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HaWi:
The NAS certainly has a different format, neither NTFS nor APFS (mine is on BTRFS) but after you transfer the data to the NAS you can access them from pretty much any system using SMB

AudibleImagery:

--- Quote from: gradu8ed on February 18, 2023, 01:03:30 pm ---Hey there everyone. Just got a new Synology NAS running DSM 7.1. Any suggestions for the best way to set it up would be greatly appreciated.

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Hey gradu8ed,

I've been meaning to reply to this thread ever since seeing it. I'm speaking from personal experience here so take what I have to say with a grain of salt because YMMV. I saw other people say similar things to what I'm about to say and part of me wishes I had heeded their advice. I have a very powerful Synology DS1621xs+ with 64 GB of RAM, 1.5 TB of SSD caching, 14 TB of SSD storage, an updated network add-in, a dedicated network switch, and updated fans, and I've also poured countless hours into configuring my NAS to be compatible with JRiver (and Roon). I would strongly advise against using your NAS for this purpose. The best approach in my experience is to use your NAS as an active backup instead and store your music locally. Amongst other problems, the main issue for me was that my Synology Drive Client sync to my computer wasn't compatible with my backup to my "permanent" cloud due to some compatibility issues that arose from converting SMB to AFS that were minor in scope but that created huge problems. Just my two cents.

-Audible

cshl:
Hello I am a DSM 920+ user.

I have been very successful in using the JR Media with my NAS.

You need to store all your music files on your NAS. When that's done, simply import your music files by going to Tools menu in JRM and using the Import Tool which you will have configure and to point to the location where your files are and presto you are done. Every time you add files to you NAS do another import and it will update your JRM library.

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