Synology 7.0 DSM Release

[spud]

Since 7.0 has been released, how come I still get the invalid file format error? Are you going to be updating the spk?

thanks,

Joe

[chDVRuser]

There are 5 other threads on this already. Including two from you.

Synology DSM 7.0 and CHANNELS DVR

Synology is releasing a major upgrade (DSM 7.0) on Tue Jun 29. Has this new release been veted and approved on the latest release of CHANNNELS? I see back on Feb 4th some CHANNELS / SYNOLOGY users were having issues with the DSM 7.0 beta release ; "I wasn't paying attention and didn't realize they (synology) block all 3rd party packages." Let me know

Channels DVR for Synology DSM 7.0 (beta)

Just wondering if there is any development on getting the DVR to install on Synology DSM 7.0, which is currently beta? The current Synology DVR install package for only works for DSM 6.2. Thanks!

Warning - Synology DSM7

Just an FYI - If you are running Channels DVR on a Synology NAS directly, avoid upgrading to the DSM7 preview. I wasn't paying attention and didn't realize they block all 3rd party packages. Running in docker works but you'll lose hardware acceleration. Downgrading back to 6.2 was a major PIA. Also, a note to the Channels devs, you might be aware but synology is changing their 3rd party SPK format and permission structure with DSM 7. Hopefully we can maintain a native spk when DSM7 comes out of…

Synology spk beta

Is the beta almost ready. I made the mistakes of installing channels in the root and upgrading to DSM 7. Uninstalling and reinstalling is my only option, buy the current spk is not compatible with DSM 7. thanks, Joe

Synology DSM 7.0 Beta Warning

Do not install DSM 7.0 if you want to reinstall channels. I wanted to move my Channels DVR location on my 218+, so I thought I would start all over. I deleted the spk and when I tried to reinstall if it gave me an invalid file format error. I am not sure what to do. I have reached out to Synology to see how to downgrade back to 6.3. I really do not want to reformat the whole server - 5 cameras, lots of movies, etc. Any suggestions?

[spud]

and still no date or commitment from the devs. I have no clue how to use docker either.

[scooter_scott]

I don't either...but I'm sitting here trying to learn. I have it running on my Synology via Docker but I haven't figured out transcoding yet. I just posted a new thread asking how to get that done.

[Edwin_Perez]

I am not going to use Docker either ... I am sure the developers will soon create a package.

[Macnbaish]

Yeah I really don’t want to add the complexity of Docker if I don’t have to. Hoping the Devs will update to support it. I’ll just stay on version 6 until then.

[scooter_scott]

I figured everything out. Now that I have it figured out its pretty easy to launch. I did a small tutorial in the other thread of mine.

[scooter_scott]

I will also add that the native install of ChannelsDVR did port over to the DSM7 upgrade as a native app. Just for fun I started it and it did start....but I haven't played around with it yet to see if the native install works at all. So far I have my DS1019+ running great on DSM7 with Plex, Channels and Photos (Photos works way better than Moments)

[spud]

I am glad it worked. My problem is that I installed channels in the root directory and not in it's own sub directory. I cannot delete because I can not reinstall in normally and since I do not know how to use docker, I am afraid I would not be able to reinstall it. I can certainly live with my current configuration for a few more months. Channels is the best!

[chDVRuser]

@scooter_scott

I will also add that the native install of ChannelsDVR did port over to the DSM7 upgrade as a native app. Just for fun I started it and it did start

Synology states that will work if it's already installed. Just that if you had to reinstall it will fail. I assume with some future DSM update they will disable the current version Channels DVR packaqe.
https://kb.synology.com/en-us/DSM/tutorial/supported_third_party_packages_beta

I didn't want to wait either. Both my NAS's updated to DSM 7.0 no problems. Running Channels in Docker on both of them.

[scooter_scott]

I am liking the new photos app. Makes the trouble of migrating to docker worth it.

[tmm1]

A DSM7 compatible spk is available on https://getchannels.com/dvr-server/#synology

[Carlos]

HI

I take it that it is safe to upgrade from DSM 6 to DSM 7 and install the new updated released SPK correct? everything should work again as before.

I do not need to install using docker or any other special install method?

Thanks

[chDVRuser]

See this post

Warning - Synology DSM7

Correct. If you simply upgrade DSM, Channels DVR will continue to work and nothing is strictly required. To migrate, you would roughly follow https://getchannels.com/docs/articles/how-to/migrate-dvr-to-new-computer/ save backup shut down dvr uninstall dvr package upgrade dsm 7 install new package grant r/w permissions to old share for new "system internal user" named channels visit x:8089/restore to restore the old backup from the old share Note that the new package will automatically create…

[rentzington]

Is there any benefit to using the synology package over docker ? I know with plex a lot of people prefer the docker

[chDVRuser]

Using the syno pkg, Channels DVR runs as system internal user channels.
You can limit its access with permissions. The docker version runs as root.
(Like giving it read only access to your local content imports so it can't delete them)

I never get chrome corrupted errors with the syno pkg install. Got them all the time runnning in a docker container.

Losing locals when updating version only in docker container

For some reason this TVE DVR installation in a docker container insists on scanning locals after updating but before starting the recording engine. My other TVE server installed from the Synology package never does this. I had to get my locals back after it lost fox and cbs during the update. I'm thinking of giving up on running this in a container since it's also the same one that gets chrome corrupted when reauthing.

Log

2022/02/07 13:51:21.455066 [SYS] Downloading new version v2022.02.07.2029…

Appears to still be happening.

Can't readd xfinity

Chrome was corrupt but I updated it and the problem persists. Restarting docker image didn't help either. After updating chrome there's no issues on troubleshooting page [Screenshot_20220721-220030~2] Looks like I'm getting the 2 form login method that has been discussed in the main Xfinity thread. Were changed made to channels to account for this version of logging in?

[rentzington]

Thanks
Looking to move to my nas away from the pi 4

[chDVRuser]

The only advantage I found for docker is when running more than one Channels DVR sercer on the same machine. You can map the hard coded port 8089 to another port number using docker.
I have a TVE source installed using the Synology package and a HDHR Prime source installed in a docker container on the same NAS.