Setting up minimserver on synology DS412+

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(30-06-2013 20:10)nrwatson Wrote:  Simon have the yellow note on mac if I press on it I get options
Stop
Restart
Close etc if press restart nothing seems to change
Still when I go to Kinsky there is not a library for miminserver when there used to be
Synology DSM confirms both java and minimserver are running on NAS
Thanks

Basically, a yellow icon means that MinimServer is starting. The first time starting process can take a while, depending on the number of music files you have in your content directory. MinimServer will not be visible to a control point (Kinsky) until it has indexed all your music files.

However, under certain circumstances (i.e. a wrong or empty setting for the contentDir property) the MinimServer startup process can hang with the current version of the Synology package. Please try the following:

1) Uninstall MinimServer using the Synology package center and choose not to backup the config-file.
2) Reinstall MinimServer and leave the textfield for the content directory empty during the installation process.

The installation process should now automatically choose '/volume1/Music' for the content directory and MinimServer should be visible in Kinsky after MinimServer has indexed all your music files.
The problem with the startup-hang will be fixed in a future version of MinimServer.