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BACKGROUND I am not a command line/console guy, and there are times where one needs to jump in and figure things out to achieve the end goals such as getting non-home devices talking to Siri or for a more advanced multi-media system. While there are a million blogs, tutorials, instructional on...

Hi guys, I did a quick search but couldn't find the answer. I'm quite a novice at all things NAS and Synology. I have set up Video Station with a number of my favourite films and media and spent quite a few hours organising it and making it look nice in Video Station. I'm on DSM 6.2.xx...

Hey! New member here! Hoping someone may have some insight… I have over 100 synology units (mix of dsm420/428/1620, in all different locations, all connecting to an openvpn. 80% are fine working 24/7 and accessible via the vpn. The remaining 20% go offline regularly, once a day or so, the common...

Hi, i have ds118 and i access my files with 2 media players -xtreamer, xtreamer pro-. i upgrade dsm to version 7 and after that i cant login to ds118. Always i get the message login fail. i am sure i have the correct username and password. something changed in that version? how can i access...

Plex Vs Synology Video Station on a NAS in 2021/2022 One of the most popular reasons that users choose to buy a network-attached storage (NAS) device is for use as a media server. The appeal is pretty clear. With most users now owning decades of media (either in digital form or ripped from...

DS1621xs with: - Web Station (currently Nginx, PHP) and the 'web' shared folder on an SSD storage pool for performance - Media Server 'video' shared folder (indexed) on an HDD storage pool for capacity I would like to serve 'video' files via web browser / http using a home-brew PHP app, while...

Choosing Between Plex and Emby on a NAS in 2021/2022 Despite the fact that network-attached storage NAS has a vast number of services and utilities for home and business use, many users predominantly use their NAS for a media server. From streaming multimedia to numerous devices in the home, to...

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Welcome to NASCompares YouTube channel! Check out our next video below. - - - Check out FREE NAS advice section on nascompares.com

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Hello, I've lurked here a little while but I just signed up to ask a question.... Has anyone succeeded in installing & running wifi drivers with usb recovery media? I'm testing bare metal recovery of a couple of systems and I can load the wifi drivers manually - but the internet options page...

Buying a NAS for Plex Media Server – 8 Things People Get WRONG! If you have decided to invest in a network-attached storage device to host your Plex media server, then congratulations, you are close to owning one of the easiest and most user-friendly multimedia home server options out there...

A vulnerability allows remote attackers to access intranet resources via a susceptible version of Media Server. Continue reading... - - - Source: synology.com

First post here and apologies in advance if this is the wrong forum. I'm about six weeks in with my new DS920+ that replaced an ancient LaCie single-spindle NAS solution at home. Main use is as a media server plus backup of family's data from various laptops and PCs. I'm running the Plex...

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Well, request assistance on my Synology Rack Station Model RS2418RP+ Apparently after upgrading to the newer DSM version 6.2.3-25426 Update 2 the Asus converter boxes only !Oplay's are not able to connect to the NAS via UPNP anymore. I did several things, like decrease the SSDP advertisement...

I came across a guy on another forum that says he has over 50Tb of family videos and pics stored across 25 3-Tb drives that he currently manually swaps out when needed. He was talking about getting a used enterprise server. I don't know if he was hoping to just drop the drives into a 30- or...

Multiple vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a susceptible version of Media Server. Continue reading... - - - Source: synology.com

I saw reference to IINA in an online article discussing media files and playbacking using free apps such as VLC [all normal so far] and IINA [what?? never heard of it]. So this is a Mac-only app based on mpv and written using Apple's Swift. If you're going to google it use 'mac iina' as 'iina'...