[waterskier1018]

Looking for some help on initial setup issues.
New stuff for me: Synology DS213j, WD Red 3TB's, Asus Chromebox M004U. All hardwired.

Goal to store and stream photos and videos to TV via Chromebox. Music and DVR via OTA comes later.

Completed: Device Prep, OpenELEC, Kodi install.

Issue 1: When trying to add files / folders to Kodi, all it sees on the DS213j are the "photos", "videos", and "music" folders, not the ones I created. How can I get it so see these? I selected UPnP Devices in the browse for new share menu. Is this right? Or am I not able to make my own folders? THe Samsung DLNA smart TV didn't see my folders either. Can I have spaces in my folder names?

Issue 2: Using UPnP method above (to get to a few test files in the "photo" folder), it won't play (or even see) my movie files. Filetypes are mts and mov. It was able to see the picture filenames, but didn't pull them up. jpegs.

solution: mount the folders as windows network shares, not UPNP folders.
eg, for each section: Add Files-->Windows Network-->WORKGROUP-->Diskstation-->[folder name you created]

Issue 3: Logitech K400r wireless keyboard didn't seem to allow me to press ctrl L to boot to openelec. I had a hardwired USB one that did. Can you recommend a low cost keyboard that may work?

K400 is listed on wiki as non-working for dev boot screen; K360 is cheap and works well.

Issue 4: Upon boot up, I don't get the developer screen on the TV (via HDMI). Just the default screen for no picture. Not sure if this is significant, as long as I remember to hit crtl-L quickly...

Thanks in advance, hope I can get this going, as the interface looks nice for sure.

either your TV doesn't support 1024x768 as an input resolution, or can't sync quickly enough (depending on the delay you have set). No real way to mitigate this in a ChromeOS/dual boot setup as it's hardcoded in the stock firmware

More on issue 2;
Any other ideas: I deleted the "Disktation" folders cerated via UPnP, then tried as you indicated above. I get a "Operation not permitted" error every time.

More on Issue 3:
Correct, I was in the wiki after I had it at home. I'll keep looking, I like the keyboard and touchpad in one unit.

Issue 4 / general info:
It seem if I don't time the CRTL-L correctly, it freezes with a Boot error of " Booting from hard disk... It appears your computer has only 693K of low DOS RAM. This version of Syslinux needs 9k to boot. If you get thi message in error, hold down Ctrl key while booting and I will take your word for it:.

Not sure if this is relevant to anything but wanted to mention... I picked 5GB on the 0-10 selection option for memory of some sort during setup.

Thanks again for help.