Re-index media files on Synology NAS servers

One of the annoying things with Synology NAS servers is the fact that a video file moved to the filesystem does not automatically appear on the DNLA share on client devices. It needs a re-index of the media files.

You can log into the HTML Admin Console and start a re-index, however this will be a full re-index and most likely take ages to complete. A quicker way is to connect to the SSH Console and issue the following command:

synoindex -R video

This will only re-index video files. This can also be used for photos and other media types.

As per documentation here are the other command options.
synoindex -R {all|photo|music|video|thumb} )

• Media
• Storage
• Video