I have a Synology NAS that contains all my media. Unless I map a drive, I Plex Server, on my Windows 10 PC, does not see the NAS. Is there a way to use this without mapping a drive? The problem is Synology is inconsistent in remapping the drive when the system is restarted. Thanks in advance.
I just conferred with the Ninjas who use Windows.
It’s not the Synology. It’s Windows being its historically slow self. It’s not predictable.
Options are:
- Make windows a delayed -start service if the drives are mounting on their own.
- Use UNC pathnames to access your shares (
\\server\share\folder)
I tried the UNC but Plex doesn’t recognize it. I don’t think I want to install the server on the Synology, seems there are issues with that.
@mgolub55 said:
I tried the UNC but Plex doesn’t recognize it. I don’t think I want to install the server on the Synology, seems there are issues with that.
I just tested with my paths and they work. I created a new library and when it asked for the drive letter I just copied in my path \IP\PATH and it worked fine.
I have everyone telling me otherwise.
UNC path to the Synology.
Do you have the same username and same password on the Synology as you do on Windows?
If need be, make a screen capture to show where you’re having difficulty
You can also set the share up for anonymous access as read only (so people cant delete your media unless you’re certain no one in your house would do that). Plex will be able to read from that.
Can’t seem to insert an image so I’ve attached them. First is explorer showing the path. The second image is Plex add library window. The NEXT button does not enable so I’m assuming it doesn’t like the path.
And no, I don’t have the same Windows and Synology logins. I’ve tried setting the login during mapping to the Windows user but that doesn’t stick.
I think I figured out the problem. I’ve mapped Y: to \\mg_diskstation\music. In those folder are individual folders that contain the artist\albums folders. Pointing to the Y: drive, I’m still unable to continue. However, when I select one of the individual artist folders NEXT is available. So it looks like I need to reorganize as it doesn’t like selecting the root folder. So now I’m not sure what will be the easiest way to go.
Thanks Trumpy. I remember seeing this but searching the Plex forms didn’t find it. I’ll be doing some dragging and dropping tonight to move Music and Movies into a Media folder and that should fix the problem. Thanks for all the quick and informative responses.
Here is the verbose version how to use UNC paths with Plex on Windows:
Well, can’t open the server now so will have to test this out once I can get back in. Keep getting a 404 Not Found error.
