Linux MPD cover art with Synology DSM

[Oystein]

I am still running the Beaglebone Black with Debian Linux / MPD since Chris introduced it here with a setup guide.

 

Recently I replaced my NAS by a PC with XPenology bootloader creating a Synlogy environment to accept DSM firmware (6.2 in this case) 

Setting up shares in DSM I noticed I can not create http share as easy as I did before.

 

MPD clients like Rigelian and Soundirok load cover art through http.

After some time I had the bright idea why not point the MPD client to the music mount folder in Linux instead of my NAS where it has the same files including cover art.

 

I enabled a http share in Linux by these instructions: https://www.ostechnix.com/how-to-quickly-serve-files-and-folders-over-http-in-linux/

 

I tried several ways but finally Method 4 (NodeJS) worked for me and cover art is shown now without any issues.

Hopefully this info is useful for others too.