[FAQ]How do I change the default Qmultimedia folder?

[QNAPJason]

By default, Multimedia Station looks for photos that are stored in the Qmultimedia share folder.
However, you can change the lookup folder to another location.

Open a ssh shell from the console of a mac or linux computer, or use Putty in Windows. Login to your NAS as "admin"

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cd /share/Qmultimedia
ln -s /share/link/to/your/pictures

Now you should have a symbolic link called "pictures". Next, we have to change the crontab file to reflect the location of the pictures, because the default crontab for thumbnail generation will not look recursively into symbolic links.

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vi /mnt/HDA_ROOT/.config/crontab

Now press "i" to start editing.
Change

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0 3 * * * /usr/local/sbin/ImR_all -soft /Qmultimedia

to

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0 3 * * * /usr/local/sbin/ImR_all -soft /Qmultimedia/pictures

press "Esc" then ":" and "wq" to exit and save the change.

Make sure you don’t mess up the crontab file. If you make a mistake, and you can’t remember how to correct it , simply press "Esc" then ":" and "q" to exit without saving anything.

Restart the crontab:

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crontab /etc/config/crontab