In my case (Samsung TV), I had to chose the DLNA device from my list of sources, then the big icon for Music, and then navigate into the folders to find the music - for my test, only those files/folders that had been indexed displayed. To test that it all works, go to your TV and see if you can see the files and folders.Re-indexing can take quite some time, depending on how many files you have stored in that folder on the NAS. You’ll likely have to re-index your media files so the TV can see them all - click Re-index to start that process.Optional: You can change the name of the indexed folder - according to Raj, this changes what you see displayed on your TV when choosing your media type.If it’s not already selected, select the file type for this folder (i.e.In my case, I changed the folder path for music to /Jukebox. Change the folder name to the path you want, or click the Select button to select the folder you want your TV to see.
Click Edit to open the Edit Indexed Folder window.In my case I wanted to change ‘music’ to ‘jukebox’ so I clicked the ‘music’ row. Click in the row for the file path you want to change.Scroll down to Indexing Service and select it.Go to Control Panel on the Synology Diskstation interface.With the help of the wonderful Raj at PC Guru, I found where to change it (see below) and now the NAS is indexing the music files ready for playback via the TV. I couldn’t find where to change the setting either on the TV (not possible) or in the Synology Diskstation settings. music as the DLNA file path, but that’s not the folder I use for my music.
I wanted to access music (stored on my Synology Diskstation NAS) through my Samsung (not-very-smart-because-it’s-7-years-old) TV.
This post is for future me, and anyone else who may find it useful!
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