Comments on: Change folders for Synology media server

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:53:28 +0000

Hi,

Did anyone get anywhere with Roberts request. I have the same issue whereby I want to keep both video and stills in the same folder but served up via the Video or Photo methods of DNLA. It’s a pity DNLA will not allow you see video in photo folders but hey!

Thanks, Adam

By: lightenup

lightenup — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:34:32 +0000

Perfect!! Worked like a champ on my DS210j! Just what I was looking for.

-LiGHT

By: Tea Party Latest

Tea Party Latest — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:30:53 +0000

Hello, nice writing.

By: Wim

Wim — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:27:46 +0000

@Robert
If I find some time this weekend, I’ll take a look into this.

@Rob
The index is stored inside a postgres database. I don’t know if you can access this directly.
You can find postgres in /usr/syno/pgsql/bin/
The databases are stored in /var/database
The indexing takes place in /var/spool/syno_indexing_queue.tmp and /var/spool/syno_indexing_queue

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:58:55 +0000

Thanks for sharing this!
Do you know where the ‘ indexed data’ is stored?
I am looking for a solution to index my media via an external tool …

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:10:30 +0000

I’m currently using a D-Link DNS-323 NAS. I am considering purchasing a Synology DS-409 as a replacement because I want higher network speeds and more disk space.

When it comes to configuring the media server in the DNS-323, you simply enable the uPnP AV Server in the web interface and then point to a SINGLE folder that contains your media files. In my case, my “media” folder contains a massive subfolder tree of mixed family jpgs and avis organized according to years and months. The photos and videos are NOT separated into distinct folders. For example, I might have a subfolder down the folder tree entitled “2008-02-04 – Disneyland Vacation”. In this folder are all the family pictures AND videos taken on the trip.

The DNS-323 nicely indexes the entire “media” folder and serves up all the photos when requested and/or all the videos when requested.

But the Synology Media Server requires me to separate my photos and videos; It wants all photos under the “photo” shared folder and all videos under the “video” shared folder. I don’t want to do this! I want to keep all media associated with a specific vacation or event in a single appropriately-named subfolder.

So I want both photos and videos to be served and properly indexed from a single “media” folder, just as the DNS-323 does. Can I accomplish this somehow using your “Idea 3: The solution”? I’m a DOS/Windows guy so I’m a little intimidated by your Linux/Unix commands.