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Synology Media Centre Setup by waleed

December 11, 2023 | Reading Time: 9 min

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Synology Media Configuration This is my attempt at publishing a write up on a rough timeliens of my journey setting up an open source media centre on my Synology DSM713+. It includes a configuration guide and links to scripts that should help others work through their own setups. Table of Contents Introduction The Setup Applications System details What is OpenVPN? Ok, so now What is tun? UnRar-ing files after download Attempt 1 - Unrar script Switching to qBittorrent The VPN challenge - some options Making life easy - SOCKS5 Important - remote path mapping Attempt 2 - Another failed Unrar script That didn’t work either - no more scripts Final docker-compose Further Resources Introduction So a while back, motivated by a desire to make more use out of my Synology DSM713+ NAS, I decided to explore ways to turn it into a self-managed but highly automated media centre.