[Guide] How to install Logitech Media Server 7.7.3 on Buffalo Linkstation LS-CHL

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  • dwl99
    Member
    • Mar 2012
    • 34

    [Guide] How to install Logitech Media Server 7.7.3 on Buffalo Linkstation LS-CHL

    I have a Buffalo Linkstation Live LS-CHL running modified firmware which includes an old version of Squeezebox Server http://forum.buffalo.nas-central.org...p?f=68&t=23603 . I managed to get Logitech Media Server 7.7.3 installed on the Linkstation via software called SSODS this way:

    Log into the Linkstation via the GUI, create a new user called ssods, password ssods. Create a new group called ssods & add the new member ssods to the group.
    Download the ssods-4.14mod.tar.gz file from https://rapidshare.com/#!download|92...r.gz|31953|0|0 and save it in /mnt/disk1/share (or wherever your shared directory is)

    Connect to the Linkstation as root via SSH or telnet & enter the following code:

    mkdir -p /mnt/disk1/spool/SSODS4
    mkdir -p /opt
    ln -s /mnt/disk1/spool/SSODS4 /opt/ssods4

    cd /opt/ssods4
    tar -xzvpf /mnt/disk1/share/ssods-4.14mod-arm.tar.gz

    LC_ALL= /opt/ssods4/etc/init.d/rc.ssods start

    To autostart at boot:
    cd /etc/init.d/
    ln -s /opt/ssods4/etc/init.d/rc.ssods ssods.sh

    open /etc/init.d/rcS in WinSCP, at the end of the line after “step 3” (starts ‘for cmd in diskmon.sh ...’) add ssods.sh and save the file.


    Download logitechmediaserver-7.7.3-1352318102-arm-linux.tgz from http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nig...-arm-linux.tgz and save it to /mnt/disk1/share

    Connect to the Linkstation as root via SSH or telnet & enter the following code:

    cd /tmp
    ln -s /mnt/disk1/share/logitechmediaserver-7.7.3-1352318102-arm-linux.tgz

    Open SSODS by opening its url in a browser http://ip_address_of_machine_ssods_is_installed_on:9099
    Click on Install (at the top of the page) then Next then after a few seconds you should see your logitechmediaserver-7.7.3-1352318102-arm-linux file sitting in the /tmp directory – click on it to install. This will take about 5 minutes. Then start LMS by clicking on the Start button on the SSODS interface. Next go to the SSODS web interface and tell it to start Squeezebox server automatically when it starts – the "autostart" option on the Settings tab.

    Next open LMS by browsing to http://linkstation:9000 or http://ip_address_of_machine_LMS_is_installed_on:9000 and set it up as desired. Don’t forget to disable the old version of Squeezebox Server if you have it installed.

    I would like to thank j-r for recompiling SSODS with an updated perl-package http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth...402#post671402 and for all the assistance I was given at http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth...ODS-4-released .I am not very experienced with Linux and have put this information together from several different websites. LMS seems to run a good bit faster on the Linkstation which is good because the old version of Squeezebox Server was becoming almost unusably slow.

    Please note that I accept no responsibility if you break your NAS by following anything in this post :-)
    Last edited by dwl99; 2012-11-16, 20:14.
  • TiredLegs
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2006
    • 751

    #2
    Thanks for posting this. I just used it to upgrade one of my LinkStation HS-DHGL units, and it's rescanning my music library now.

    One minor correction for the guide.

    The line:
    tar -xzvpf /mnt/disk1/share/ssods-4.14mod.tar.gz

    should be:
    tar -xzvpf /mnt/disk1/share/ssods-4.14mod-arm.tar.gz

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    • dwl99
      Member
      • Mar 2012
      • 34

      #3
      Originally posted by TiredLegs
      Thanks for posting this. I just used it to upgrade one of my LinkStation HS-DHGL units, and it's rescanning my music library now.

      One minor correction for the guide.

      The line:
      tar -xzvpf /mnt/disk1/share/ssods-4.14mod.tar.gz

      should be:
      tar -xzvpf /mnt/disk1/share/ssods-4.14mod-arm.tar.gz
      Cheers, have corrected first post.

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      • mikeywil
        Junior Member
        • Nov 2012
        • 1

        #4
        Cool! Would it work with an LS-XHL?

        (Or as Harry Hill might say - is it a case of "there's only one way to find out")

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        • prconnor
          Junior Member
          • Nov 2013
          • 3

          #5
          Broken link - please update

          Originally posted by dwl99
          Download the ssods-4.14mod.tar.gz file from https://rapidshare.com/#!download|92...r.gz|31953|0|0
          I am interested in attempting this. Can you please provide an updated link to this file?

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          • RodF
            Junior Member
            • Jan 2009
            • 2

            #6
            Updated links as at Aug 14

            I am finally about to try to do this on a LS Mini which I have had for some years. I never attempted this previously as the original process (2009) was well beyond my capabilities to understand. We'll see if I can manage this much simpler version

            Having spent some time reviewing the other referenced threads I thought I'd post the working links I found in them here for easy reference for anyone else contemplating this:

            Logitech Media Server v7.7.3: downloaded from http://downloads.slimdevices.com/Log...-arm-linux.tgz.

            SSODS: downloaded from http://www.mediafire.com/download/6b...od-arm.tar.tgz.

            Also, to repeat a tip from one of the threads (sorry can't remember where I saw it so apologies to the originator) both the above files downloaded to my Win 7 machine with modified .gz file names and needed renaming to the correct .tgz suffix.

            Finally many thanks to all the past and present contributors to these discussion threads, which are invaluable for enthusiastic but inexperienced beginners like me!

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            • Orangutan
              Junior Member
              • Apr 2009
              • 3

              #7
              Attempting this, but getting an error

              Hi,

              I hope someone/anyone still reads this thread.
              I have attempted this upgrade, but I get an issue with this line...LC_ALL= /opt/ssods4/etc/init.d/rc.ssods start
              I get the message "sh: /opt/ssods4/etc/init.d/rc.ssods: No such file or directory"
              When I do an ls on /opt/ssods4 I can see init.d but I can't cd into it.
              Any thoughts ?

              Cheers

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