![]() However on my Logitech Media Server running on a Raspberry Pi (running piCorePlayer) - I can see the Asset files in my Remote Music Library (UPnP renderer) and add them to the playlist of a Squeezelite player (another Raspberry Pi running piCorePlayer), but they won't play at all. Using foobar2000 with a UPnP browser plugin on my PC I can play the files from Asset fine - and in the File Properties I can see File names like "" with the PCM codec etc. So to start with I went to the Asset Configure page and down to "Audio format streaming", and changed FLAC from "as is" to "as WAV". I wanted to test whether playback sounded better letting Asset send FLAC files as they are stored or whether converting them to WAV first before serving them up to my UPnP renderer was best, or if it made no difference. I've got my CD's ripped and saved as FLAC files. Once you have it sorted, there is no going back.I've got Asset R6.1 running on my QNAP NAS. Other manufacturers of course do this - but I have found Synology particularly easy here. I pay for 1TB of cloud storage with them and the NAS backups to it everynight and sends me an email to report it has done so. One of the reasons I like using Synology is the ease with which it integrates (unsuprsingly) with their online backup storage. You will forget/put off and before you know it will loose more stuff than you are happy with. Remebering to attach a second drive and backup manually is, I would suggest, not a viable solution. I use WD Red drives too but have had failures. Possibly the most important tip is have a robust BACK UP STRATEGY! Yes RAID drives (as found in many NASs) are (to some extent) more durable and fault tolerant than simple drives - but all hard drives fail sooner or later. My experience is that the Synology 'universe' is great to use (I have a Synology Router too) and much better than Netgear's. I have comitted 100% to using NAS for my music.Ĭurrently using Synology DS415+ and, previous to that, ReadyNas devices from Netgear. Safest backup strategy is a physically separate drive, or two, or three stored under the bed/in a fire safe/off site. UPnP devices will automatically advertise their services or capabilities enabling auto-discovery of devices on a network, all without the need to download additional drivers. It’ll certainly be cheaper and likely less aggravating.Īnd as others have said/will say RAID isn’t the answer to many forms of data loss, it is mostly a way of keeping a system up. One of the major advantages of UPnP is that it requires very little end-user configuration. Alternatively you may just find that with 1TB or so of cds, just beefing up the hard drive on your laptop, or adding a USB drive, is good enough. Then, when you’ve sorted your software, you can make a choice of NAS - not all server software runs on all NAS’s acceptably. Check out how boxed sets and compilation albums work, check out whether you are getting gapless playback. Asset UPnP is a DLNA-compatible audio server that allows you to share media content between multiple devices. Can you browse and search your music in a way you find acceptable? Happy with playlists? Add some more cds. Then you can play around with server software. Asset control works fine with asset upnp for qnap however there is a difference with the asset upnp pc version. ![]() Rip a dozen or three cds on your current pc/laptop - dBpoweramp is excellent. dBPoweramp is the weapon of choice for ripping to FLAC level 5. If the house burns down then I'm stuffed!Ĥ. And for true security, the backup HDD should really be stored in a firesafe off-site.įWIW, I have my 2 x 4TB WD-Reds mirrored in the box, but also have a number of very old HDD that I can plug in and out for backups and then store on a shelf. So for a truly robust system you should have two separate boxes with a disk in each and backup one to the other regularly. RAID: there is a school of thought that says there's not really much point in RAIDing disks that reside in the same box, coz if the PSU/control electronics dies it'll probably buqqer up both disks. I run 4TB, but have all my photographs and other on them as well.ģ. Size: for 2000+ CDs, I suggest 2TB, to allow for future purchases. I have them in mine, and they work just fine for streaming music. HDD: the WD Red series are claimed to have been designed for use in NASs. FWIW I have a 2-disk Synology DS216j - the compromise in the middle of the range - note the top model (DS21xPlay) does transcoding, but last time I looked it was another 100 quid.Ģ. Not likely since the HDMI output of PCs cannot handshake with the HDMI input of AVRs. They are much of a muchness, I have read that the Q has the "better" hardware and the Syn the "better" software (whatever the definition of "better" is). One can play multichannel files in Audirvana if set up correctly and connected to a suitable endpoint/DAC. NAS: The two current favourite NASs are Synology & QNAP.
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