Synology/LMS/Squeezebox Conundrum

[johnB]

I have a Synology NAS on which I was running Logitech Media Server and using Squeezeboxes.
Unfortunately LMS can no longer run on the NAS, so I can’t access any digital music at present.
Has anyone else had this problem and if so how have you resolved it please?

Cheers John

[Dawg]

Have you seen this thread John? https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?114219-LMS-stopped-working-on-Synology-after-PERL-update apologies if its not related, I dont run a NAS but I saw this and thought it may apply. Good luck.

Alan

[Stratmangler]

My NAS running LMS was forcibly made redundant at the time when Spotify changed their delivery protocols.
The processor in my NAS wouldn't run the required script.

So I shifted server onto a Windows PC and pointed LMS at the NAS.
Since then I've brought a Raspberry Pi and used that to run LMS, again pointing LMS at the NAS.

Many NAS boxes no longer have the processing capability to effectively run LMS, so I suggest the RasPi route.

[johnB]

Thanks Alan, I’ll take a look

[johnB]

Thanks Chris - any leads on where I might find instructions on utilising the RPi?

[anubisgrau]

Do you need to have LMS on the same wifi network as SB device?

[Stratmangler]

Thanks Chris - any leads on where I might find instructions on utilising the RPi?

https://www.picoreplayer.org/
The piCorePlayer software is an offshoot development by the LMS developers, and if you dig around you'll find a bit about getting Synology NAS drives to play nice, as well as the normal setup stuff.

[Bencat]

Sorry but I do not have a NAS but run my LMS on a Raspberry Pi 4 8GB unit as a stand alone music server and it works very well . If you need any help setting one up then message me or just add a thread . It is very easy using a few distros and as simple as anything using the Max2play distro I use.

https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?108960-Synology-7-9-2-packages

This has some relevance for you but I admit to me this is just none sense but you may understand what it is saying .

[Kit1cat]

You might find this useful https://thepi.io/how-to-use-your-raspberry-pi-as-a-nas-box/

[Canetoad]

I removed perl and lms from my DS212+ and manually installed previous perl version and downloaded the latest version of lms and installed it. All working again. Had to reinstall some plug-ins but at least it's available again.

I've removed automatic updates so that the perl version isn't updated again.

I'll be investigating alternatives so I can continue using my Squeezebox Touches.

[Canetoad]

See this link https://community.synology.com/enu/forum/1/post/142126

[Alp]

I have a Synology NAS on which I was running Logitech Media Server and using Squeezeboxes.
Unfortunately LMS can no longer run on the NAS, so I can’t access any digital music at present.
Has anyone else had this problem and if so how have you resolved it please?

Cheers John

I had this problem. It is to do with the PERL update on Synology and Pinkdot who was maintaining the Synology LMS versions has stopped doing so. If you have a Synology that has an Intel processor (x86) then you can install Docker and use the LMS image in Docker, that way, you are independent of what Synology decides to support or not support and should work when DSM7 comes along. This worked for me on my DS218+ NAS.

The instructions are here https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?111876-LmsUpdate-and-LmsRepack-Synology-8-0-*-packages/page31&p=999039#post999039

Its easy enough to follow but once LMS is up and running you might find it cannot see your folders on the NAS. If that happens (it did to me) you need to change the permissions, see how to here..

https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?111876-LmsUpdate-and-LmsRepack-Synology-8-0-*-packages/page35

If you have an ARM-based NAS you are stuffed as far as Synology options go. I also have LMS running quite happily with a 500 GB SSD on an RPi4 using PicCorePlayer. You can always link that to the drives on your NAS via USB or your network.