Yeah, I try to keep everything I can on my network's gigabit wired backbone. I even ran a cable from the basement to the main floor and stuck in another hub.
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Gudanov - Jul 11, 2013 9:24:29 am PDT #22712 of 25497
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Jon B. - Jul 11, 2013 9:46:27 am PDT #22713 of 25497
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In iTunes, turn on Home Sharing, And then I believe it shows up in the shared section (at work, and can't verify). As for adding things to the library on the NAS, I put my whole library on the NAS, and set that up as the location iTunes looks for when opening up, and where it rips to when copying/creating files.
Are you saying that the NAS and your client computer both point to the same folder of audio files? How does the NAS update its iTunes xml database files? The client updates its file as you rip. Does the NAS do a periodic scan or something?
omnis_audis - Jul 11, 2013 9:51:03 am PDT #22714 of 25497
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Are you saying that the NAS and your client computer both point to the same folder of audio files? How does the NAS update its iTunes xml database files? The client updates its file as you rip. Does the NAS do a periodic scan or something?
Not sure what you are asking. The NAS has my media on it. It shows up in iTunes as a shared library.
Jon B. - Jul 11, 2013 10:00:53 am PDT #22715 of 25497
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But you said you add to it via the client iTunes, yes? So does the media then show up on both the shared library and the client's own library?
omnis_audis - Jul 11, 2013 11:31:32 am PDT #22716 of 25497
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
ah. I will have to double check that it's not adding it to the laptop. But I'm 98% sure, it only adds the files to the NAS drive.
Jon B. - Jul 11, 2013 3:11:20 pm PDT #22717 of 25497
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The mp3 files would be added only to the NAS. My question is about the library xml files. I'm not explaining my question very well, am I?
omnis_audis - Jul 11, 2013 7:25:12 pm PDT #22718 of 25497
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
And I suspect you know more than I do, so that's not helping.
Not sure about the xml file. Where would I look for that?
Gudanov - Jul 12, 2013 5:09:44 am PDT #22719 of 25497
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I think I'm going to go with the all Synology method of dealing with music. I've loaded the media server packages and the Synology app is streaming the music well. I'm going to use a bluetooth receiver to stream to the stereo. We'll have a dedicated device in the living room to control the music (my Dad's old iPhone). Total cost: $30 for the bluetooth receiver.
Everyone can also stream to their own devices with either private or public playlists. Plus we can all have private music collections that merge with the public one. I think it should be pretty cool. The only downside is that playlists can only be created via the web interface.
Jessica - Jul 12, 2013 5:14:08 am PDT #22720 of 25497
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On my setup, the library files (xml metadata and the .itl main library) are all on the NAS as well. I just have to make sure the NAS is mounted as a share before I start up iTunes on my laptop so it will read the correct library.
Gudanov - Jul 12, 2013 5:14:14 am PDT #22721 of 25497
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I have no idea how the iTunes sever works on my NAS, just that it's available. It sounds a lot more complicated than the Synology media server, but I imagine it would be great with an Apple TV unit.