PlayStation Media Server is a great extra Media Center for your Synology. With PMS you are able to stream MKV files to your PS3 or any other DLNA/UPnP device. You are also able to stream SopCast directly through PMS to your TV! This is why I wanted PMS to be able to run on my Synology. Unfortunally the installation isn't easy. I have been searching the internet and eventually I got it up and running. Luckely I wasn't the only Synology user who was trying to get PMS running.

So I ended up on the PS3MediaServer forum. A user called 'synops' was also busy trying to get it up and running. So we had a little personal forum entry on the PS3MediaServer forum. You can find the thread here: http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12387. To make every step more clearly, synops and I deliver you this installation guide which worked on our Synology's.

This page is a help file for my own created Synology package named MailStation Plus. From the 'HELP' button within this package you will land on this page to help your further. If anything is missing in this help file or it isn't sufficient for you, please contact me and I will help you a.s.a.p.

Synology has released there bright new DSM software version 3.2-1922. Most people will love this update and install it as soon as possible, just like me. This new DSM version has some great new features, but unfortunally also a little undocumented feature. If you have installed 3rd party packages like 'Config File Editor' from Remco Schellekens website (http://www.mertymade.com/syno/#cfe). You will notice this packages won't start as it normally does. Well the community has found some solutions to this:

So you are done configuring your Synology NAS and want to be able to access your Synology NAS through your Ubuntu PC or laptop? With Linux you can mount your NAS to your Ubuntu distro. Always wondered how? This tutorial helps you find your way to do.