Announcing MinimServer 2 for QNAP

[DavidHB]

Thank you, Simon. MinimServer 2 is now running on both my QNAP NASs.

My TS 131 threw up an oddity. The system page of the device clearly states that it has an ARMv7 processor. I wrongly relied on this, and therefore encountered an error when I tried to install the ARMv7 package. Your list (which I should have checked, though this is something QNAP should surely not get wrong) correctly states that the processor is an ARMv5, and that package installed without problems.

I also think it would be helpful if the license acceptance box that pops up when MinimServer 2 first starts could contain a reminder in suitably large type that the settings from any previous installation will not be imported into MinimServer 2 unless a full or trial license is activated. That may be stated in the wording, but, if so, I missed it. By the same token, MinimStreamer users need to be reminded in some way that MinimStreamer needs to be installed; at present the information that MinimStreamer is not installed and therefore not running is buried in the log.

Three small procedural points, which may help others, particularly with the installation and activation of licensed versions of MinimServer 2 on remote devices. Firstly, I find it useful to have the license details open on the desktop before I start the installation, so that I can copy and paste them when I get to the point of activating the license. Secondly, I found it made sense to install MinimWatch 2 on the local machine before I started to install MinimServer 2 on the remote devices. The icons in the System Tray gave me, so to speak, a running commentary on the status of the various MinimServer instances as installation proceeded. Finally, with QNAP NASs, it is useful to install the Qfinder Pro application on your local device, as that enables you to access the NAS without having to think about IP addresses and port numbers.

David