fixed in the way transcode is set up, all scripts in that folder adjusted

Transcodes/ramdisk_setup.sh

@@ -176,6 +176,38 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ━━━ $ICON_GEAR Transcoding-temp Directory ━━━
+# Creates the transcoding-temp folder on the ramdisk proactively.
+# If this folder doesn't exist on the ramdisk Emby creates it wherever it finds
+# a writable path first — which may be the SSD fallback — locking all sessions
+# onto SSD even when the symlink points at the ramdisk.
+# Creating it here guarantees Emby always finds it on the ramdisk at session start.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+echo ""
+echo "━━━ $ICON_GEAR Transcoding Temp Directory ━━━"
+
+TRANSCODE_TEMP_DIR="${RAMDISK_PATH}/transcoding-temp"
+
+if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]]; then
+    warn "DRY RUN — would create $TRANSCODE_TEMP_DIR"
+else
+    if [[ -d "$TRANSCODE_TEMP_DIR" ]]; then
+        info "transcoding-temp already exists on ramdisk"
+    else
+        mkdir -p "$TRANSCODE_TEMP_DIR" && \
+            success "Created transcoding-temp on ramdisk: $TRANSCODE_TEMP_DIR" || \
+            { error "Failed to create transcoding-temp on ramdisk"; SETUP_SUCCESS=false; }
+    fi
+
+    # Apply correct permissions so Emby (abc/nobody:users) can write to it
+    if [[ -d "$TRANSCODE_TEMP_DIR" ]]; then
+        chmod "$TRANSCODE_CHMOD" "$TRANSCODE_TEMP_DIR"
+        chown "$TRANSCODE_OWNER" "$TRANSCODE_TEMP_DIR"
+        success "Permissions set on transcoding-temp"
+    fi
+fi
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # ━━━ $ICON_GEAR Permissions ━━━
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------