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Title: Placing data on synology NAS
Post by: mjm6 on April 30, 2012, 11:39:45 pm

Hi folks,

I have an NAS that has about 1000 CDs on it that I currently access with a sonos.  It works great...

I am finishing up a audio pc server, and want to link to the NAS for the library. When I go to create, it can't see the NAS at all.  I mapped to the pc, and then I can choose it, but mc can't connect to that directory.

Now, the weird thing is that I have a /music directory on the NAS (right off the top level) and mc automatically found the one album I had in there and made a library for it (called 'voyager', which is the name of my NAS on the network). I set this up as a music server directory in the NAS software (my ps3 can see that album)

Also, I think I was able to browse to the NAS through Explorer and double click a file and get it to play through mc on the audio pc.

So, to set up a library with the files on the NAS, do the files need to be made available through a dlna supported directory on the NAS like the /music directory probably was configured?

I'm scratching my head why I cant simply browse to the directory that I have on there and get jriver to build a library from that.


Thanks,   ---Michael

Title: Re: Placing data on synology NAS
Post by: MrC on May 01, 2012, 12:21:39 am

If you can see the folder tree on your MC PC, you can import its contents into MC.  Are you able to see the NAS's media files on this PC?

If so, you can import the media into MC.  Go to Tools > Import > Configure Auto-Import and browse to the folder.  Select any file types and media types you want/don't want added to MC.

MC will import, run audio analysis on the files, and update tags (disable tag writing if you don't want this).

DLNA is separate, but MC can control DLNA devices and play back from them.

Title: Re: Placing data on synology NAS
Post by: mjm6 on May 01, 2012, 05:28:10 am

I can see the files and the NAS in Explorer, but not in jriver.

If I map the NAS, I can see it in mc, but it tells me I can't import.

Not sure why I can't see it in mc?


Thenks,


---Michael

Title: Re: Placing data on synology NAS
Post by: MrC on May 01, 2012, 05:52:51 am

What is the error message / feedback you see?

Title: Re: Placing data on synology NAS
Post by: mjm6 on May 01, 2012, 05:56:08 am

I'll check tonight and report back...

Thanks,

Michael

Title: Re: Placing data on synology NAS
Post by: wig on May 01, 2012, 06:50:22 am

I have all my media on a diskstation NAS and it plays fine with MC.

I just have the UNC path set up as my music directory

\\DISKSTATION\Data\music

Do you have Shell Integration (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Shell_Integration) enabled? Try importing an album from Windows Explorer; is it successful?

Title: Re: Placing data on synology NAS
Post by: mjm6 on May 01, 2012, 09:04:48 pm

OK, I finally got it to work...

I was able to play from Explorer by double clicking a file (or right clicking).

I think I got it to work by placing the mapped drive in the monitor directories area in the auto update portion.  Then, everything appeared to show up.

All good!

---I still couldn't get MC to see it through the browser, even though it could see another NAS I have on the system.


Thanks,

---Michael