[SlimDevices: 3rd-party-hardware] Itunes, slimserver and NAS

[simonjedrake]

Timbo;218788 Wrote: 
> Hi folks, well here goes and if I start a war, well it won't be the
> first time :-) but does anybody get a NAS and their SB and their
> Slimserver and their iTunes library installed without resorting to
> witchcraft and arcane arts!!!
> 
> Surely, there has to be a simpler way of getting your music into your
> Hi-fi than this!
> 
> I would love a NAS, don't want the PC on all the time and when I come
> home having to boot up, start Slimserver and get the SB sorted to play
> something - well often it would have been easier to just put in a CD.
> So, I thought a NAS would be a great idea, on all the time, quite and
> low power consumption so good for the planet and me: :-) But then I
> read the trouble everybody has just getting the damn things to work!
> 
> Am I being negative as we are only seeing the guys with problems here?
> Is there an install script that installs Slimserver AND copies your
> iTunes library AND copies your music into the proper place AND tells
> Slimserver and iTunes where it all is now? Surely you would have
> thought the NAS manufacturer or Slim Devices might make such a thing
> happen - or perhaps provide a idiot proof crib sheet. The instructions
> I have seen are certainly not idiot proof - you seem to need a
> knowledge of Linux for a start - and that OS is like going back to the
> dark ages? I would love to spend my money on the QNAP for instance, but
> the posts here have really put me off.
> 
> Tim.

Tim
You are dead right in that maybe your are being a bit "negative" as you
will ONLY see postings on this forum from people with problems, which
are normally minor "user" related issues rather than "hardware" issues.
A lot of us are into "tweaking" and sometimes we tweak just that one
step too far, were as if we all were boring and just followed the
instructions provided then we would have no problems....and this forum
would NOT exist.
How many users bother to post on this forum saying they have NO
PROBLEMS???

I have used Qnaps for over 18 months with itunes as my library, with
those official "itunes tracks" that I pay for being burnt/copied back
as mp3's. The princilpe of a NAS is just like your state above in that
you can access your music with your SB's with out having a PC powered
on the whole time. You can use the NAS firstly as a backup device as
well with auto copying routines from your PC every day of your itunes
library xml files & mp3's etc, and secondly as your SS library.

The latest Qnaps are ideal for this purpose..........and a lot more.
Plus you have the benefit of this forum to help you out on problems
that one of us may have encounted before.


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simonjedrake

QNAP TS-109 Pro (version 1.1.0 build 0710T) Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB 
SlimServer Version: 6.5.3 - 12376 - Debian - EN - utf8.   MySql 5.0.41
2 x wireless SB3, & 1 x wireless SB2
(& an old Qnap TS-101 for secondary backup)
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