connection problems

[Ricochez]

Hi,

I have a Synology nas (RS816) running DSM 7.2 where I have all my media-files. I can't install Jellyfin on it because I can't install docker or container manager. On my mac I have jellyfin installed and I'm trying to set a path to my nas, but somehow I can't get Jellyfin to find my nas, let alone my shared video-folder on the nas. Is this even possible and if so, can somebody point me in the right direction? I gave Jellyfin full access to my mac, but I can't figure out a path to my nas to set up a media-library.

Regards 

Rico

[jellykrabbypatty]

Hi,

I have a Synology nas (RS816) running DSM 7.2 where I have all my media-files. I can't install Jellyfin on it because I can't install docker or container manager. On my mac I have jellyfin installed and I'm trying to set a path to my nas, but somehow I can't get Jellyfin to find my nas, let alone my shared video-folder on the nas. Is this even possible and if so, can somebody point me in the right direction? I gave Jellyfin full access to my mac, but I can't figure out a path to my nas to set up a media-library.

Regards 

Rico

I'm confused. Isn't the point of NAS to have Jellyfin running direct from it like a standalone PC? Why does docker or container manager not work?

[pxr5]

^ Docker (Container Manager) will only run on + models of Synology NAS.

To the OP. How do you normally access any files on your NAS from the Mac? The way to handle this is map NAS folders to a Drive letter on your Mac. I enable NFS access on my video folders (Movie and TV) on my NAS. A quick google should show you how to do this on a Mac. I then map them to a drive letter (this is Win11 btw) like this from Windows Explorer:

map network movie drive to
192.168.x.xxx:/volume1\video3\Movie
map network TV drive and
192.168.x.xxx:/volume1\video3\TV

Once you can view the movie/tv folders on your mac via a mapped drive go to Jellyfin and add new library and select the mapped drive as required. e.g. Z:\