May 22, 2024

Jellyfin – Error in Directory watcher for: “/media/movies” System.IO.IOException: The configured user limit (8192) on the number of inotify watches has been reached.

Correct this error on Jellyfin (Linux):

Debian or RedHat flavor:

echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.d/40-max-user-watches.conf && sudo sysctl -p

1	echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 \| sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.d/40-max-user-watches.conf && sudo sysctl -p

Archlinux:

echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/40-max-user-watches.conf && sudo sysctl --system

1	echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 \| sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/40-max-user-watches.conf && sudo sysctl --system