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Last edited by Steven W; 22-06-2010 at 02:14 PM.
As I've been asking ever since I bought my DS408 - I'd like an LDAP Server please, thank you.
It would work very nicely on a DS410 too
USB printer support would be a nice feature if it isn't available already.
The DS410 is already DLNA certified, but i'd love to see this taken a step further, and have this integrated as a complete "home hub" above and beyond basic media integration. The ability for the device to link in with home automation systems (or actually become to brains of one) would be really appealing, and would offer a cheap way to get such a system in your home. This could be linked to an X10 or INSTEON system very simply to provide such features as:
Playing certain music/multimedia when switches are pressed/doors opened (eg a "welcome home" tune/video when you open your front door)
Fun examples of the above such as playing a "WARNING!" sound when opening the fridge after midnight.
Timed playback of multimedia through your house only in rooms where the lights are on (or off, configurable)
Providing a web interface for controlling your X10/INSTEON setup from the internet
Logging/Auditing of power usage, switch usage etc (stats all obtainable via X10/insteon integrations)
Use as an audio bank for text-to-speech aspects of a home integration system.
Essentially the idea is to have the DS410 running as a true home hub, controlling the automation system and giving you instant access to all your media anywhere, anytime. I have mentioned X10/insteon as two possible systems as they are the cheapest/widely used, but any of the commercial systems could be used as an alternative!
If Synology don't do it, I sure will in the next few years
I think the best thing Synology could add would be some kind of "Video Station" app. Similar to Photo station. This way, you could stream video to any device, but particularly an iPad, iPhone, Android Phone etc. Over the internet or wifi and you could access your home videos while on the road. I love synology's products and own a DS-209. Excellent product! Keep up the great work Synology!
How about auto-sync of USB devices with different options for each device?
e.g.
- Memory card from your camera, where it knows to just download the contents to a particular folder.
- SD card from your MP3 player, where it syncs your music library
As I envisage it, when you plug in a device that doesn't have auto-sync set up for it you would log in to the interface and instruct it on which folders to sync and whether it's upload/download/bi-directional.
What would be really nice is if it could be made to do MTP syncing with my MP3 player, or even upload to my Sony e-reader.
If you can't keep up, stick with reality...
How about an easy to use multi-platform client application to interface with the DS410j. If you can imagine something like media centre, but specifically engineered for the Disk Station. I’m not saying scrap the web interface but I think it would be easier to quickly stream content. Perhaps it could be fully aware of all devices on your local network and index video’s, music and files automatically (assuming the providing device has the relevant access privileges). One feature I know I would personally love is (this is a little far-fetched) the ability to record and playback content from my Sky HD box to and from the Disk Station, so when I want to record something I’m not having a heart attack about how much little space I have left because my gf has recorded an entire series of desperate housewives in HD! But also I could watch a recorded program at the same time as she is without the need for another pricey HD box. I know there could potentially be some legal ramifications but the DS410j supports functionality for rapidshare? Also building on the client app idea, perhaps a ‘lite’ version for iPhone? Stream videos and music from your Disk Station on the go? The way mobile internet connectivity is going I don’t think there would be any bandwidth issues.
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
Since I run a linkstation with debian there is only really one application this nas needs as standard.Here's the question:
“Synology are renowned for their open minded approach to third party open source applications being developed and installed on their devices with limited support on their community forums. If you could have any open source application or USB device installed on your Synology NAS box, what would it be?”
Transmission bit torrent client - http://www.transmissionbt.com/
Fast and lightweight, what more could you need.
My main problem in the home network is viruses/hacker attack due to kids clicking certain pop-ups.Here's the question:
“Synology are renowned for their open minded approach to third party open source applications being developed and installed on their devices with limited support on their community forums. If you could have any open source application or USB device installed on your Synology NAS box, what would it be?”
If possible have a constantly active AV checker with file incremental backup?
Woohoo now Assistant Manager!
Actually fast, and actually lightweight. See rtorrent for cli torrenting needs.Originally Posted by abaxas
What in the name of god would you need bochs for on a NAS?
You know what? I'm not even sure what the possibilities even are so my suggestion is to incorporate a teas-maid so it wakes me up with a nice cup of PG Tips before I start hammering it for data
To be honest, Synology already has a rather savage array of offically supported software features. I think improving performance, stability, and cost should be the primary concern now.
Oh, and mediatomb is shaping up very nicely. You might be able to replace twonky with that to save the cost of a license.
Oh oh, and if I were really pressed into what features to add, it would definately be a NAS with a second ethernet port and WLAN AP so the NAS can take on the workload of being an internet router as well as a NAS, it'd save folk a whole load of hassle with wire sprwal and home network complexity.
I've had Subversion installed for a while now on my DS207 but it requires SSHing into and installing ipkg and using it that way.
It'd be great to install it as a package directly onto the device to avoid all of the command line configuration that is currently needed to do it.
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