Twonky and DS710+ (x86 NAS install) HOW-TO

[DerekCharles]

Hi all,

I'm a real Linux newbie and was struggling to find out how/where/what with installing Twonky on my newly bought DS710+, as unfortunately my Panasonic Viera doesn't seem to be compatible with the Synology DLNA media server.
Apologies if I'm telling people how to suck eggs, but I had trouble finding out what I needed, so hopefully this will help others!

Anyway, here's how I got it working:

I downloaded the NAS Linux x86 glibc2.2.5 Twonky 6.0 (ver 6.0 for no other reason than I found a direct link to it posted by someone else) from http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/6.0/
and unzipped it onto a USB key. After sticking the key into my DS710+, I SSH'd into the box and copied the files to /usr/local/twonky-6.0

Next, I worked out I could add a startup script to /usr/syno/etc/rc.d so I created S99twonky.sh there and added:

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/usr/local/twonky-6.0/twonkymediaserver -D

as a single line to run it as a daemon as the last in the list of boot scripts - again, something I'd seen posted on another forum.

Big mistake.

Doing it this way stopped my DS710+ from booting up cleanly (no HDD or status lights, power light just kept flashing blue) and the box wouldn't shut down either.

Changing this line to:

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/usr/local/twonky-6.0/twonkymedia.sh start

to actually run the Twonky provided script has appeared to have done the trick.

Everything seems to work ok now, and I at least get some (not all) AVI files played by my Panasonic now!

Although if I've done something incorrect here, I'd be grateful if someone could put me straight.

Cheers,

Derek.

Chn

[wimu]

Hi Derek,

Is your DS710+ with Twonky still up and running?

I'm a DS411+ (same processor?) user and looking for a DNLA alternative. Could you recommend Twonky to install?

Greetings

Willem

[gordon8452]

I have it successfully deployed on my Ds209, using the kirkwood build. Provided you have the right Twonky build for your architecture, the remainder of the instructions should be the same. I'm using 6.0.30 http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/6.0.30/

I am still in the process of getting the video transcoding going but twonky looks a little more featured than the built in dlna server. I also may try serviio, which has install instructions in the forum. I tried mediatomb, and was not superbly impressed with it. My issue is that I need the dlna server to go out on multiple interfaces, not just eht0, which twonky appears to support.

[wimu]

Is there a specific installation manual especially for x86 devices like my DS411+
Do I need the

twonkymedia-i386-glibc-2.2.5-6.0.30.zip

or the

twonkymedia-i386-uclibc-0.9.28-6.0.30.zip

download.

Willem

[Gavster2002]

Is there a specific installation manual especially for x86 devices like my DS411+
Do I need the

twonkymedia-i386-glibc-2.2.5-6.0.30.zip

or the

twonkymedia-i386-uclibc-0.9.28-6.0.30.zip

download.

Willem

I downloaded and installed the kirkwood found at botom of page here. Working well.
http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/6.0.30/

Gav

[Dirac]

Use the Linux x86 glibc2.2.5 Twonky 6.0.32 build for x86 devices (such as the 710+):

http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/6.0.32/

I did not have success using the installer script (gunzip on the NAS does not support the -q switch) but I was able to look at the install script and perform the steps manually.

[DerekCharles]

Hi, sorry about my delay in replying, I've been out of the country for a while

Yes, I'm still running Twonky successfully on my DS710+ and can definitely recommend it - the license is very cheap and well worth it I think. I've now also bought an ACRyan mini to stream my FLAC music collection and it works extremely well with Twonky.

Derek.

[wimu]

Will the iphone Apps (DS Audio and DS Photo+) for the synology work in combination with Twonky server on my DS411+?

Due to lack of time I did not install Twonky yet.

Willem

[DerekCharles]

I wouldn't think the DS Audio iPhone app will work with anything but the Synology media server - but there's no reason why you can't run both at the same time.

[hfm]

I have it successfully deployed on my Ds209, using the kirkwood build. Provided you have the right Twonky build for your architecture, the remainder of the instructions should be the same. I'm using 6.0.30 http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/6.0.30/

I am still in the process of getting the video transcoding going but twonky looks a little more featured than the built in dlna server. I also may try serviio, which has install instructions in the forum. I tried mediatomb, and was not superbly impressed with it. My issue is that I need the dlna server to go out on multiple interfaces, not just eht0, which twonky appears to support.

I'm thinking about buying a DS211+ to replace the old Shuttle ST20G5 w/Ubuntu (AMD Athlon 64 3700+ and 2G RAM) I have sitting behind the TV (it's LOUD). I have two 1TB WD's in RAID 1 in it right now. My biggest use case is using DLNA with my music collection, 2nd one is file backups. I purchased Twonky Server, and the performance is phenomenal compared to some other DNLA/uPnP daemons I've tried. It indexes my entire collection in minutes, about 18,000 songs at the moment, and browsing it with various DLNA apps is lightning fast. I usually use Twonky's Android app (others in the past) to download music to my phone over it, or use XBMC or PS3 as a jukebox with Twonky as the source. (PS3 sucks at shuffling a large collection.. so I usually use XMBC on a laptop).

Can I expect the same performance from the DS211+ with a music collection this size? How is the performance of the 209 with Twonky Server? How does the DLNA functionality that the DS211+ comes with compare? That's my one fear is that I'll be sad about the large music collection performance which is my #1 use case. I've seen many other DLNA servers I've tried on the Ubuntu box be mostly poor, such as Media Tomb. I couldn't believe how many hours it was taking to index the collection when Twonky did it in minutes while consuming about 6-8M of RAM.

[hfm]

Installed on DS211+ (Kirkwood build) I can see in the twonky status it's picking up my MP3's as they copy from the USB drive I had the backed up on.

Though it seems even though I have the music shared and TwonkyServer seems to be finding them and adding them to the index, my PS3 can't see any Music on it. Definitely worked on the old Ubuntu box. Strange. I'll keep debugging.

**FIXED**

After digging around thinking it was some networking issue, I (GASP) went digging on the Twonky forums and found the solution.

The 6.0.32 Kirkwood build has a bug where no DLNA/UPnP clients work, but the music will work through the Twonky service itself in a browser. Falling back to the 6.0.31-RC6 build fixed this and everything is now working as it should.

[freespirits]

Do someone tried to install version 7?

http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/7.0.8-Special/

I wonder what version i should use on my 411+II