Updating Media Indexes on Synology NAS

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.

Log on to NAS with SSH

See Enable SSH on Synology NAS

Re-index media files

TODO: Research the differences between command line re-indexing and re-indexing through the DSM Control Panel. I think they do the same thing. If that's the case, using the DSM is easier.

Command line

SSH to NAS server

usage: 
    Add:    synoindex -a filename
    Delete: synoindex -d filename
    Add folder:    synoindex -A folder
    Delete folder: synoindex -D folder
    Rename/move file/folder:    synoindex -N newfullpath oldfullpath
    Update Photo Images:        synoindex -U photo
    Get from DB:         synoindex -g filename -t [video|music|photo|playlist]

Additionally, this command will re-index a specific media table:

synoindex -R [video|music|photo|playlist|all]

synoindex -h for all command line options.

synoindex can be used to retrieve metadata from indexed files.

Synology DSM

• Login to the DSM with an account with administrator priviledges.
• Control Panel > System > Media Indexing > Media Indexing tab > Re-index button.
• It will report Indexing media files, which is a slow process.

Checking on the current indexes

Use the postgreSQL interactive terminal:

DiskStation> psql mediaserver admin

To display a list of tables:

mediaserver=# \dt
         List of relations
 Schema |   Name    | Type  | Owner 
--------+-----------+-------+-------
 public | directory | table | admin
 public | music     | table | admin
 public | photo     | table | admin
 public | playlist  | table | admin
 public | video     | table | admin
(5 rows)

To show the contents of the music table type

select * from music;

To quit type

\q