Twonky Forum

Hey guys,

I bought the Twonky Server License for Twonky Server 6.x.

When I try to activate the key, Twonky tells me that the server is registered.
But after every reboot Twonky tells me the "Your trial version has expired."

I installed this zip file twonkymedia-kirkwood-6.0.30.zip, on a Synology DS209 using the shell.


Can pleeeeaaasse anyone help me?

Make sure your NAS has access to the Internet and your firewall is not blocking Twonky. Then restart your NAS. If that doesn't fix things, let me know.

- Rick

Move the Twonky appdata directory out of /var. Chances are that the /var directory is recreated on each reboot. Most NAS devices do this. So all the Twonky operational data gets wiped out.

I don't know how Synology devices are configured, but if you search in these forums for appdata you will get some pretty good hints about what you need to change.

[quote="TMM_Product_Manager"] If that doesn't fix things, let me know. [/quote]

Hi Rick,

thank you for your answer
But the NAS has a connection to the internet.
I downloaded the Twonky Package directly with the shell.

Maybe it is helpfull for you to know how I installed Twonky.
See this manual (it's german but you will understand the commands)
http://www.port11.de/content/twonkymedi ... stallieren



Regards, Alex

[quote="parnott"]Move the Twonky appdata directory out of /var. Chances are that the /var directory is recreated on each reboot. Most NAS devices do this. [/quote]


Hi parnott,

thanks for your help
But the Twonky files are at /usr/local/Twonkymedia

Maybe the instruction I used to install Twonky may help you to figure out my problem.
See the link in my previous posting.


Regards, Alex

/usr/local/Twonkymedia is the install directory.

The first time Twonky Server is run it creates the appdata directory, typically it is /var/twonkymedia. This diectory contains the configuration files, the media database and various other directories. If the /var directory gets recreated when the NAS is rebooted then you loose the configuration files, etc.

The -appdata command option allows you to relocate where Twonky stores this data.

The easiest way to determine if the /var directory is being recreated on rebooting your NAS is-
1) Go to the Twonky configuration page and enter your license key and save the change.
2) Open a telnet or ssh session to your NAS and login as root.
3) Locate the twonky server config file with the command- find / -name twonkymedia-server.ini
4) Examine this file (cat or vi) and look for the cdkey= line, it should contain your license key, if it does not then there is something else going wrong (don't know what that could be)
5) Reboot your NAS
6) Examine the twonkymedia-server.ini file again, if the cdkey= line no longer contains your license key then the /var directory is being recreated when your NAS is rebooted and you must relocate the appdata to a permanent location.

Hi parnott,

thank your for your detailed instruction
I will try it on the weekend and give you feedback here

Where do I have to enter the -appdata command? In the shell?

You need to modify the Twonky startup script to include the -appdata switch on the command that runs Twonky.

From the link you provided the startup script for your NAS should be-
/usr/local/twonkymedia/twonkymedia.sh

In that file will be the command that starts Twonky server, something like-
/usr/local/twonkymedia/twonkymedia -D

You need to change this to include the -appdata option, e.g.-
/usr/local/twonkymedia/twonkymedia -D -appdata /my/path/to/twonky/appdata

Hi Parnott,

thank you soooooo much for your help!!

I will try your tipps in the next days and give you some feedback (I hope I can give you a positive feedback)


Regards, Alex