Correct Syntax of "contentDir" on Synology

[weinconsi]

Hi Simon,

i´ve installed minimserver on a Synology DS713+ and have problems in editing the config file correctly.

I need to set up two directories ("music" and "music hires") but didn´t succeed (either with two lines like "contentDir = /volume1/music" and "contentDir = /volume1/music\ hires" or any other trials like "contentDir = {/volume1/music}{/volume1/music\ hires}). I did try these within the config file via ssh.


Could You pls. provide me with corecct Syntax in this case?

Thanks in advance.

Christian

[simoncn]

(11-04-2013 13:01)weinconsi Wrote:  Hi Simon,

i´ve installed minimserver on a Synology DS713+ and have problems in editing the config file correctly.

I need to set up two directories ("music" and "music hires") but didn´t succeed (either with two lines like "contentDir = /volume1/music" and "contentDir = /volume1/music\ hires" or any other trials like "contentDir = {/volume1/music}{/volume1/music\ hires}). I did try these within the config file via ssh.


Could You pls. provide me with corecct Syntax in this case?

Thanks in advance.

Christian

It's not recommended to edit the minimserver.config file directly. The best approach is to run MinimWatch on another computer with a graphical display, and use the Properties dialog in MinimWatch.

If you need to do this from SSH on the Synology, you can download the Linux x86 version of MinimWatch and run it as a console application from the SSH terminal window. To change the contentDir property, you can use the 'prop n=v' command that's described in this section of the User guide.

[winxi]

(11-04-2013 14:00)simoncn Wrote:  If you need to do this from SSH on the Synology, you can download the Linux x86 version of MinimWatch and run it as a console application from the SSH terminal window. To change the contentDir property, you can use the 'prop n=v' command that's described in this section of the User guide.

As a small addition, a MinimServer instance running on a Synology NAS listens to the named pipe '/volume1/@tmp/minimstdinpipe' (presumed that you've installed MinimServer via the package center).
So, instead of running MinimWatch on the Synology, you could also just use

Code:

echo "prop n=v" > /volume1/@tmp/minimstdinpipe

to configure MinimServer.

However, as Simon already mentioned, the easiest way would be to use MinimWatch on a desktop computer in the same LAN as MinimServer.

[weinconsi]

Thank You all,

that wasn´t clear to me - but it is now...