After a few requests i’ve now tried to install Twonky Server 7 on the NAS_Devices and i can tell you that it works. The following article describes the installation. Before you proceed please check here if Version 7.11-Special is still the current version. If not, please add a comment below.
This tutorial requires an installed fun_plug!
Please check if your NAS is listed here and have a look at the package name, you’ll need it below:
| NAS-Name | Package name of Twonky Server |
|---|---|
|
D-Link DNS-323 Conceptronic CH3SNAS |
D-Link DNS-323 |
|
D-Link DNS-320 D-Link DNS-321 D-Link DNS-325 D-Link DNS-343 D-Link DNS-345 Conceptronic CH3MNAS Acer easyStore NAS |
Kuro Box Pro |
Now go to the download page of Twonky Server, search for the package name and replace the link to the package with the link below after the “wget“-Command. As an example the link for the Kuro box Pro package is placed below. Please execute the following commands in the commandline of your NAS-device:
mkdir -p /ffp/opt/twonky/data/ cd /ffp/opt/twonky wget http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/7.0.11-Special/twonky-kurobox-pro-special-7.0.11.zip unzip twonky-*.zip rm twonky-*.zip chmod +x twonkyserver twonkystarter twonkyproxy twonkywebdav plugins/* cgi-bin/* wget http://wolf-u.li/u/449 -O /ffp/start/twonky.sh wget http://wolf-u.li/u/448 -O /ffp/opt/twonky/twonkyserver-default.ini [[ $(ls -1 /mnt|grep -c HD_a2) -eq 0 ]] && sed -i -e 's!/HD_a2!/HD/HD_a2!g' -e 's!/HD_b2!/HD/HD_b2!g' /ffp/opt/twonky/twonkyserver-default.ini
Now test if it works:
sh /ffp/start/twonky.sh start
If this command was executed fine, check port 9000 under the address of your NAS. (e.g. at http://192.168.133.7:9000/).
If you want to start Twonky on every boot of your device, enable it permanentely:
chmod a+x /ffp/start/twonky.sh
Followed directions to a tee, did not work on DNS-320. No errors in command mode, but when I go to load the server in my web browser I get a 404 error…reverting back to v6
Your choice, but maybe you should check if the commands really worked before going to the old one. Did you remove the directory before going to the v7? Did you stop the old twonky before installing the new one? If not, try to reboot. And add the output of:
after the reboot.
Cheers,
Uli
The issue is Google Chrome. Even after reloading the browser and clearing everything, it will not load the configuration page for 7.0.5. I tried using and it loads fine.
Success, DNS-320 + 7.0.5 Special
i am having the exact issue as Steve; although i did not have any previous twonky version installed on my dns-325, twonky 7.0.5 won’t start, and http://mynas.com:9000/ returns a 404 error
Thanks – those directions for 7.0.8 worked perfectly for me on my DNS-320!
I’ve Twonky 6 on my DNS-325.
How do I update it to latest Twonky 7.05 Special ?
Uli recommended a fresh install for this version. Remove the old version saving the key you bought and just follow the instructions.
Woooww, GREAT !!! Thank you so much Uli, works perfectly on DNS-320
Thanks Uli, tworking great in DNS-320
Hi! By following your tutorial I could successfully run twonky yesterday. But while it was searching for media it froze and since then I could not restart it. Even though I stopped it and started it again from putty, I cannot connect with the browser. How can I check what happened? Thank you
Hi Guys,
I have a DNS-325. I have installed fun_plug and then tried to install Twonky 7.0.5 and have come up with a problem.
When I put in the command “sh /ffp/start/stonky.sh start” it gives the response “route: SIOCADDRT: File Exists” and won’t go further.
I can’t get Twonky to run or autostart. Can’t get to it from the browser.
I would really appreicate the assistance as Linux is not my first language…
Sorry, make that “sh /ffp/start/twonky.sh start”
Issue the stop first if that comes up:
Maybe that helps. Then start again. Normally Twonky starts fine without interaction…. strange.
Cheers,
Uli
Many thanks Uli,
Just managed to get it going. I was running the wrong version of fun_plug.
Deinstalled everthing following your guidelines on this page, and then re-installed with fun_plug 0.7. Now all working great.
Many thanks for your help and directions, they are great.
BR
John
Hi,
I’ve installed Twonky 7 on my DNS-320. When I try to play videos (any format) with my LG DP1W, it doesn’t display subtitles. Can anyone help me to solve this, in case it’s possible? Is there any way to get subtitles when playing videos through Twonky and DLNA? I’ve read some post in other webs, but I haven’t found any solution.
Sorry for my poor english.
Regards.
it is not possible at the moment to stream subtitles from dlna servers. the only way to get subtitles to work is to watch the video via network share.
regards,
I have DNS-325 with firmware 1.02, with fun_plug 0.7; two hard drives, no raid no jbod.
tried twonky 7.0.5(no previous twonky iunstalled)
“sh /ffp/start/twonky.sh start” not starting!
townky 6.0.39; works fine;
what could be the cause of the problem?
Don’t know. Did you follow the steps above correctly? If yes, what does
say when you start twonky 7?
Best Regards,
Uli
Hey Uli,
issued:
sh /ffp/start/twonky.sh stop
then:
sh /ffp/start/twonky.sh start
like you advised John R. and twonky 7.0.5 is now working on dns-325
thanks
regards
firas
Hi Uli!
Many, many thanks for your tutorial! I have a virgin D-Link DNS-320 NAS, followed your instructions and voilla! Twonky working first time!
The supplied built-in media server is so poor, but now, thanks to your good self, I have a useable one!
Thanks again for great instructions – they are spot-on.
Kind Regards,
Mark
You are the master. Thanks again!
Thanks for the feedback!
Best Regards,
Uli
Having stupidly changed the fescan time setting to ‘-1′, I was no longer able to log into the Twonky interface.
I followed the fun_plug tutorial, then reinstalled Twonky 7.0.5 and on executing “sh /ffp/start/stonky.sh start” I was given a response “route: SIOCADDRT: File Exists” and wouldn’t go any further.
To rectify this I used a solution from another user ‘Mark’ on here.
I got things up and running again by stopping twonky, deleting the ‘data’ folder and starting twonky again.
Do this by:
rm -r ffp/opt/twonky/data):Hope this may shed some light on any issues you may have. Just like to point out that I’m not a linux person so will probably be unable to answer any other linux questions!!
Many thanks Uli for your hardwork! Once I’m paid from work, I’ll treat you to a beer’.
Hi Henguist. The same happened to me after installing twonky. I tried to delete the data folder but it cannot be deleted. It prompts me the following error message:
But it turns out that the data folder is indeed in such directory. Should I try to re-install twonky. How can I uninstall it?
I know you told that you are not a linux guy, but if someone else reads this and can help me, I will appreciate it.
Hi nmcar. Did you stop the Twonky server before trying to remove the folder?
Just ran into the same problem having changed the scan to -1.
Have tried the solution above but get the same data directory error.
Have stoped Twonky before trying to delete the data directory.
root@NAS:~# sh /ffp/start/twonky.sh stop
root@NAS:~# ps -ef|grep twonky
root 23419 5502 0 17:50 pts/0 00:00:00 grep twonky
root@NAS:~# rm -r ffp/opt/twonky/data
rm: cannot remove `ffp/opt/twonky/data’: No such file or directory
root@NAS:~#
Any thoughts please as this is my first experience with Linux and am out of my depth.
Many thanks
I had the same thing – do cd.. a couple of times to get your path back to the root (it will show /ffp/home# on the first cd.. and then /ffp# and then one final cd.. will get you back to root).
Then use the “rm -r ffp/opt/twonky/data” command and it should work.
Then use the start command and re-apply the auto start command…
I broke mine the same way – note to self, when it works, leave it alone!
Phil
You only need to enter cd / to get back to the root.
I also ran into this problem twice!!!
Just figured out, that it was because of the -1 
Hey there, I have a DNS-320 with ffp installed, and I just downloaded the Kuro Box Pro release, and followed the guide above. Everything works great until starting the process, when I get the following error:
.: 6: Can’t open /ffp/etc/ffp.subr
Opening the twonky.sh in nano, I see that line 6 is:
. /ffp/etc/ffp.subr
I don’t have an ‘etc’ folder in the ffp folder though, only ‘opt’ and ‘start’. Is that normal?
Any help would be appreciated
You should have one. Did you install ffp correctly?
Best Regards,
Uli
Hey Uli,
When viewing the network drive in windows I could see:
\\192.168.0.100\Volume_1\ffp\etc\ffp.subr
But when I used putty to access Squeeze (logged in as root), my top level directory didn’t have an ffp folder. I had to edit the twonky.sh to change line 6 to:
/mnt/HD/HD_a2/ffp/etc/ffp.subr
This seems to have worked so far
keep on having the same problem,
when i do :
sh /ffp/start/twonky.sh start
it says :
: command not foundh: line 2:
: command not foundh: line 5:
: No such file or directory6: /ffp/etc/ffp.subr
i tried to change that line for the complete path (/mnt/HD_a2/ffp/etc/ffp.subr) but have the same result.
the ffp.subr is where it’s suppose to be.
both files are edited by notepad++ in ANSI encoding (tried UTF-8 for the same result)
Please someone help me ?
Johan.
You have the wrong line termination.
Try the tip suggested by kg9ov here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=493370
I get the same error except my etc folder is empty.
All,
I removed version 6.0.39 (I think) and tried installing 7.0.7 (after purchasing the licence).
Now I get “route: SIOCADDRT: File exists” and when I navigate to port 9000 of my NAS drive, I get a “404 Not Found” error.
Can someone help me remove the version so I can install it again?
Reboot NAS and try again.
Best Regards,
Uli
I removed the twonky folder and tried and it worked (version 7.0.5 as mentioned in the tutorial).
How do I uninstall the previous version correctly?
I just deleted the twonky directory in opt.
The latest version of TM server is 7.0.7 (http://twonky.com/products/twonkylinux/downloads.aspx). How come I can’t download the latest version?
I purchased the licence key, so I want to be able to download the latest and the greatest, not the previous version.
Thanks for all your help so far Uli.
Hello Zahir,
the newest version for the desktop environment can differ from the nas environment as i needs time to be compiled for the nas and sometimes the fixed bug is not valid for nas. Thus, just install the latest version for nas and you have the maximum of available features on your nas.
Best Regards,
Uli
Installed and working. I am also using MiniDLNA. Any reason why Twonky is better and worth paying for? I don’t believe this setup is doing any transcoding?
Hello wcg,
try it and post back with the differences. MiniDLNA has addad a hole bunch of additional features in the latest version, so this might be “enough” for your needs.
Best Regards,
Uli
Hello Uli,
I am trying to install Twonky NAS DNS-323 as per your instructions above. I am using Putty as my terminal. I have gone as far as the wget cmd and I see that the zip was downloaded to the NAS. However, I am unable to unzip it. I get error with the following
Archive: twonky-dns323-special-7.0.5.zip
unzip: invalid zip magic 4F44213C
Can you please guide me on what could be possibly wrong? Thank you.
I think that the downloaded file is corrupt. Try again the wget command to re-download the zip file. If that solves the problem, you should be able to continue with the installation steps
I hope this will help.
Regards,
Firas
I appear to have installed Twonky as it appears as I have a server called “Twonky bu wolf-u.li” in my list of servers but it doesn’t contain my files. Do I have a link to your Nas drive?
Hi,
no you don’t. All data (although you see none apparently) is just yours
Check the Path to the Files in the Settings and adjust if needed. Does Twonky run correctly? Check with
if not sure.
Best Regards,
uli
Hello Uli,
A new version of twonky is available now.
Is there a way to update the current one I am using 7.0.5 or should I do a clean install if the new version i.e. delete the old version
Regards,
Firas
I was running fun_plug 0.5 and twonky 6.
I have since removed both and installed fun_plug 0.7. After following the installation process above for twonky 7, the daemon will not start.
Executing “sh /ffp/start/twonky.sh start” doesn’t start twonky.
Attempting to start the daemon manually with the command in the script: /ffp/opt/twonky/twonkystarter -logfile /dev/null -appdata /ffp/opt/twonky/data/ >/dev/null 2>/dev/null </dev/null &"
give the following error:
"-sh: /ffp/opt/twonky/twonkystarter: No such file or directory"
The file exists and has the executable bit applied. Any ideas?
Yeah I am getting this exact same problem, it’s gotta be one of the weirdest errors I’ve ever seen.
twonkystarter is an ELF executable though so using sh doesn’t work on my system (Ubuntu 12 Server in VMWare ESXi VM on a HP MicroServer).
I have tried all sorts of different tricks, there seems to be no way in which this could be happening. Inode problem?
Sussed it. Read the Linux-HowTo file. If you are running Debian 64-bit linux you need to download the 32-bit compatibility libs (apt-get install ia32-libs)
HTH
Looks like Twonky have a half price deal on licences …
TwonkyServer License (v4.4.18 thru v5) / GBP 13.64 (including taxVAT / Discount (50%) / GBP -6.82 = Total: GBP 6.82
or
TwonkyManager v3 / GBP 13.64 (including taxVAT / Discount (50%) / GBP -6.82 = Total: GBP 6.82
Also looks like 7.0.8 is the latest for nas boxes …
http://www.twonkyforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=7653
Installed and working on DNS-320, thanks Uli and others.
Does anyone know what the difference between 7.0.5 and 7.0.8 is?
I have 7.0.5 and was wondering if it’s worth the trouble of upgrading.
Thanks in advance
this guide working on zyxel nsa 221?
It work on my zyxel nsa 210… But i am also using a ffp stick so i can ssh in to my nas:
http://zyxel.nas-central.org/wiki/FFP-stick
can you tell us which version you have used ?
thanks
Dear Uli,
I have set a username and a password for the Twonky page, which i forgot what they were. is there a way to recover them, or to revert back to the default one i.e. no username and password?
I am running kuro-box-pro-special-7.0.8 on DNS-325.
Regards,
Thanks a mill, working great.. Quick question, is there a mod to enable trans-coding for viewing through ps3?
Thanks
I get all the way to starting the server and get a segmentation fault.
DNS-321 1.03
twonky-kurobox-pro-special-7.0.8.zip
So figured out the packages in update were 0.5 not 0.7, got that all sorted out… Got twonky running but I get 404 on http://my-nas:9000.
ps -ef|grep twonky returns
2375 root grep twonky.
whats next?
Hi,
Mytwonky ver6 works ok till date. Any plus for me to upgrade? Can’t find any documents on the enhancement.
Appreciate ur sharing
@all with Twonky7 running:
+1
Same question from me.
Is there any advantage which should lead me to upgrade to Twonky7?
Thx
Frank
I have installed 7.08 and bought a licence but I have a “trial version expired” error. Tried stopping and restarting Twonky but still get he same error.
Got it working, on my DNS-323 when setting up my shared Folders all I get is /HD_a2 , /HD_b2 , /H_a4 , /HD_b4
I have volume 1 and volume 2 set up on my NAS all my movies are on volume 2 and music and data on volume 1 (where twonky is loaded)
Can I only share data from the volume twonky is stored on?
Hi I have fun plug and mytwonky 7 installed on my DNS323.
I have been streaming content but and all is working well except one thing…
I cannot log into my DNS323 through the web gui any longer…I want to enable Jumbo Frames and change some other settings but I cannot. i get an error saying that OnLY The administrator can use this account.
Do i need to stop a service if so how?
Does anyone have problem with TAGS when Twonky generates the Library?
I’ve found some weird behavior with perfect MP3 tagged files, sometimes it cannot clasify artist, genre, etc..
I’m running 7.08 special (paid)
any toughts?
When I try and unzip, I get the message unzip: not found. The same goes for what I thought was dir to see whether the file had downloaded. HELP!!! Thanks.
“dir” is “ls -al” on linux
try “/ffp/bin/unzip” instead of “unzip”, maybe that works. If not, you have a serious problem
Cheers,
Uli
Thanks for that Uli. I am therefore assuming that as I created the directory ffp for the twonky installation – that the unzip utility would have been included in the twonky zip. But of course I can unzip the twonky zip then I can get access to unzip – but of course I can’t unzip…. you get my logic.
Is the unzip utility part of the linux install? I looked in bin under the root – but I can’t find zip. Not sure of the equivalent of the DOS equivalent of dir unzip* /s (search all subdirectories from the current directory).
Thanks. Leigh.
Hello Leigh,
unzip is part of the FFP distribution, therefore its located under /ffp/bin/unzip
Its not contained in twonky.
if you want to find unzip, you could use “find”. E.g. “find / -name unzip”.
Best Regards,
Uli
Hi Uli – sorry. Does the FFP distribution come with the DNS? Or is it a download. Sorry for my stupid questions. Thanks. Leigh.
No FFP is installed afterwards. See here
Best Regards,
Uli
Hi Uli – so I got that point – got Fonz installed, got my dns setup correctly – but then I get the message
Cannot write to `twonky-dns323-special-7.0.9.zip.2′ (No space left on device).
On the shares – there is space left, but am assuming it is writing or trying to write somewhere where this is no space. Any ideas? Thanks. Leigh.
Hi,
I have successfully installed Twonky Media Server 3 times now on my Dlink DNS-320.
I just have one question – When the NAS restarts I have to re-setup the entire Twonky Media Server from the beginning as it does not start
How can I ensure that it loads even after the NAS resarts and that I dont have to keep reloading it?
Any help with this is much appreciated as the standard DNS-320 UPNP server is not even worth mentioning
I have found Twonky Media to be far better and I have purchased a license for it since last night.
Thank you.
Kyle
Hello Kyle,
did you execute:
To start the server on bootup?
Best Regards,
Uli
Hi Uli,
Thanks for the feedback.
I have done that but on restart the Twonky Page (http://MYNAS:9000) loads a page: “NOT FOUND”
I am not sure if perhaps there is something else that can be done?
Does removing telnet help this to work or is that an optional step?
Thank you.
Hello Kyle,
after reboot, please check the process list (ps -ef|grep twonky) and check if twonky is running. If not, then check if it could be started manually?
Best Regards,
Uli
I have re-run that script now, restarting the NAS to see if maybe it works after the re-run.
Will keep you updated.
Thank you.
Hi Again,
It is working now after re-running that script!
Very happy with this NAS drive now!
Please can you advise if there is a problem setting the Refresh interval of the server to -1 so that it constantly refreshes?
Thank you again for all the help
Hello Kyle,
there is new fix available, i just need to check a few things before releasing it as an advised change from my side. In the meantime, run it without using this option.
Best Regards,
Uli
Hi Uli,
What’s about the fix to resolve the scan interval issue when value set to -1?
Best,
Romik2r
Hi
Thanks for instructions. Works perfectly
Hi
I have installed twonky server as described in tutorial, but when i try to start it I get this error message:
/ffp/start/twonky.sh: line 1: syntax error: redirection unexpected
What Im doing wrong.?
Try to execute the download for twonky.sh again, maybe there went something wrong.
Best Regards,
Uli
I’ve installed Fun Plug and Twonky on my DNS320 NAS.
Set up Twonky so that is shows folders.
When I play photos from Panasonic BDT120 blu-ray player, everything seems to work well except after showing a number of photos I get an error message:
“cannot connect please confirm network connection and settings”
I then have to start again.
I’m very new to this, not happy with the installed media server on the NAS and really thought that Twonky was the solution!
Is there something I can do to fix this? Or is there a better media server I can install?
I have a simular issue as the person above my post.
I setup the Twonky server to my DNS320 Nas and connected it to my Samsung UE46es56300 via Wlan.
When i start watching i.e. a movie it works for about half an hour and then the connection is lost and i can only see the NAS again after restarting the TV.
Any thoughts on that?
Also what limitations do i have with this Twonky Trial version (or does it shut down after 30 mins?)
Hi
How long in the trial period?
1 Month.
BR,
Uli
Hi everyone…
I just bought the D-Link sharecenter 320 and i’m thinking to install the fun_plug and then the twonky… but i have a question… after being installed how it will work? how is the interface? will i see something like XBMC or will there only be a media server and will decode the files to the tv?
Many thanks
Hi danielfrp,
you could access the shared files with your tv as long as your tv is compatible. Sometimes Blu-Ray-Players are also compatible. Twonky will then not be visible to the viewer, this software just acts more or less as a provider for files.
Best Regards,
Uli
Hi Uli,
so it´s like a media server working in the nas… but how do i config him to be the default?? how do i manage twonky?
Sorry about this i’m new on this :S
Many thanks
Hi,
I’ve installed 7.09 version on D-Link 320. It works, but there was some issues:
1. twonkyproxy service hasn’t start. I’ve modified permissions on it and add a row in twonky.sh to start also this service.
2. Now I have issues with remote access, the links are generated with internal IP.
Thx.
Hi red_devil,
could you post the line for twonkyproxy in twonky.sh? What is twonkyproxy doing?
With the remote access i do not really have a solution, maybe there is a setting of which i don’t know.
Thanks,
Uli
How do I install my license?
You have to type your licence key manually (not copy – paste)
Regards
Uli, You are phenomenal, absolutely great. Your tutorial are straightforward, well done and working really well. I have DNS-320 and built-in UPNP is not working at all. After I installed Twonky 7, I can do what I was not able before. Thank You again. Very big THUMBS UP
When i used twonky 4.* it scanned all of my music folders and found the the album covers as well. with the last 2 versions 6.* and the latest 7.0.9 it does not find the photos. Does anyone have any Idea as to why? I’ve tried things like shared music+photos and 2 seperate shared folders, one for music and one for photos, still no go. By the way, the above instructions worked fine for my dlink dns-323
english:
Excellent, works perfectly with DNS-320, one must purchase a license and ready, I recommend this Twonky server
spanish:
Excelente, funciona perfectamente con DNS-320, solo se debe comprar una licencia y listo, recomiendo este servidor twonky
Hi, I installed ffp 0.7 fine, also installed twonky v. 7 while the DNS-325 was running on firmware 1.03. At starting twonky the twonkserver didn’t start, it indicated “defunct” status at the output of grep. In reverted back to firmware 1.02 and voila… everything works. Since firmware 1.03 is supporting Dlink cloud I suspect there could be a port conflict with the cloud setup… would be good however to find a fix for having both Dlink cloud and twonky running on the latest 1.03 firmware…
Hi, update to my previuos comment. Once I successfully set up Twonky 7 on the 1.02 firmware after I upgraded back to the 1.03b03 firmware it started up and working properly. I’m not sure what the issue could be between this and the 1.03 (issued on the US portal) version, but it works now.
Hi Uli,
I installed the fun plug and twonky fine. it worked for a few days. Now twonky doesn’t run, I tried loggin in and i got this message
“login as: admin
admin@192.168.1.72‘s password:
Could not chdir to home directory /home/admin: No such file or directory
Last login: Thu Nov 8 18:32:19 2012 from 192.168.1.68
BusyBox v1.11.2 (2012-06-14 12:02:06 CST) built-in shell (ash)
Enter ‘help’ for a list of built-in commands.”
Does that mean there is an issue with the fun plug?
Thanks,
Oli
Do you have a /home/admin directory?
Hi…I’ve just installed fun plug and twonky 7.0.9 and it’s great GREAT GREAT!!!
Thanks a lot to ULI and his great tutorial.
I’ve only a little question.
I need to install twonty because my TV Samsung UE46es5500 doesn’t work with my NAS D-Link DNS-320, and now thanks to TWONKY it’s working fine…but when I start twonky (in source menu on the TV) i see different choice like BY DATE, BY FOLDER, ALL VIDEOS..etc etc….i’ve to select BY FOLDER and then can see all my videos…Can I avoid this step?…can i directly jump to BY FOLDER choice???
Another question…can i change VOLUME_1 for my NAS???
About skipping the step, I doubt its possible unless you somehow modded the twonky on the TV. Ehat do you want to change about volume_1? the name? You can change its name by editing the samba conf files. There is no option in the dns-320 to change the name, but it is possible
Hi,
go to your config, you can disable the other folder besides ALL VIDEOS and BY FOLDER, but you cannot skip this step without going deeper into twonky.
Volume_1 is fixed, but you can of course just move everything one level down and create a new setting in the webinterface for this folder.
Best Regards,
Uli
Thanks to ULI and HALFTOME for their answers…How can i go deeper into twonky???
I need to access through SSH (with putty?)what about command line?
PS: i’m not an expert
I have installed Twonky on one of my 2 drives in my DNS-323 successfully. It fully scans all the content on the one drive but did not scan files on the second harddrive in the same DNS-323. So I installed another version of Twonky on that second drive and added the directories manually to the configuration settings (ie. //DLINK-73A689/Volume_2/TV Shows 2)on the second. I am still not able to navigate to the ‘Volume 2′ content even after I installed a version of Twonky on it. Any ideas why it isn’t working?
i just came to say that i followed these instructions for my DNS-343 and everything worked PERFECTLY! thank you so much! i have ALWAYS been disappointed in the built-in UPnP server in these devices and you have just made my day!
Hi to all,
great guide and very nice feature. I’m new about Twonky and Dlink, but which is the main different between this 2 media server?
Twonky in which feature is better respect internal and native media server?
now i will test twonky un this trial period but is someone tell me main different, this is will be very apprezziated.
thank’s
Marco
Second question…
Is there a way to re-encode runtime video during streaming in order to convert video to common video format?
try to explane…
I have an xStreamer player that can play HD video and multichannel audio also have an xbox360 and an STB that i would like to view video without re-encode for xbox/STB in order view movie.
This device can’t stream video with DTS audio and i don’t want to lost DTS track, that i will use on xtreamer player.
Do you have an idea?
How i can stream HD video to a multiple device without create a copy in low resolution?
For istance i have:
StarWars collection in HD,mkv,DTS and this video is playable only on xtreamer, xbox360 and STB cn’t play it.
in order to stream to all my device but i don’t want to lost DTS track….
I need to re-encode without DTS…
some ides?
thanks
Marco
I got a problem, I changed the Scanthingy to -1… Twonky crashed and since then I cant get it to start…
If i run: ps -ef|grep twonky
I get the following :
4050 root grep twonky
But using 192.168.0.17:9000 doesnt work, and the server isnt visible anywhere…
I have tried EVERYTHING(?) removed the data folder, completely uninstalled the fun_plug and then reinstall twonky, but the same…
This is really sad… twonky worked VERY well until I changed scan- to -1…
Any tips would be very appreciated!!:)
/Niklas
I have successfully installed the Twonky Server kuro-box-pro-special-7.0.9 on DNS-325 as per the instruction. I am trying to purchase the license, but since I am windows user do I need to purchase TwonkyManager or TwonkyServer? Any help would be appreciated.
I installed twonky 7.0 to dns-323, and want to thank this site as perfect. works well, streaming to my wdtv and iphone/ipad. Now I want to buy a license, can you advice which one should i purchase, twonky manager or twonky server? thanks
mark
Hi all
to fix the -1 bug login root and type:
sh /ffp/start/twonky.sh stop
Then
rm -r /ffp/opt/twonky/data
Then
sh /ffp/start/twonky.sh start
and your all done;)
Hi all,
Thanks for this tutorial.
Is this working for DNS-313 NAS ? I’ve tried to setup twonky with 7.0.9 version for DNS-323 but it doesn’t work : twonkystarter does not launch.
Any idea ?
Thanks
Dave
If I install twonky on my dns 320, will it stream mkv files to my Samsung tv d series?
Hi Uli great work!! I’ve installed Twonky on my DNS-320 and all works fine, but I was looking for a solution to play mkv and mp4 files on xbox 360…any suggests??
Hi, I’ve installed twonky exactly 1 month ago…now when i try to surf folder with my Samsung Smart TV, it doesn’t find any video file, and when i try to play music it find only a file that tell to me that i have an evaluation copy of twonky and i’ve to insert licenze code….please help me!
Hi, no luck with version 7 on my CH3SNAS. It installs easilly with no errors, after starting the program I get no response on port 9000. Tried the installation again after a deinstall, no luck. After this i tried version 6, this works perfectly. Any idea what I can do to diagnose why version 7 does not run?
Hi, I’ve installed twonky yesterday and immediately start to ask me for license key “Your trial version has expired. If you have previously entered a license key, try restarting your device running TwonkyServe”.
Please help!
There is a new version of Twonky: 7.1.2 (special?, so it says is the file name). Would it work with this instructions? The download page link at the beginning of the tutorial doesn’t work anymore (they changes the pages, it seems), so I don’t see a specific version for my NAS (there is only one to download). I have a DNS-323 FW: 1.10 and installed fun_plug oabi (arm not supported).
Just got a response from Twonky stating that the latest version for NAS is Twonky Server 7.0.11. The download link provided is http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/7.0.11-special/
As I’m not a very skilled lunix guy, I’d like to know if someone could try to install it in ffp07 to make sure it works well.
Thanks
There is more permanent fix for the -1 scan error:
http://community.twonky.com/twonky/topics/inotify_fix_for_d_link_dns_320_devices
Should I do this tutorial with version 7.1.2 as well? I have dns-320
As I said above, according to an official answer from Twonky, the latest version for NAS is Twonky Server 7.0.11. http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/7.0.11-special/
I haven’t tried myself, so I’m hoping someone else do it. For now I’m using minidlna and is it quite ok.
Works beautifully on a DNS-320L. Thank you Uli
Hello,
I tried both 7.0.9 and 7.0.11 and got no luck on my DNS-320 running fw 2.00.
I’m able to install and access the web interface, but neither my cellphone or my smart TV detect the Twonky server.
Any help would be appreciated.
Is everyone having problems getting onto twonkyforum.com
I used this guide and it works fine.
The only problem i run into was that i had to downgrade my firmware to 1.02 (i had te 1.03 installed)
There is a Twonky S version 7.0.11 now, but i am a really newbie and dont know how to update from 7.0.9 to 7.0.11
Could some help me or point me in de good direction?
Thanks in advanced!
i did it (i hope)
This is what i did
logged in with Putty SHH
sh /ffp/start/twonky.sh stop
cd /ffp/opt/twonky
wget http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/7.0.11-special/twonky-kurobox-pro-special-7.0.11.zip
unzip twonky-*.zip
sh /ffp/start/twonky.sh start
I have a CH3SNAS and maybe I will use Twonkey server. This is for use between my Samsung TV and the CH3SNAS. Please can someone answer my questions:
Which version of twonkey server I can use?
Does every version of twonkey needs a license key?
If so, how can I purchase a license key?
Thanks
thank you, it was very perfect,
Good night.
Sorry for my translation.
Installed a DNS_320 ffp and Twonky7. Have all worked. Why then reached into the network access. I can not say exactly what he did, but I stopped working Twonky7. When you start writing: “route: SIOCADDRT: File exists”.
Help solve the problem.
http://www.twonkyforum.com is not online how do we obtain the correct files with this site now offline … as of 10:40 PM EST Feb 19 2013
i have installed twonky on my dlink 320 as you instructed.. but how do i test whether it works ? am i able to see it on my NAS even if my pc is off?
You should really know why you install Twonky
You have replaced the DLNA/UPNP Server on your NAS, so check your TV 
Best Regards,
Uli
ok i managed to see “Twonky by wolf-u.li” on my ps3 but when i clicked on it it says there are no titles. why is that? i have 10 movies saved in my NAS but i dont see it on my ps3.. please help..
Hello,
did you check the webinterface of Twonky if you have included that directory where the files are stored?
Best Regards,
Uli
i am at the web interface of twonky now.. where do i configure the directory of the media folders stored in my NAS
Come on, search a little. “Sharing” -> “Shared Folders”
thats what i exactly did… already added those shared files..
note however.. when i scanned my ps3 for media servers.. there are two twonkys…
first twonky is the one on my pc..
and the second twonky server is the wolf-u.li
are there suppose to be two? how do i exactly configure from the webinterface of the wolfui twonky?
need help how do i access the webinterface of the twonky server on my NAS. it appears that all this while the webinterface that i have been accessing on it the twonky server for my pc not the NAS.
Use the IP of you NAS with port 9000 to access the interface.
Best Regards,
Uli
Hi Uli.
I installed Twonky on my DNS-320 last night and I was able to get to the web interface. It started building the libraries. Then tonight, I cannot get to 192.168.1.11:9000 ! It gives me an error everytime:
Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to 192.168.1.11:9000
I did a “ps -ef|grep twonky” and get:
root 4478 1 0 23:36 ? 00:00:00 /ffp/opt/twonky/twonkystarter -logfile /dev/null -appdata /ffp/opt/twonky/data/
root 4479 4478 7 23:36 ? 00:00:00 [twonkyserver]
Can you think of anything I can try?
Thank you sir!
Sorry, the 2nd line is:
root 4479 4478 7 23:36 ? 00:00:00 [twonkyserver]
doesn’t print the word d e f u n c t for some reason. That is what it has at the end of the line. Of course without the spaces.
Hi,but on zyxel nsa320 is it possibile to upgrade twonky version 7.1.2 special from 7.0.9?My only problem is that i don’t see sub on my ps3 or smart tv by network but only video.Instead if i install twonky server on my notebook i see also sub.mah!!!
Solutions?Thanks
it works perfectly fine for me. Running Twonky 7 on my DNS 320. Now just need to purchase the key – my trial ending soon
Hi dio thanks for the answer!how do you do it?my files mp4 with srt with same name don’t work also without special characters!i had contact zyxel and they confirm me that it not works with last firmware
@Alex: srt with special name is not working due because the URL generated will be invalid. You’ll probably need to rename it to a normalized name.
Hi,
Your statement “check here if Version 7.09-Special is still the current version” contains a link to a page that hasn’t been updated in over 3 years, yet newer versions have been available.
7.0.11 Special – http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/7.0.11-special/
7.0.12 RC1 Special – http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/7.0.12-RC1-special/
Have these been tested with the above steps?
Has anyone tried them and found any issues with them?
Thanks,
it was updated over the past years, but it seems as if this is not done anymore. Thanks for the comment.
Best Regards,
Uli
then there is no hope?
Uli guide still work with 7.0.12RC and 7.0.11
I tested with both, running on DLink DNS 320
Btw, Uli , did you manage to stream Twonky over Internet ? I tried to edit this file /ffp/opt/twonky/data/twonkyserver.ini :
dyndns=http://mydns.dyndns.org
remoteaccess=1
remoteacccessport=9100
I also restart twonky and reboot NAS.
But no luck ! Any idea ?!
Ok, I found the solution for it:
http://community.twonky.com/twonky/topics/how_to_share_twonky_library_over_internet_using_dyndns
To sum up: you have to modify the javascript config.js file to output to correct URL. Changing the INI will NOT help !
You can download the files here:
http://www.twonkyforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10627#p40577
Look for the links to the config.js download
Hi Uli,
Good works and thanks for sharing all the knowledge here.
Hi all,
scan interval=-1 issue can be fixed, please refer to http://community.twonky.com/twonky/topics/inotify_fix_for_d_link_dns_320_devices
Good luck!
TK.
I tried with avi + srt and it works but not with mp4!why?
Hi
Just change extension from mp4 to mpg and it will work.
Also check if file name is not too long or contains not allowed marks. Happens when file downloaded form torrentz
Ok i will try it!thanks wdrek
Hi Uli, Just to say thanks for an excellent guide to installing funplug and Twonky – works fine for me on a DNS-320, and I can finally stream my entire MP3 library to a HUMAX HD-FOX T2 box. One small thing – after copying and pasting the example code for getting the Kuro Box Pro Twonky source, I noticed that the ’7.0.11-Special’ text in the example needs to be ’7.0.11-special’ to match the the website, and as it’s case-sensitive, I got a ‘not found’ error first time I tried it.
@wdrek.thank you very much.finally it works with sub changing from mp4 to mpg.thanks
Hi guys,
After reading and reading i decided to post my problem :
I manage to install Twonky on dns320. Web interface working, I can acces it from laptop, playing vids on media player..all working. The problem is that i can’t connect to it with my samsung tv 32D5000. Allshare on Tv is working with my laptop also.
got it up and running adding an extra switch on the network. it seems like the router was blocking the acces from the tv to nas .
One more question, this version of twoky it will activate by purchasing Twonky Server 7
licese ?
regars,
I have a problem trying to download twonky server 7 to my Dlink 320.
I have installed fun-plug and it works but each time I try to download twonky 7 using the tutorial,after the
wget http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/7.0.11-Special/twonky-kurobox-pro-special-7.0.11.
command, I get the error 404 not found
I am completely unfamiliar with linux but can see that it does resolve the website twonkyforum.com but caonnot then connect to the download area in order to get the file.
I tried downloading the file and putting it in volume_1 but I cannot then move it to the Twonky directory as I don’t seem to have permission.
Any help would be appreciated
Chris
wget http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/7.0.11-Special/twonky-kurobox-pro-special-7.0.11.zip
U forgot .zip…
http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/7.0.11-special/twonky-kurobox-pro-special-7.0.11.zip
http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/7.0.11-special/twonky-kurobox-pro-special-7.0.11.zip
With minus ‘s’
just tried this to the letter
worked like a charm thank you so much!!!
Works on DNS-320LW
Ty Uli
Hi all, the latest version is 7.2.1
http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/7.2.1/twonky-kurobox-pro-7.2.1.zip
installed and running on dns-320LW.
The only error is when i execute
chmod +x twonkyserver twonkystarter twonkyproxy twonkywebdav plugins/* cgi-bin/*
the error is:
chmod:cannot access ‘twonkywebdav’: No such directory.
Ignored and go on.
Installed latest version on my DNS-323 from
http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/7.2.1/twonky-dns323-7.2.1.zip
Same error as above “chmod:cannot access ‘twonkywebdav’: No such directory.”
Twonky 7.2.1 release note says that “Twonky WebDAV server abandoned”. Which explains why ‘twonkywebdav’ directory isn’t found.
Works as it’s supposed to. I say that because still there is no support for AIFF ID tags in Twonky. So all my music collection AIFF files are “unknown album”, “unknown artist”, and “unknown genre”.
Thanks.
Hello,
I have Twonky Server 7.0.11 Special running on my Dlink DNS-321. I can observe on my router that Twonky is opening thousands of TCP connections on port 80 to 184.106.31.247 which is affecting performance of the NAS, Twonky and the router.
Disabling mytwonky subnodes as per the following article didn’t solve the issue:
http://community.twonky.com/twonky/topics/very_long_start_time_of_twonky_server_7_1_2_behind_firewall
Twonky is not willing to provide any support for products running on NAS even though I paid for the license so I decided to post here. I would appreciate any assistance in configuring Twonky server further and preventing it from opening this many connections to 184.106.31.247.
Thanks.
Hi there, could you please help me? I have Twonky 7.0 installed (the one from the top of the page), this is trial version but I like it and will probably buy. But could you please tell me how on earth can I get to the settings page? The web interface let me change settings only once when I first time started it. Since then I can’t get to it, Chrome or IE show only te logo, menus to videos, photos and music and link to twonky.com. Please help to reach the settings page. And could you please instruct how to uninstall it properply to install the new version?
Hi,
When I installed Twonky on DLink DNS320 long time ago, I used twonky-kurobox-pro-special-7.0.11.zip. Now I can see from twonky.com that twonky server is already in Version 7.2.
Questions:
1.) can I use that ver 7.2 on my DNS320? Filename: twonky-i386-glibc-2.2.5-7.2.zip
2.) If I can use it, what are the steps to do to update my present version? sorry Im no expert with linux systems. btw I purchased a license for my copy
thank you
correction:
Filename: http://www.twonkyforum.com/downloads/7.2.1/twonky-kurobox-pro-7.2.1.zip