Hi, There is a *lot* of missinformation in this area. It is not possible to stream directly from a NAS to the Apple TV, but you can stream from a NAS to any iDevice if the NAS supports DAAP (Digital Audio Access Protocol) which is sometimes called "iTunes server" in the interface & marketing material of a NAS. Additionally, if the NAS doesn't support DAAP, you can still access content stored on it using an iDevice via DLNA or SMB although you will require third party apps to do this.
Thankfully, there is a workaround for the Apple TV problem although from a networking point of view it's pretty ugly. What some people do is to access the required content via an iDevice then simply airPlay it to the Apple TV. The downside to this is that the content is being transfered twice, so for networks using older equipment & standards, you may run into throughput issues which will manifest themselves in the form of buffering. The approach I opted for was to repurpose my netbook as a basic media server. The hard drive was upgraded so that all of our visual media - E.G. everything accept music could be stored on it; I then connected it to a switch in our atic where it sits running 24/7 waiting for someone to use the Apple TV. This is by no means a perfect setup, but for me, it represents a good compromise between functionality & cost. Personally, I detest the idea of putting an extra device in the equation, but short of building a media center computer, until other devices like the Apple TV become more accessible it's the best we can do. Cheers, Ben. On 3/31/14, Kliphton ------- <kliph...@outlook.com> wrote: > preserving space is the only advantage, unless they come up with a jail > break for the third gen appleTV > > Kliphton > ~Email&iMessage~ kliph...@outlook.com > ~Twitter,Instagram,Foursquare&Skype~ kliphton72 > (Text only) 914-820-2298 > (Personal blog-Read at your own risk) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 31, 2014, at 7:28 AM, "Jesper Holten" <jesper.hol...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Kliphton. >> Thank you for your answer. So there is no way out of having a computer >> with iTunes running if I want to be able to stream my music Collection >> onto my iphone? >> Well, that is unfortunate. would it then not just be easier to use >> home share to share the library across I-devices or are there >> advantages to putting the Collection on the nas, besides preserving >> Space on the computers hard drive. >> >> Best regards, Jesper. >> >>> On 3/31/14, Kliphton ------- <kliph...@outlook.com> wrote: >>> Depending on the model of NAS you get, you can stream music, and even >>> movies >>> in the right format from the Nas to your iPHon, iPad, but not appleTV. >>> If >>> you want the iTunes experience, the computer will need to be on with >>> iTunes >>> running. >>> >>> >>> Kliphton >>> ~Email&iMessage~ kliph...@outlook.com >>> ~Twitter,Instagram,Foursquare&Skype~ kliphton72 >>> (Text only) 914-820-2298 >>> (Personal blog-Read at your own risk) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Mar 31, 2014, at 4:36 AM, "Jesper Holten" <jesper.hol...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello all. >>>> I am in the process of buying a NAS drive where I want to store our >>>> music library and play it on various I-devices and sonos. >>>> However, reading various posts from this mailing list, it seems I >>>> cannot omit having a computer turned on with the actual Itune app >>>> running. 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