# Synology Nas + Temp location for transcoding **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-synology\ **Created:** [March 12, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917 "2024-03-12T06:25:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![josephthewhite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/josephthewhite/32/234707_2.png) [@josephthewhite](https://forums.plex.tv/u/josephthewhite)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917/1 "2024-03-12T06:25:51Z")
Hi team, Sorry to bring this up if its listed somewhere else I just haven’t found it anywhere. Hardware Synology Nas 1815+ Software Version - DSM 7.1.1-42962 Update 6 Plex Server Version 1.40.0.7998 I want to use my usb as the transcode location, I dont know what is the correct way to set this up then test that it is being used. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/e/5/3e5cdf018be3eaffac633cec1f81bd799f5ef647.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/f/2/8/f28fb0415018c60f35dbfd2c07096316bd3f8e64.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/e/5/3e52eec9b03c9ea80de36a7f989d3ab486a1116d.png) ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917/2 "2024-03-12T06:44:10Z")
The pathname you need for PMS is based on whether USB1 or USB2 The name isn’t cryptic - /volumeUSB1 for usbshare1 and /volumeUSB2 for usbshare2 Here’s what it looks like in Linux (SSH login to the Syno) I have 1 drive connected. ```auto chuck@ds418:~$ ls / bin dev etc.defaults lib lib64 mnt root sbin tmp var volume1 volumeUSB1 config etc initrd lib32 lost+found proc run sys usr var.defaults volume2 chuck@ds418:~$ ``` ---
**Author:** ![josephthewhite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/josephthewhite/32/234707_2.png) [@josephthewhite](https://forums.plex.tv/u/josephthewhite)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917/3 "2024-04-14T05:33:17Z")
Thanks, I’ve been trying to see if I’ve done this correctly but I don’t see files in my transcode folder while its transcoding. ![1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/7/b/a/7ba69d5235b57fcc222beb43e3d845066d0589da.png) ![2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/b/3/ab3b7f4c4f4347b140b1a6a0ddb36ff3da0b1f03.png) ![3](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/e/2/e/e2e5922abaa7ffe42a01b3afcff41a5c779ee477.png) ![4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/f/3/3f30e0ab93d3fabe5c8bd13a1d42d6084dbf3797.jpeg) ![5](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/b/7/a/b7aa8d40066e7994eac0844fdbb3d4b6d313c869.png) ---
**Author:** ![josephthewhite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/josephthewhite/32/234707_2.png) [@josephthewhite](https://forums.plex.tv/u/josephthewhite)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917/4 "2024-04-27T22:32:58Z")
anyone who can help with info id really appreciate it, there must be a simple step ive missed ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917/5 "2024-04-27T22:45:31Z")
Have you confirmed that System Internal User PlexMediaServer has RW access? The default settings would not allow it ---
**Author:** ![josephthewhite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/josephthewhite/32/234707_2.png) [@josephthewhite](https://forums.plex.tv/u/josephthewhite)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917/6 "2024-04-28T05:15:09Z")
I believe so but as I can not get it to work I must have missed something these are the share rules I set ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/9/e/f/9ef88991a0cc074271084e1f0c437ab4fda2abeb.png) I can find the share on the server interface ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/4/b/c/4bc2130796c8de3508a039888ae158af2959753e.png) i can add files as a test ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/f/8/3f8eb57067029e35debbf9c2bb04727361361a3e.jpeg) and they are found as a test ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/f/4/3f4cf8c8fce49920bed547c44536622387198547.png) I’ve uploaded some logs [Plex Media Server Logs\_2024-04-28\_17-28-05.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/o2vEjDdrzsp1vNeHEpfJyko0PDc.zip) (4.5 MB) i do see this in the logs ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/7/c/a/7cafb1c7ebaa014101c4caa7d6ca687631b2d2a7.png) ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917/7 "2024-04-28T06:22:18Z")
Thank you for the logs. I immediately found a major problem (configuring DSM to accommodate your library) ```auto Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.895 [140627524496184] INFO - /volume1/@appstore/PlexMediaServer/Plex Media Server Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.799 [140627117534008] ERROR - [Req#134ca4] [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/volume1/TV Shows/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game/Specials/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game - Specials 02 (2001) Haunted Hotel" (28: No space left on device) Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.799 [140627117534008] ERROR - [Req#134ca4] [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/volume1/TV Shows/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game/Specials/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game - Specials 01 (2000) 24-Hour Tag" (28: No space left on device) Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.799 [140627117534008] ERROR - [Req#134ca4] [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/volume1/TV Shows/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game - S17E01 No Laughing Youth High School (2019)" (28: No space left on device) Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.799 [140627117534008] ERROR - [Req#134ca4] [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/volume1/TV Shows/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game - S16E01 No Laughing Treasure Hunters (2018)" (28: No space left on device) Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.800 [140627117534008] ERROR - [Req#134ca4] [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/volume1/TV Shows/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game - S15E01 No Laughing American Police (2017)" (28: No space left on device) Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.800 [140627117534008] ERROR - [Req#134ca4] [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/volume1/TV Shows/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game - S14E01 No Laughing Science Lab (2016)" (28: No space left on device) Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.800 [140627117534008] ERROR - [Req#134ca4] [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/volume1/TV Shows/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game - S13E01 No Laughing Detective Agency (2015)" (28: No space left on device) Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.800 [140627117534008] ERROR - [Req#134ca4] [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/volume1/TV Shows/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game - S12E01 No Laughing Prison (2014)" (28: No space left on device) Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.800 [140627117534008] ERROR - [Req#134ca4] [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/volume1/TV Shows/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game - S11E01 No Laughing Defense Force (2013)" (28: No space left on device) Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.804 [140627117534008] ERROR - [Req#134ca4] [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/volume1/TV Shows/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game - S10E01 No Laughing Enthusiastic Teachers (2012)" (28: No space left on device) Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.804 [140627117534008] ERROR - [Req#134ca4] [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/volume1/TV Shows/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game - S09E01 No Laughing at the Airport (2011)" (28: No space left on device) Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.804 [140627117534008] ERROR - [Req#134ca4] [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/volume1/TV Shows/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game - S08E01 No Laughing at the Spy Agency (2010)" (28: No space left on device) Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.805 [140627117534008] ERROR - [Req#134ca4] [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/volume1/TV Shows/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game - S07E01 No Laughing at the Hotel (2009)" (28: No space left on device) Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.805 [140627117534008] ERROR - [Req#134ca4] [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/volume1/TV Shows/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game - S07E01 No Laughing at the Hotel (2009)/Not_Hotel_Man" (28: No space left on device) Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.806 [140627117534008] ERROR - [Req#134ca4] [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/volume1/TV Shows/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game - S06E01 No Laughing at a Newspaper Agency (2008)" (28: No space left on device) Apr 28, 2024 17:08:31.806 [140627117534008] ERROR - [Req#134ca4] [Notify] Failed to add watch for "/volume1/TV Shows/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game/Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game - S05E01 No Laughing in a Hospital (2007)" (28: No space left on device) ``` You need to do this procedure. – You add up how many folders your media is using – Round that number up to the next even multiple of 32768 – Create and run a Task Scheduler script to do the configuration for you. It’s all here. Ask if you have questions ALSO – Let me know if you less than 8GB of memory in the NAS before you do this. > [@Synology FAQ - Questions, Answers, and How-To's](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-faq-questions-answers-and-how-tos/490215/22): > > FAQ 16: Increase the number of folders Plex can monitor Applicable to all supported versions of DSM. When the Linux ‘inotify’ table fills up, this will cause when Plex to stop automatically detecting new media you add to the server. It will also manifest when there are transcoder problems with Dolby audio codecs. Linux has a default table size which is static. We can increase this at will. On some versions it’s 8192. On newer kernels, the default is 65536 folders. This is easy to incr… ---
**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917/8 "2024-04-28T07:00:50Z")
@josephthewhite In addition to correcting the Notify errors… The transcoder temp directory is used by Plex Media Server when transcoding. Do not place any media there. Do not add it to a Plex library. Your screenshots show you have done both. [https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/optimized/4X/1/9/e/19eecbfe357ec848cda1bed677526c1d4b0239ef\_2\_690x364.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/optimized/4X/1/9/e/19eecbfe357ec848cda1bed677526c1d4b0239ef_2_690x364.png) [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/b/3/ab3b7f4c4f4347b140b1a6a0ddb36ff3da0b1f03.png) ](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/b/3/ab3b7f4c4f4347b140b1a6a0ddb36ff3da0b1f03.png) ---
**Author:** ![josephthewhite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/josephthewhite/32/234707_2.png) [@josephthewhite](https://forums.plex.tv/u/josephthewhite)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917/9 "2024-05-22T02:30:02Z")
ok thanks, those files where there as a test to see if plex had access to the drive, i have removed them now. ---
**Author:** ![josephthewhite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/josephthewhite/32/234707_2.png) [@josephthewhite](https://forums.plex.tv/u/josephthewhite)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917/10 "2024-05-22T02:34:55Z")
> [@ChuckPa](#): > > – You add up how many folders your media is using > – Round that number up to the next even multiple of 32768 > – Create and run a Task Scheduler script to do the configuration for you. > > It’s all here. Ask if you have questions Sorry for the late reply, and thanks for the reply. Yes I have less that 8 gigs i have 6gigs, ill hang off doing for now ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/4/b/f/4bfed86411dfef9cfedd0d78fec696466944208c.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/5/8/d/58dadff02eb8a8ae9bb4df6d179649a90fadea0e.png) so count all the folders 252 + 985 + 5697 + 6560 + 222 = 13716 Round that number up to the next even multiple of 32768 = 32768 (Id say) ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917/11 "2024-05-22T02:54:57Z")
Yes. 32768 will work well for you. It can be cut to 16384 but that’s not leaving you much room. ---
**Author:** ![josephthewhite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/josephthewhite/32/234707_2.png) [@josephthewhite](https://forums.plex.tv/u/josephthewhite)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917/12 "2024-05-22T21:21:55Z")
cool, so my less than 8 gigs of ram is not a factor and Im ok to make this change. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917/13 "2024-05-22T23:14:25Z")
Yes, you’re OK to set it at 32768. You’ll only be using 49.1 MB of memory, locked, for the table and paths. ---
**Author:** ![josephthewhite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/josephthewhite/32/234707_2.png) [@josephthewhite](https://forums.plex.tv/u/josephthewhite)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917/14 "2024-05-23T01:06:15Z")
> [@josephthewhite](#): > > 32768 Sorry I got a questions have I done this correct I read over the steps ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/0/0/a000b231440f31cd5272931961d46e41d7b08957.png) 1. Add 32768 to the value: (13716) 13716+32768=4648413716+32768=46484 1. Divide by 32768: 46484/32768=1.41846484/32768=1.418 1. Add 1 to the integer result (ignoring fractions): 1+1=21+1=2 1. Multiply by 32768: 2×32768=655362×32768=65536 So, the final result is 65536 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/e/7/4/e74cff5c01558f0f44a1dcead7709d33d27f800e.png) # Remove any previous s2s\_watches\_max entries (avoid clutter) sed -i ‘s/^s2s\_watches\_max=._$//’ /etc/synoinfo.conf sed -i 's/^s2s\_watches\_max=._$//’ /etc.defaults/synoinfo.conf # This is an example only. Use your actual result below to add the new value echo ‘s2s\_watches\_max=65536’ \>\> /etc/synoinfo.conf echo ‘s2s\_watches\_max=65536’ \>\> /etc.defaults/synoinfo.conf is this correct? ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917/15 "2024-05-23T01:54:15Z")
Here we go: 1. You currently have 13716 folders 2. This is less than the first step of 32768. 3. We can try with that or just take the next step and be done. Your choice. 4. The next step is as you calculated. > (13716 + 32768) / 32768 ==\> 1.418 > 1 + 1 ==\> 2 > 2 \* 32768 ==\> 65536 1. Your modification of the commands to change ‘262144’ → ‘65536’ is correct. I had miscalculated earlier. Based on 65536, your maximum memory usage for this is 99MB. The actual amount will depend on the length of each path but I’ve calculated based on maximum path length of 1K each (most are well less than 512). You should still be well positioned in the 50-75MB usage range. ---
**Author:** ![josephthewhite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/josephthewhite/32/234707_2.png) [@josephthewhite](https://forums.plex.tv/u/josephthewhite)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/synology-nas-temp-location-for-transcoding/871917/16 "2024-05-23T02:11:06Z")
ok ill make the change ---
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I have made the changes, atm no media is being watched, but intro are being found on new media. Under console I am getting this I will attach logs is the the same problem or different? I feel like its getting close to being working ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/8/b/9/8b9f13c0954c40994d838016f403a1ae9bc9bb2c.jpeg) [Plex Media Server Logs\_2024-05-23\_18-40-12.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/p10UaaGLKBJsIiX7fWsWw1WPULB.zip) (5.2 MB) ---
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