NFS Shares with Synology (Legacy)



This guide will show you how to configure your Synology NAS device to work with OpenELEC.

The Synology End

 * Enable the NFS service found under Control Panel -Win/MAC/NFS. Check the "Enable NFS" box and click OK
 * You must add a NFS Privileges entry for the share that you want to access using NFS i.e. The default 'video' share. This is found in Control Panel - Shared Folder
 * Highlight the share to want to access using NFS and click "NFS Privileges" near the top (highlighted in red below)




 * Click Create and add an entry for the IP address of your Openelec device as shown. The Synology NAS supports wildcards if you need more than one device with NFS access







OpenELEC 1.0
nfs | 10.0.1.200:/volume1/video/NFSTest | /storage/mount/TestNFS
 * Using Windows Explorer (Samba), navigate to \\openelec\Configfiles
 * Make a copy of the file 'netmount.conf.sample' and rename the copied file to 'netmount.conf'
 * Add an entry at the bottom without the # tag to point to the volume and share on your NAS. The 'volume' on your NAS is most like 'volume1' but the path is shown when you set the NFS privileges on the Synology (see pictures above). My entry is nfs | 10.0.1.200:/volume1/NFSTest | /storage/mount/TestNFS as shown:
 * Close and save the 'netmount.conf' file and reboot your Openelec device
 * Add a new source in Video using the normal XBMC method and navigate to Home Folder - /mount/TestNFS. Note that the path will show as /storage/mount/TestNFS if you edit this path as that's where your 'Home Folder' is mapped to (storage)
 * Choose the appropriate scraper as per normal and you should be good to go!