DLNA server: only music - no photo/video

[makelegs]

Popcorn Hour a110 doesn't see my ds-508. Already tried taking synology mediaserver off and then online again.

A110 seems to work fine so far with my 209+. All I did was a restart or 2 after 2.2 install. The re-index took a while and seemed to inhibit communication between until it was complete. MKV's work, now, on upnp. I sort of figured we see more PCH-related posts on here by now.

[syno.allen]

Popcorn Hour a110 doesn't see my ds-508. Already tried taking synology mediaserver off and then online again.

The Media Server is only available for single Network interface now. Can you try to use another network port ?

[dondavis]

Can you try to go to Server Category and see if DMA-1000 can see the menu structure of Disk Station ?

A restart and a total re indexing seems to do the trick. I can browse the folders again. I'll try to play a video as soon as my soon goes to sleep.

Thanks.

Don

[testing123]

Hello,

I'm busy with mediastream to my xbox , and installed the 2.2 beta.
Then I selected the media service option , and reindexing begins... almost 15 hours later everyting was done.

But my xbox can't find the nas disk (using upnp).

Without the beta he was able to find it.

Then I was trying to make the problem smaller , and started window media player 12.
And he din't find my nas upnp either.

- then I read that you have to reindex your media. (so for the second time, i'm doing that now)

question 1:
Is it now (during the reindexing) possible that my windows media player or other client can't find the device ?

question 2:
Is it possible that I only reindex my movies, and not all my photo's and mp3 files ? (this cost me another 15 hours)

question 3:
Are there some ssh commands, to restart the media server ?

question 4:
Is the media upnp running ?

DataDisk> ps A
PID Uid VmSize Stat Command
1 root 300 S init
2 root SWN [ksoftirqd/0]
3 root SW< [events/0]
4 root SW< [khelper]
5 root SW< [kthread]
11 root SW< [kblockd/0]
38 root SW [pdflush]
39 root SW [pdflush]
41 root SW< [aio/0]
40 root SW [kswapd0]
108 root SW< [ata/0]
111 root SW< [scsi_eh_0]
112 root SW< [scsi_eh_1]
113 root SW< [scsi_eh_2]
114 root SW< [scsi_eh_3]
126 root SW [mtdblockd]
146 root SW< [ksnapd]
148 root SW< [md0_raid1]
150 root SW< [md1_raid1]
152 root SW< [md2_raid1]
263 root SW [kjournald]
480 root SW< [khubd]
1063 root 324 S /sbin/syslogd -S
1065 root 256 S /sbin/klogd
1100 root 1504 S < /usr/syno/bin/findhostd
1127 root SW [kjournald]
1184 root 1104 S /usr/syno/sbin/hotplugd
1632 root 212 S /usr/sbin/inetd
1640 root 656 S /usr/sbin/crond
1685 admin 2524 S /usr/syno/pgsql/bin/postgres -D /var/database/pgsql -
1687 admin 19704 S postgres: writer process
1688 admin 860 S postgres: wal writer process
1771 root 1332 S /usr/syno/bin/scemd
2481 root 372 S /bin/sh /opt/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/opt/var/lib/m
2614 root 2892 S /opt/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/opt --datadir=/opt/var
2620 root 2892 S /opt/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/opt --datadir=/opt/var
2621 root 2892 S /opt/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/opt --datadir=/opt/var
2622 root 6820 S N /usr/syno/sbin/synoindexd
2647 root 908 S N /usr/syno/bin/synomkthumbd
2666 root 272 S /sbin/getty 115200 console
2716 root 2228 S /usr/syno/sbin/nmbd -D
2802 root 2764 S /usr/syno/sbin/smbd -D
2805 root 1040 S /usr/syno/sbin/smbd -D
2840 1 280 S /sbin/portmap
2842 root SW [nfsd]
2844 root 248 S /usr/sbin/mountd -p 892
2847 root SW [lockd]
2848 root SW< [rpciod/0]
2883 root 648 S /usr/syno/sbin/lighttpd -f /usr/syno/etc.defaults/dms
2894 root 908 S N /usr/syno/sbin/synomkflvd
2946 admin 22048 S postgres: admin mediaserver [local] idle
2947 root 876 S /usr/syno/sbin/sshd
2956 root 2568 S /usr/syno/apache/bin/httpd -f /usr/syno/apache/conf/h
3016 root 6660 S /usr/syno/apache/bin/httpd
3047 root 2324 S /usr/syno/apache/bin/httpd -f /usr/syno/apache/conf/h
3240 nobody 6560 S /usr/syno/apache/bin/httpd
3241 nobody 6356 S /usr/syno/apache/bin/httpd
3242 nobody 6356 S /usr/syno/apache/bin/httpd
3501 nobody 5008 S /usr/syno/apache/bin/httpd
3504 root 2264 S /usr/syno/apache/bin/httpd -f /usr/syno/apache/conf/h
3505 root 2268 S /usr/syno/apache/bin/httpd -f /usr/syno/apache/conf/h
5170 root 3756 S /usr/syno/sbin/smbd -D
5256 root 1836 R sshd: root@ttyp0
5262 root 328 S -ash
5268 root 2252 S /usr/syno/apache/bin/httpd -f /usr/syno/apache/conf/h
5269 root 2284 S /usr/syno/apache/bin/httpd -f /usr/syno/apache/conf/h
5270 root 2252 S /usr/syno/apache/bin/httpd -f /usr/syno/apache/conf/h
6267 root 628 R ps A

and is this the same program or is this maybe faster ?:
DataDisk> ipkg list | grep 'DLNA'
minidlna - cvs20090413-2 - The MiniDLNA daemon is an UPnP-A/V and DLNA service which serves multimedia content to compatible clients on the network.

[syno.allen]

Are there some ssh commands, to restart the media server ?

question 4:
Is the media upnp running ?

I cannot see the mediaserver process is running and there might be something wrong to launch the MediaServer. Is it possible to type the following command:

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/usr/syno/etc/rc.d/S86synodms.sh restart


and see if any error message appear ?

You need not reindex again as the media data is indexed okay after first reboot.

[testing123]

mmm , because nothing worked and I din't know how to start the mediaserver, I did delete the
/usr/syno/etc.defaults/dms/music.agent file. (read that in this post) :s :S


When I do
dmsutils.cpp:580 Failed to open the file /usr/syno/etc.defaults/dms/music.agent

DataDisk> /usr/syno/etc/rc.d/S86synodms.sh stop
Stopping Media Service ...
DataDisk> /usr/syno/etc/rc.d/S86synodms.sh start
Starting Media Service ...

DataDisk> vi /var/log/dms.log
dmsutils.cpp:580 Failed to open the file /usr/syno/etc.defaults/dms/music.agent
dmsutils.cpp:580 Failed to open the file /usr/syno/etc.defaults/dms/music.agent


That error is correct because there isn't any /usr/syno/etc.defaults/dms/music.agent file :S
Could someone see what's in it ?
Making a empty music.agent file don't work :S

[makelegs]

I noticed this morning that I suddenly could not browse to the 209+ DSM, nor could PCH access the folders. I restarted the 209+ and everything began to communicate again. That's the first time in 4 months that I've had to restart, though. When I checked the system log, I found countless event logs consisting of "system failed to parse media metadata of fil [/xxxx/xxxx/.....]. Time stamp indicates that it occurred over night. Any idea what this means and how or why it relates to my apparent "semi-crash"???

Potential Feature Bug Update.....

I also noticed that, after upgrading to beta-2.2, that my popcorn hour EJECT function no longer "ejects" movies on the 209+. Before, I could stream a movie and press STOP, and the 209+ would then resume play from that point. The EJECT button caused playback to begin from the beginning of said movie, as if the 'disc' had been truly "ejected". Now the EJECT button acts exactly as the STOP button in this respect. This is the case for smb, nfs, or upnp. I know this probably sounds like a PCH issue, but the ONLY thing that has changed in this equation is the beta-2.2 on the 209+. Does this change even remotely make sense in terms of altered interaction of the beta-2.2??? Am I just crazy? Has anyone had similar experiences with other NMT's or media streamers?

[dondavis]

Zyxcel dma-1000.

I can see and watch movies but the box/server loses connection regularly and complain about "Failed to retrieve list".
I had the same kind of problem with the mediatomb and the fix for this server was (down). Is there anywhere I can set a similar fix?

Some users reported problems where the DMA will show an error “Failed to retrieve list” and the DMA disconnecting from the server. Incresing the alive interval seems to solve the problem – add the following option to the <server> section of your configuration file:

<alive>600</alive>

Don

[syno.allen]

. When I checked the system log, I found countless event logs consisting of "system failed to parse media metadata of fil [/xxxx/xxxx/.....].

The log is recorded as we hope the use can identify the files that indexing process failed to index (These file are still indexed but only have basic information).

Users will be able to locate these files and can sumbiit to our support such that we can improve the indexing.

If the system indexing process still works, it's not "semi-crashed" or "crashed".

Thanks

[makelegs]

. When I checked the system log, I found countless event logs consisting of "system failed to parse media metadata of fil [/xxxx/xxxx/.....].

The log is recorded as we hope the use can identify the files that indexing process failed to index (These file are still indexed but only have basic information).

Users will be able to locate these files and can sumbiit to our support such that we can improve the indexing.

If the system indexing process still works, it's not "semi-crashed" or "crashed".

Thanks

So.... that means I need to do what?

[pomprocker]

I'm in the same situation with the indexing....it always says re-indexing, but it does not appear in the resource monitor under cpu processes.


Whats going on

[gregoire]

Popcorn Hour a110 doesn't see my ds-508. Already tried taking synology mediaserver off and then online again.

The Media Server is only available for single Network interface now. Can you try to use another network port ?

Like what? I don't understand what you are saying.

[Lusa]

Beta testing:
DLNA works fine whit de HDX1000 and no hik ups for now all folders are indexing and a True HD M2TS movie play's very good over the network.

[doktor.notor]

Like what? I don't understand what you are saying.

Like, stick the network cable into the other suitable hole on the DS.

[gregoire]

Like what? I don't understand what you are saying.

Like, stick the network cable into the other suitable hole on the DS.

So it wasn't in the correct one? How does one know?

EDIT: Replugged it and by golly it worked! I wish I knew this earlier. Even .mkv files play! Very nice.