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Networks and Remotes => Media Network => Topic started by: JeffNK on January 02, 2014, 09:08:48 am
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Hello forum members.
I have just upgraded to MC v19.
I have a Squeezebox Touch to which I have attached a USB drive containing audio files. The Touch connects to an amp in my stereo system.
I have been trying to find the answer to the question - is it possible to control the Touch using MC from the computer on which I've installed MC so that I can play the files through my stereo system. Or do the audio files have to be on the computer?
Any advice would be appreciated.
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Do you have a PC so that you could connect the USB drive instead of directly to the Touch?
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Yes I have an old laptop I have been able to use my new laptop jriver copy to remote control the old laptop paying the audio files on the USB through my digital amp.
However I have been trying to do the same thing connecting the USB drive directly to the Touch.
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I don't know that the Touch using the mini LMS supports DLNA, and if not, MC won't be of any use since it can't see the library (as either a local library, or a DNLA library).
If you allow a PC to control the USB disk, then both LMS and MC can import the media files. From there, MC along with Whitebear (a superior DLNA replacement for Logitech's DLNA plug-in), can push music to the Touch. There is also the excellent JRemote, in case you have an iPad.
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Thanks MrC. That clarifies things for me nicely.
Jeff