEBUG : : >changeNotify:

I just don't get it. Everything looks fine to me.

Why would Plex be able to see this mount:
Gdrive: -> Crypt: -> Union:
But not this mount:
TeamDrive: -> Crypt:

I can ls in there and see everything that should be there.... I just don't understand, and it's infuriating. I also don't have sudo access so I'm limited in what I can do

Animosity022 · July 25, 2022, 7:47pm

Without seeing the rclone configuration, it's pretty difficult to guess what's going on as it's something in the config if you aren't seeing files.

xigeyep956 · July 26, 2022, 12:35am

It took some work, but I figured out the password to unencrypt it.

Does this help?

[gdrive]
type = drive
scope = drive
token = {"access_token":"yadgasdfasdf
team_drive =

[plex]
type = crypt
remote = gdrive:plex
password = asdgdasdf
password2 = asdfawrea

[union]
type = union
upstreams = plex::ro /home/user/local

[team-gdrive]
type = drive
scope = drive
token = {"access_token":"j8g9paerpiauslhfkdj$
team_drive = 0AIsJtkVsfVwRUk9PVA
root_folder_id =

[newplex]
type = crypt
remote = team-gdrive:Encrypted
password = jaelksdf
password2 = uialsasdfj

Animosity022 · July 26, 2022, 3:11am

What of those remotes you have setup aren't working?

What's the output of the problematic remote with a rclone ls ?

xigeyep956 · July 26, 2022, 6:15pm

The output looks fine. rclone ls shows me what's stored in there.

Further, when I mount the remote I want to read with Plex, I can ls the mounted directory and see everything. I can mkdir in there, and the new folders show up in the rclone remote.
So it seems to be mount-related somehow.

When I browse to the folder from within Plex, it appears as if its empty. When I manually input the full path for plex to use and scan for media, it comes up empty.

But if I ls the directory that's mounted, I see everything that's there. Even if I copy something new into the remote from a different machine, it shows up fairly quickly in the mount. Plex just can't see into there, even with --allow-other and I just don't understand what could be causing this.

Animosity022 · July 26, 2022, 6:17pm

I can't offer much without specific details of which ones are working / what's not working and some output to look at.

You have to share specifics so we can help out.

nle · July 27, 2022, 1:40pm

Sounds possibly like a permission error on the mount. Does plex have the rights to read the mounted directory?

xigeyep956 · July 29, 2022, 11:42pm

The encrypted gdrive union mount works.
The one that isn't working is the encrypted google team drive vfs mount.

The mount that works is union: and the one that doesn't work is called newplex:

For some reason, when I mount newplex: to a directory, Plex cannot see anything in it. Through my terminal, I can ls the directory and see everything that's in the encrypted team gdrive storage. The things I want plex to be able to see, ls can see. I can cp things in and out. All works perfectly fine. Except that Plex cannot see anything in there. It's acting like it's an empty directory. I cannot figure out why.

xigeyep956 · July 29, 2022, 11:43pm

I would think so. I'm passing --allow-other --umask 000 to the mount. I don't see why plex would be able to see one and not the other. Maybe I need to chown something, I'm not sure. How would I check on this?

system · August 28, 2022, 11:43pm

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