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    Transcoding WITHOUT a valid serial number

    in Software Modding

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    @Vikarowitsch

    1) delete /usr/syno/bin/synocodectool & /volume1/@appstore/VideoStation/bin/synocodectool

    2) download https://github.com/likeadoc/synocodectool-patch/blob/master/synocodectool/original/synocodectool.6.2.1-23824-0_6.2.3-25426-3.original

    3) rename it to "synocodectool" (without quotes)

    4) copy the file to /usr/syno/bin/ & /volume1/@appstore/VideoStation/bin/

    5) apply patch for both copies (./patch.sh -p)

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    Transcoding WITHOUT a valid serial number

    in Software Modding

    Posted

    Hey guys,

    sorry for being absent that long - I had a lot on my plate workwise - thank you @IG-88 & @flyride for keeping this topic active & supported!

    I just merged support for DSM 6.2.3 25426-2 into the github repo - there seem to be no changes to the synocodectool binaries in this update.

     

    @iamheresy this patch should work fine with the Moments app since it utilizes the synocodectool binary located in /usr/syno/bin (automatic heic conversion in the Moments app was the reason I wrote that patch in the first place:))

     

    Transcoding WITHOUT a valid serial number

    in Software Modding

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    @tigs @mervincm @Tuonorosso I updated the patch to work with DSM 6.2.3 25426-0. I also added support for patching the third executable (/volumeX/@appstore/MediaServer/bin/synocodectool) :) - theoretically it should work now.

     

    P.S.: Could you run the following command BEFORE patching and post the output here ?  I am curious to see which version of synocodectool the MediaServer application uses. 

    sha1sum /volume1/@appstore/MediaServer/bin/synocodectool

    Cheers

    Transcoding WITHOUT a valid serial number

    in Software Modding

    Posted

    @jeannotmer you only need this patch if you are using moments or videostation AFAIK

    @Tuonorosso that is a little bit weird because both versions of synocodectool seem to be patched - I am going to need a bit more details - which DSM Version, serial number format ((e.g. XXXXPDNXXXXXX for DS918+, XXXXODNXXXXXX for DS3617xs, XXXXLWNXXXXXX for 3615xs), the output of  

    sudo cat /var/log/messages

    after you went online and lastly  

    sudo find / -name synocodectool

    to see if there is a third synocodectool executable that overrides those settings...

    Transcoding WITHOUT a valid serial number

    in Software Modding

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    @ruchechnik hi:) currently there are two versions of synocodectool:

    1) /volumeX/@appstore/VideoStation/bin/synocodectool -> this one is specifically for video station, currently the patch only works if it is located on volume1...

    2)/usr/syno/bin/synocodectool -> this one is for all other applications

     

    the patch script lets you choose which one you want to patch:)

    Transcoding WITHOUT a valid serial number

    in Software Modding

    Posted

    @kggitj I am still working on the new serial generator for 918/3615/3617 - unfortunately your script does not detect all possible valid serial numbers! I am currently a little bit stuck at reverse engineering the generation algo - I would appreciate if you could contact me again so I can share my findings with you and get a little help;)!

    Transcoding WITHOUT a valid serial number

    in Software Modding

    Posted

    @The_Dave Regarding HW transcoding - if all the other prerequisites are met( loader 1.04b & /dev/dri exists) then it activates hw transcoding for all synology apps (i.e. Moments, VideoStation, PhotoStation, AudioStation..) ------ Plex, Emby & Jellyfin should be unaffected by this patch since they don't use synologys license checking mechanism and come bundled with their own version of ffmpeg.

     

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    Transcoding WITHOUT a valid serial number

    in Software Modding

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    @pasden Regarding the serial number. For 3615xs it should be XXXXLWNXXXXXX (so yours is RIGHT)

     Unfortunately I somehow mixed up the device identifiers for 3615xs and 3617xs on Github - but that should be fixed now!

    Btw I am currently working on creating a bash based serial generator for DS3615xs, DS3617xs and DS918+ because the one I found generates serials in the wrong format ( https://github.com/xpenogen/serial_generator ), but that is stuff for another topic ;)

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    Transcoding WITHOUT a valid serial number

    in Software Modding

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    @Polanskiman exactly! The patch patches a function in synocodectool that checks with synologys servers if the serial number is valid and prevents it from erroring out. I added multipatch support two days ago, so applications like videostation (which ship with their own version) can also be patched. You can choose which binary you want to patch from a handydandy little menu.

     

    Furthermore, I also uploaded all original & patched binaries going back to DSM 6.0 to my Github repository. Should ******* hit the fan you can either try restoring the app from the automatically created backup or just download the original version from Github.

     

    Regarding overwrites: Until now Synology only updated synocodectool in releases (namely 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.4, 6.2.1), so critical updates should not affect the binary. The patch itself checks your dsm version & the hash of the binary and compares it to a predefined list of hashes before patching so you do not accidentally patch an unsupported version. Should a new versions of synocodectool be released, I will update the script to include it.

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