Subsonic Package for Synology NAS

[gigon]

1. view my FAQs
http://www.eg-blog.de/?page_id=83
it is all in /volumeX/@appstore/Subsonic. VolumeX is the volume you selected during install.
2. view my FAQs, edit the subsonic.sh file, change the https-port to 0

[blindman]

Thank you.

All is working fine....except...

Now the only issue on 4.7 is transcoding .wav files. It worked fine on 4.6. with LAME

Is anyone else having this issue. My entire CD collection is in .wav format, so this is a show stoppper.

Went back to version 4.6 until transcoding wav, wma files is possible.

thx-Craig

[gigon]

It was my fault.
I placed the ffmpeg binary in the wrong folder at the x86 package
There is a fast and easy fix for it (so you don't have to reinstall the package).
Just have a look at this comment on how to copy the right ffmpeg file to the right place.

[blindman]

Your changes work perfectly!

Thank you!

[gigon]

you can copy the "subsonic.war" and "subsonic-booter-jar-with-dependencies.jar" to /volume1/@appstore/Subsonic/Subsonic and see if it works (no guaranty)
note: do not copy the "subsonic.sh"! the one on your DS is custom designed for Synology DS.

I will not make a package for every MashupMod version because there are just too rapid...

[blindman]

I look forward to using Mashup. Any idea when Java 7 will be available for Atom D2700 x86 CPU's?

Thx to all

[gigon]

The latest Synology package online is working with java 6.
I don't know anything about the progress of java7 on Disk Stations, maybe you can ask patters (pcloadletter.co.uk) who creates the java packages.

[blindman]

I installed the mashup version and all appeared well for about 10-15 minutes and then the application froze up. It required me to re-boot the NAS box and do an uninstall and clean install of 4.7. 4.7 standard runs fine. I'm ruinnin a DS2413+ with DSM4.1 - 2647.

Anyone else having this problem? Is it possibly a memory issue? Any ideas?

Thx again for your help.

[Gray Mouser]

As luck would have it, my new NAS is a DS213+ which has a Freescale QorIQ P1022 processor.

Is it difficult to make a package for this?

[gigon]

As luck would have it, my new NAS is a DS213+ which has a Freescale QorIQ P1022 processor.
Is it difficult to make a package for this?

Good news:
The new version 4.7-028 is out and I have added support for the new DS413 and DS213+

Also I have rewritten the complete installer script:
Download and details here:
http://www.eg-blog.de/?p=597

[sizetwo]

I just wanted to show my appreciation for your work. I bought a Synology NAS, the DS213, simply to run Subsonic and your port for it. I am on a budget, and for the price it was the best processor/RAM I could find. It installed fine, and although Im am fairly happy its just a little slower running than I had hoped. When choosing a folder, the CPU peaks, and there is at least a 2-4 second delay before it actually shows up. I understand that the CPU is not comparable to a desktop CPU, it surprises me that such a fairly basic and non-complex operation should be that CPU intensive and also RAM intensive - its simply showing text. I have turned off transcoding, and all files are MP3 files, so that shouldnt use much CPU either. Are my experiences common, or is there something that can be done to improve the overall user experience? Either way - it works fine and I am very happy that you took the time to do your work. If you have a donation account Id be happy to contribute.

[GJ51]

I've written about this topic several times. Ask yourself what you would do if you were trying to bring a cost competitive product to market that was designed for a single purpose. Would you really put a more expensive CPU and more ram into the product than you needed to do the functions that the device was designed for? All you would be doing would be to cut your profit margins. Yes Subsonic will run with varying degrees of success, but that's not what these devices are designed for.

I was an early adopter of NAS and still have my 10/100 Linksys EGF80 NAS. As rhe years went by, I realized I could build servers that were more flexible and powerful that could act as storage servers and so way more than a NAS. It was a realization similar to the years way back when tape back up drives were popular, but expensive, and I would ask, "Why not just put in a second hard drive?" and everybody would get this kind of blank look on their face indicating that they really hadn't given it much thought.

You can buy an Antec 300 case for $59 and DIY packages from Tiger Direct for $200 that will have a quad core CPU 4GB ram and a 1TB hard deive that will run circles around a NAS, have tons of expandibility, and make Subsonic run snappy for everything but hi-res video. And it only takes a scredriver to do. OS? You can still get WHS 2011 for $49 - a true steal and one that everyone should probably grab before MS kills it.

[sizetwo]

Gary - sure. And I am aware of these issues. In my case its a matter of space and noise. Ive run my home computer on Shuttle machines for the past 7 years due to the mall form factor and noise alone. And yes, I could have built a computer to run it without any problem - but for me it wasn't really what I wanted. However, I thought that the processor would be able to handle a fairly easy (from what I thought) server without much issue. Either way, it does, and so far im fairly happy with it.

[GJ51]

Well, that's what makes a marketplace. I'm glad you're happy with the results.

Merry Christmas.

[sizetwo]

And the same to you! I dont know how this thread turned into a classical discussion on NAS vs DIY-servers, but there you are.

Merry Christmas from Norway.