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Re: Lost Flac files please help me
aha. this is definitely a FLAC file. doesn't it have a .flac file extension???
OK. I now see your setup. The readynas system is a good file storage system but is not that great at running any server software. If you want to feed music via WIFI to your stereo, you either need a computer connected to your DAC (via USB or s/pdif or optical) or you need a network music player. I'm a fan of Logitech Squeezebox devices. You'd want the TOUCH. It would connect via wifi back to your router. And on your computer you'd install the Logitech Music Server (LMS) software. The LMS software would look to your NAS to see the music files. It is possible to install the LMS on the readynas duo, but it is awfully underpowered. And the other issue is that if you run LMS on your computer, it is probably better that it be connected via eithernet too. You really don't want more than one WIFI hop (the one from router to TOUCH). Nice thing with all this is that I use my ipad or iphone or laptop to control all my music (choose music, volume, etc.). All this will also do internet radio, pandora, mog, spotify, rhapsody, etc.
Bottom line, read about Logitech Squeezebox products, read about SONOS, etc. to get an idea about networked music players. Or simply install something like foobar2000 as a player on your laptop. Point the foobar2000 music library to your Readynas as the source (via wifi), then connect your laptop to the DAC via usb/spdif/optical.
thanks again gary
here is what i got when i right clicked and got this "43.2 MB (45,320,684 bytes)". any use?
the nas is a Netgear RND2000 ReadyNAS Duo
sorry for insufficient information. the nas stores all my music. thats the plan anyway. i ripped all my CDs to a temporary HDD which became full so i opted for the nas due to the networking options. my naim is just a preamp sorry, an 82, connected to power amps. so the dac is connected using coax from rega to 5pin din naim end. that side i am ok with.
since all my music is now stored on the nas, the only way to access and play it is by accessing the nas on the network, hence the nas is connected to the router. is there a better more direct way of doing this since the nas has about three usbs, so does my sony viao laptop. i was advised that since the nas does not have an operating system it could not be directly connected to the rega dac. hence i am using the laptop which has an operating system for this purpose. at least that is the only i have been able to play music since sat, even though thats minus flacs and the network is unreliable.
if there is a player that will make me play the files on the nas, reliably and truthfully, and ideally for free, thats what i am after. if hardwiring is the only option, i am not certain my connections are the best. happy to take pictures if it helps.
it may be that due to my limited knoweldge i am making mistakes gary, please bang me to rights!
i really appreciate your patience in trying to understand the problems i face and advising.
here is what i got when i right clicked and got this "43.2 MB (45,320,684 bytes)". any use?
the nas is a Netgear RND2000 ReadyNAS Duo
sorry for insufficient information. the nas stores all my music. thats the plan anyway. i ripped all my CDs to a temporary HDD which became full so i opted for the nas due to the networking options. my naim is just a preamp sorry, an 82, connected to power amps. so the dac is connected using coax from rega to 5pin din naim end. that side i am ok with.
since all my music is now stored on the nas, the only way to access and play it is by accessing the nas on the network, hence the nas is connected to the router. is there a better more direct way of doing this since the nas has about three usbs, so does my sony viao laptop. i was advised that since the nas does not have an operating system it could not be directly connected to the rega dac. hence i am using the laptop which has an operating system for this purpose. at least that is the only i have been able to play music since sat, even though thats minus flacs and the network is unreliable.
if there is a player that will make me play the files on the nas, reliably and truthfully, and ideally for free, thats what i am after. if hardwiring is the only option, i am not certain my connections are the best. happy to take pictures if it helps.
it may be that due to my limited knoweldge i am making mistakes gary, please bang me to rights!
i really appreciate your patience in trying to understand the problems i face and advising.
OK. I now see your setup. The readynas system is a good file storage system but is not that great at running any server software. If you want to feed music via WIFI to your stereo, you either need a computer connected to your DAC (via USB or s/pdif or optical) or you need a network music player. I'm a fan of Logitech Squeezebox devices. You'd want the TOUCH. It would connect via wifi back to your router. And on your computer you'd install the Logitech Music Server (LMS) software. The LMS software would look to your NAS to see the music files. It is possible to install the LMS on the readynas duo, but it is awfully underpowered. And the other issue is that if you run LMS on your computer, it is probably better that it be connected via eithernet too. You really don't want more than one WIFI hop (the one from router to TOUCH). Nice thing with all this is that I use my ipad or iphone or laptop to control all my music (choose music, volume, etc.). All this will also do internet radio, pandora, mog, spotify, rhapsody, etc.
Bottom line, read about Logitech Squeezebox products, read about SONOS, etc. to get an idea about networked music players. Or simply install something like foobar2000 as a player on your laptop. Point the foobar2000 music library to your Readynas as the source (via wifi), then connect your laptop to the DAC via usb/spdif/optical.
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