I can only speak for Windows 7, but using shortcuts makes it fairly easy
for Squeezebox Server to scan music files located either on an external
hard drive plugged into the same computer or else on a network drive
located on an external networked computer. I don't recall whether I
have tried scanning with Squeezebox server running on computer A and the
music files on an external USB drive plugged into an external networked
computer B, but that should work too. I have never used a NAS (network
attached storage) drive.
It is important to remember that AAC works through the Squeezebox server
which has to be running at the same time AAC is run. I usually just
plug a USB hard drive into the computer now and have Squeezebox server
and AAC running on the same computer. But in the past I had AAC running
on my windows computer and I could either have it use the Squeezebox
server running on the same computer, or else the AAC on the windows
computer could also use the SQueezebox server running on an external
Linux box. In the latter case, the Squeezebox server needs to be
modified slightly to allow access to its database from an external
computer. The AAC website gave instructions on how to do that, but
since those seem to be gone, below are the notes I wrote to myself
(since I forget otherwise!):
Installation of ACC (on a Windows 7 64-bit machine):
1. First install the MySQL ODBS driver v5.1 (32-bit version):
(Download, run setup.exe).
2. ACC requires no installation: just unzip to a folder and
double-click the .hta file.
3. If Squeezebox Server is running on the same machine as ACC, no
further set up is necessary. To check though, in the ACC program, on
'Remote Server options':
-- IP address should be set to 127.0.0.1 (using local Server,
not
external server)
-- Port number should be set to '9000'
-- Drive mapped to remote Server either blank or set to R: (my
mapped network drive on the external computer)
-- leave physical path blank
Then skip to step 5.
4. If Squeezebox Server is running on a remote machine then it has to
be configured to allow ACC to connect remotely. The change is to add a
'#' character before the 'bind-address' command in the my.tt file. My
external computer was a headless Linux box so I had to use PuTTY to SSH
into it; if you external box is windows you can just use notepad. Then:
Change directory to /usr/share/squeezeboxserver/MySQL and edit the file
'my.tt' with the 'nano' editor: insert a '#' character before the
'bind-address' command in the file and then save it and restart
squeezeboxserver.
Then, set up the AAC program: In the ACC program, on the 'Remote
Server options' page, set the IP address to the external computer's IP
address [e.g. 192.168.1.106]; set the Port number to '9002' (usually
9000 but my linux box used 9002); set mapped drive to 'R:' (my mapped
drive), set physical path to '/media/Music'. (the music library on the
linux box)
5. On the Windows machine running ACC, set Internet Explorer's
security level to allow Access data sources across domains (IE, Tools
Menu, Internet Options, Security Tab, Internet Zone, Custom Level,
select 'enable').
6. In ACC, main page, leave Starting Folder blank, or set to
[drive]:\[subfolder]if desired.
To run ACC, the SqueezeBox Server must be running. Then simply
double-click the .hta file.
Hope that helps - it makes it look more complicated than it is
Swimmer
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