d6jg wrote: > 1 - you would connect the USB drive to the Pi (NB you may need a powered > USH hub depending on its power draw). You wouldn't need to remove it to > put new music on. Instead you would configure piCorePlayer with Samba > which then will expose the USB drive as a network share. > 2 & 3 are really the same - a NAS. To get the best of a NAS you really > need it always on but you can power it off if needed via a web > interface. Its easy to point piCorePlayer at the music folder on a NAS. > > I have 2 LMS set ups in different locations. In each case my music is > stored on a NAS. Using a VPN between the 2 sites updates on NAS1 (home) > are automatically written to NAS2 (remote office) on schedule overnight > but of course I need to leave them both switched on for this to work. > The 2 x NAS are both QNAPs and the synchronisation software is built in. > The VPN needs a highish end router at both locations.
Thank you, this is exactly the feedback I was looking for! Yes, forgot to mention that the USB drive would be up in the loft with the modem, router and the Pi. Samba was the key that I was unaware of (no Pi experience, soon to change). #1 was my preferred. With no VPN, I can just use thumbdrives, dropbox, etc and use the PC to transfer any new files from locations #1 to #2 and rescan. The second location is more of a "just play music/news, etc" and 90% of the time it's just streaming internet stations. Thank you again, Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Redrum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109982 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
