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

Transcodes/transcode_manager.sh

@@ -252,6 +252,23 @@ else
     RAMDISK_SIZE_ACTUAL=$(df "$RAMDISK_PATH" --output=size -h | tail -1 | tr -d ' ')
     success "$ICON_RAM Ramdisk mounted — size: $RAMDISK_SIZE_ACTUAL"
     fix_permissions "$RAMDISK_PATH"
+
+    # Guarantee transcoding-temp exists on ramdisk
+    # If missing Emby creates it wherever it finds a writable path first —
+    # which may be the SSD fallback — locking all new sessions onto SSD
+    # even when the symlink correctly points at the ramdisk.
+    TRANSCODE_TEMP_RAM="${RAMDISK_PATH}/transcoding-temp"
+    TRANSCODE_TEMP_SSD="${TRANSCODE_SSD}/transcoding-temp"
+
+    if [[ ! -d "$TRANSCODE_TEMP_RAM" ]]; then
+        warn "transcoding-temp missing from ramdisk — creating now"
+        mkdir -p "$TRANSCODE_TEMP_RAM"
+        chmod "$TRANSCODE_CHMOD" "$TRANSCODE_TEMP_RAM"
+        chown "$TRANSCODE_OWNER" "$TRANSCODE_TEMP_RAM"
+        success "transcoding-temp created on ramdisk — new sessions will use ramdisk"
+    else
+        log "transcoding-temp exists on ramdisk — ok"
+    fi
 fi
 
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