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How do you work / mount with files stored on your Synology NAS on Ubuntu linux? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 9 months ago by nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hi all,

I recently decided to make the switch from Windows to Ubuntu (Pop_OS) and I'm struggling to setup my NAS on my new OS.

I can mount my folders without issues and access them on different file managers (Nemo, Dolphin), but I'm having issues accessing them from my installed applications.

For example if I want to modify tags for my audio files (which takes 80% on my Synology drives) I cannot find them in the application(s).

I can't right click on the files and use 'open with' and I cannot drag n' drop the files to the tag editor, so I try to find the with the applications:

  • Ex Falso:  no network share is available on the sidebar / navigation bar, nothing in 'other locations'
  • Puddletag: same
  • NTag : same

How are we supposed to make this work? I just want to be able to access my files without having to download them on my local disk and send them back to my Synology every time I want to do this.

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[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

Keep in mind that support for SMB is technically either available or not, in each so app. I don't believe anything hides SMB from apps, on Debian derivatives, by default. (It seems inconvenient, but, anecdotally, it causes fewer headaches. Access over SMB is different enough from local storage that lying to apps about it causes issues...specifically the kind of issues we see with network shares on Windows.)

SMB is old enough that a huge number of apps support it, but it's still extra code that each app might not include.

For apps that don't support SMB, I sync a folder between Synology and a local drive, using the sync app that Synology provides.

https://kb.synology.com/en-us/DSM/tutorial/How_to_sync_files_between_Synology_NAS_and_your_computer_using_Drive_desktop

[-] nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Thank you for your insight, I was able to access the share with several applications using a mount point, so I can keep everything in the same place.

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