Sorry - lack of detail! I've been providing much more detail in other
forums, so my comments are out there somewhere.

To start...configuration:

SBS host: ReadyNAS NV+ with maximum RAM & 6TB
Clients: Three receivers & one SB Radio
Controllers: Two remotes, one Android phone and one Android tablet
Browsers: IE8 and Chrome

Installation went fine and I followed the procedure to the letter. I
even redid the Netgear Firmware, even though I was on the latest
release already.

The initial scan of the music ran too quickly - seemingly just looking
at directories. I reran it and it took longer (though much faster than
7.5.x) and looked credible. However, looking at the web interface, only
Random Mix was available under My Music. Nothing else. Interestingly, if
I actually opted for a bit of Ramdom Mix, the music was there, complete
with album art, etc. So - something wrong there.

The biggest problem (and I've seen this back around 7.4 or before) was
that the remotes couldn't connect to the SBS at all. They could oddly
see the other players in the network (though not reliably - the list
would vary), but couldn't connect to SBS. They would try, then offer me
a different network or to retry. Nothing ever worked, so I was
completely unable to see any music. The same was true via the Android
apps. They couldn't get connect or get a list of music. Also - the home
menu was oddly lacking in options. I tried Settings / Home Menu to try
to set it as I wanted, but no options were available other than Reset
to default. That may be because it wasn't connected to the SBS.

In any case, after lots of tries, with lots of devices, cache clearing,
reinstalls, etc., I put this down as another one of those SBS releases
that simply hasn't been properly QA's on enough different
configurations.

As I say, I've had this before, tried for AGES before giving up. I
later managed to get upgraded to 7.5.4, which ran perfectly. Right now,
I've dropped back to 7.5.5, which works perfectly.

I don't think I'll chance another upgrade for a while and only then
when I can see that there aren't so many complaints about the release.


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