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If you're thinking about buying a NAS
JimH:
Don't do it. Consider a JRiver Id instead. You'll avoid problems trying to get a QNAP or Synology or similar NAS to work with MC. The Id has perfect support for MC.
www.jriver.com/Id
Then add a USB 3.0 drive.
This is a very low power way to keep your media online and you can connect the Id to a DAC or receiver and control it with Gizmo or JRemote.
If you're only using ordinary FLAC or another lossless format, then an IdPi would do.
The NUC version of the JRiver Id plus a can act as a NAS.
Drive Prices at Amazon:
2TB for $72
4TB for $110
Id prices for the NUC version start at $265.
The IdPi is about $90 but is not suitable if you are using a network connection to a NAS (DLNA, for example). In that case, the NUC version is preferred.
rec head:
Can you sum up the problems of using a NAS? I am thinking about getting one. I would use it as my "junk" drive where downloads and such would go. It would have all media and PC/mac backup files. I'm looking for simplicity and redundancy. I figured MC would just see it as a drive.
Eventually I would like to have a NUC Id as my MC server and playback device replacing the full size tower full of drives I have in my TV room.
JimH:
MC can see a NAS as a network drive and import from it. That works fine.
Some people want to turn off their computer and use the NAS only, even though it's also a computer. You can do that, but not with MC.
It would be simpler to set up the Id with a USB 3.0 drive than with a NAS. Less expensive and lower power, too.
tyler69:
My NAS has different purposes, serving audio and video files to MC is one of them. I don't see a NUC with MC preinstalled (JRiver id) replacing it, as then I'd need to attach several external hard drives in order to fit all my data. I'm not sure a NAS needs more power than an intel NUC with comparable storage. Also the NAS has RAID support, hot swap support and safety measures (and other features) that would probably not be possible or cause problems setting up with a NUC.
What I'm saying is: I understand that a NUC can be used as a file server for MC but that does not make a MC package for NAS's irrelevant. But I suppose that I also understand now why you won't support QNAP / Synology.
rec head:
--- Quote from: JimH on May 21, 2017, 04:26:32 pm ---MC can see a NAS as a network drive and import from it. That works fine.
--- End quote ---
Thanks. That is what I wanted to know.
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