Updating Media Indexes on Synology NAS

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Goal

Files are saved to a Windows 7 directory.

A scheduled task copies those files to a remote NAS drive.

A task runs on NAS that re-indexes its media nightly (making it available to Photo Station).

How to re-index NAS so the files are available in Photo Station before the nightly indexing.

Enable the command line on NAS

  • Log in to DSM.
  • Enable SSH
    • Open the Terminal Services Menu, from the Network Services Folder
    • Enable the SSH Service.
    • Click OK.
  • Grant remote access.
    • Open the Firewall Menu, from the Network Services Folder
    • Double click enabled rule
    • In Ports Section, press Select button next to Select from a list of built-in applications
    • Make sure Port 22 (SSH) is enabled
    • Click OK twice and then Save.[1]

Re-index media files

  • SSH to NAS server
  • Navigate to the directory to be re-indexed
    $ synoindex -R dirpath
  • synoindex -h for all command line options.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Enabling the Command Line Interface (Synology Wiki)
  2. ↑ More on the Synology NAS Automatically Indexing New Files ("codesourcery" blog, 11/29/2012)
    This includes a Python script for watching for file system changes and triggering the synoindex command.
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