CouchPotato on Synology NAS

January 2, 2015 · by Christian Balaguer Jehle · in Synology NAS, XBMC / Kodi

In this post I’d like to show you how to set up CouchPotato on your Synology NAS.

Awesome PVR for usenet and torrents. Just fill in what you want to see and CouchPotato will add it to your “want to watch”-list. Every day it will search through multiple NZBs & Torrents sites, looking for the best possible match. If available, it will download it using your favorite download software.

Let’s get started

To install CouchPotato follow the steps of the Getting Started section of this post. It shows you how to add an additional package repository to your NAS. We need that repository to install Git and Python. After installing those packages come back here and follow the instructions below.

Installing CouchPotato

Now we have to install the package called CouchPotato Custom from the SynoCommunity repository.

We chose this package over the normal CouchPotato package because this one will first download the newest CouchPotato source from GitHub and built it. The other package may install you an outdated CouchPotato version.

When clicking on Install the following dialog should appear:

In case this doesn’t work and you get this dialog instead:

If another dialog appears follow these instructions

Make sure the following values are set and click OK:

https://github.com/RuudBurger/CouchPotatoServer.git
master

After installation start CouchPotato. Set the configuration according to the screenshots below:

	If you want to access CouchPotato over the internet enter a username and password here to protect the access.
	CouchPotato will search for torrents on the selected sites.
	Select Synology and enter your login credentials. This will allow CouchPotato to pass downloaded torrent files to DownloadStation.
	If you like to post process downloaded files you can configure the name patterns here. If you’re running XBMC/Kodi you can use the same pattern as in the screenshot. It creates a folder for each movie.For example: Dinner for One (1963) Dinner for One (1963).mkv The path of the folder set on the right of the From label has to be the folder where DownloadStation puts its downloaded files. You can configure this folder when you open DownloadStation, go to settings and

Now we’re ready to go! Try searching for a movie.

The use of CouchPotato should be self explanatory. If not, check out the forum or leave a comment.

If you’d like to get notified when DownloadStation finishes a download, check out this post.

Tags: CouchPotato, DownloadStation, Kodi, NAS, Synology, torrent, XBMC / Kodi

Derek

Thank you for your guides. I just got my NAS last Monday and I was able to set up both SickRage and CouchPotato without any problems thanks to your posts.
- Jesse Pate
  
  Hi Derek. Can you advise on which NAS model you purchased that works with this Couch Potato setup? Someone else mentioned that their DS216play did not work due to the processor type (not recognized by the synocommunity).
  
  Much thanks- Jesse
  - Derek
    
    I bought the DS415play.
- Philip Sheppard
  
  I would like to second that praise. I used to try and install SR on a popcornhour and it was hell on earth. The combination of the synology world and your excellent install guides, Christian, meant it was flawless. In fact I had SR working before I could get “simpler” things like port forwarding working properly!
Stéphane Desbiens

Hi I just bought a DS216play and tried to install Couch Potato Custom and when i click on the install button nothing happens. I got GIT installed and Python 3. Do i nedd something else ? It looks like most of the synocommunity package behave the same on my NAS
- Christian Balaguer Jehle
  
  You were able to install the Git package from SynoCommunity but when pressing the “Install” button of Couchpotato Custom nothing happens?
  - Stéphane Desbiens
    
    Exactly 🙁
    - Christian Balaguer Jehle
      
      Did you do the first 3 steps of the Getting Started section of this post: http://www.crisi.ch/sickrage-on-synology-nas/ ?
      
      If so, create an issue here: https://github.com/SynoCommunity/spksrc/issues
      
      Maybe they can provide you the direct link to the package, so you could download it and install it manually via Package Manager.
      - Stéphane Desbiens
        
        Thank you Christian, found my answer thanks to you….it related to the processor type that is not yet recognise by synocommunity. That’s the ds216play… Should have picked another one lol forum says it will be fixed around January. I have to be patient.
      - Christian Balaguer Jehle
        
        I see. I’m glad I could help! And thanks for the feedback.
- Philip Sheppard
  
  For anyone reading this still. The same thing just happened to me. I happened randomly to see that my DSM version need a minor update which cause the whole thing to reboot.
  
  After the reboot the error I was getting for CP went away. So as all good support will tell you if everything half works and seems to fail, just try a reboot and you might be pleasantly surprised.
  
  I am on a DS216play and was getting the message “Failed to run the package service” after the previous steps had worked
Jesse Pate

Thanks Christian for this guide! I am currently researching for a NAS to buy and your guide has convinced me to by Synology. Can you recommend one of this brand for under $300 that would be able to use CP and stream flawlessly? I have heard some Synology models don’t stream movies very well. Much thanks.
- Vasilis Argyropoulos
  
  Build your own machine with xpenology.That’s what i am using and it rocks.
Pbl

Thanks. Just installed couch potato on a Syn DS1512+. Can you help with permission issues? Couch Potato doesn’t see subfolders of shared folders when browsing for folders in the settings page.
- Christian Balaguer Jehle
  
  Try to connect to your nas via ssh and check the folder rights there. See if the sub folders have the same rights as the parent. I could also look up the rights on my installation. Let me know if you want to know..
- zarac
  
  Make sure your “users” usergroup has rw access (note I am not talking about users, but groups) for the shares in DSM.
  In your DSM go to Control Panel -> Group and double-click “users” group. Now under “Permissions” tab check rw access for your shares.
  It should be working now.
Jake Morgan

Does the DiskStation need to be “bootstrapped” first for this to work? The Git and Python packages have been installed successfully and the CouchPotato Custom package is installed but fails to run (Failed to run the package service). “No Data” when I look at the package log.
- Uffe N.
  
  I have same problem! Cant run the package after installation.
  Anyone know what im doing wrong?
- Zahnerer
  
  Hello, I have the same problem. Did you found a solution to solve the problem?
Ivan

Hello, please i have a problem that, after i add film in my wanted list, couchpotato will find best quality but there is no download in synology downloadstation. What am I doing wrong? 🙁

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