d6jg wrote: > If you have a NAS then definitely you should use that with a Pi - > especially if you have a 2 drive NAS offering Raid 1. > If you use a HD attached to the Pi you will probably need a powered USB > hub and the Samba support in piCorePlayer is limited so management is > far easier via a NAS. > Just make sure that your NAS & Pi are both wired and both have static IP > addresses. > Backup (you do backup your music files don't you?) is also going to be > far easier with a NAS. > > The setup with piCorePlayer is just a case of installing the extra file > system tools and then mounting the appropriate share on the NAS via NFS > or CIFS/SMB from within the LMS tab on the piCorePlayer. > The only caveat is that you need the NAS to be fully up and operational > before you boot or reboot the Pi otherwise it won't see the share.
...excellent advice! Cheers Will ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WAD62's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38506 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107615 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
