How do you work / mount with files stored on your Synology NAS on Ubuntu linux? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 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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[-] Turbo@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

You're welcome.

I've not thought about nor worried about wear and tear. I did a search but didn't find anything. Are you just being cautious? Or perhaps you only access files occasionally?

Either way, you may want to creat a bash alias in your .bashrc file so that you can type a simple command like mountnas or 'nas' and you might have another to run the umount command to unmount it.

Since my NAS runs my camera recordings and backups and some containers, I figure wear from mounting conveniently shouldn't be an issue...

Cheers!

[-] nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Hi again !

You guessed right: I indeed use those files on my computer very occasionally and I'd rather make a shortcut / alias (like you rightly suggested) than mounting the share at every boot. True, if you have quality disks (which are getting more difficult to find nowadays) you shouldn't be worried about wear.

On a side note I could do my tag editing just fine, thanks again for your help!

[-] Turbo@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Cheers! Thanks for your reply.

Lemmy folks are nicer folks :)

Have a good day

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