5/1/2023 0 Comments Nas minimserver![]() ![]() I tried a similar approach when it was iTunes and I had a bunch of music on my Synology. ![]() You then can end up with it thinking some files are here, others there, and trying to wrangle this is meh. Don’t bother though as if the Mac cannot see that location and you open Apple Music it invariably creates a fresh local folder. If you want to use Apple Music to play the NAS content you need to change the preferences for your music storage location. I’ve found myself airplay-ing from iPhone or Mac direct to my amp. I’m retiring my old optical out Apple TV as it doesn’t do airplay with my newer stuff. Seems like hard work and you then need a TV to see what you’re selecting. ‘Old HiFi’ amp? Line in and optical in and no HDMI? You can pick up old Apple TVs with optical out and no doubt hack them to play your files. Don’t bother unless you have golden ears or the BT turns out to be crummy for reasons of dropouts. Someone will be along to say ‘get a cable’ to connect your phone or max to the amp. ![]() Well, after streaming from Apple Music or Spotify from your Mac or phone. Run plex on a WD MyDrive? I was sceptical but seems it is a thing: There are other ways of skinning this cat, but plex is awesome, and you’ve already got a NAS, so you’re 95% of the way there already. If you pay for a “plex pass” (which you can do by the month to try it out or “lifetime”) you get a MUCH better music player on your phone (PlexAmp, it’s awesome), which also allows you to save the music locally on your phone. This can be a bit finicky, as it depends on your broadband provider. You can set-up your plex server so it works over 4/5G when you are away from your home network. More of a problem with Video files, but I thought I’d mention it. Plex should run on it, but if it’s an ancient unit, you might run into difficulties, particularly if your music files are in a wierd format (ogg vorbis anyone?), which it then tries to encode into something else, so the client can play it. You then install the plex client on your phone, and link it to the server. UPnP now automatically start when you turn on your computer.You basically load the plex server software onto your NAS, point it at the content you’ve got saved, and it should recognize it all, index it etc. Select the option for Turn on network discovery and click the Apply button. In the Sharing and Discovery section, click the arrow button to the right of the Network discovery option. Locate and click the icon for Network and Sharing Center. FLAC files, etc’ and is an app in the Audio & Music category. PerfectTUNES is described as ‘audio tagger containing the essential tools to keep your music library clean from missing artwork, incorrect metadata, corrupt.
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