Hi Ben. Excellent thanks. I can live with music only as our movies the few we buy can be washed on a laptop connected to the stereo via USB. Thanks alot. best regards, Jesper.
On 3/31/14, Ben Mustill-Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Yes - if the NAS has a "iTunes server" feature then this will be > possible; the only problem will be with the Apple TV. > > Cheers, > Ben. > > On 3/31/14, Jesper Holten <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello Ben. >> But would I be able to play the music collection from the nas using >> itune server and play the music in the music app on my iPhone without >> having a pc turned on? >> Or alternatively using an other music app on the phone to play the >> music stored on the server, again without having to have a pc turnd >> on? >> Best regards, Jesper. >> >> On 3/31/14, Ben Mustill-Rose <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 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 ------- <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> preserving space is the only advantage, unless they come up with a jail >>>> break for the third gen appleTV >>>> >>>> Kliphton >>>> ~Email&iMessage~ [email protected] >>>> ~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" <[email protected]> >>>>> 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 ------- <[email protected]> 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~ [email protected] >>>>>> ~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" >>>>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>>> 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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