Question Software for music file player to see my NAS ?

[GeorgiaOverdrive]

I bought a Cambridge Audio music file server and a Buffalo NAS to store the files. I've never had a setup like this before. I have both set up, mostly. My home network sees the NAS but the Cambridge Audio doesn't.

I put some music files on the NAS. The documentation says that I need some sort of software on the NAS to make the Cambridge Audio see it. I think it may be UPnP. I called Buffalo about setting up UPnP on the NAS but they said that I only need to do that if I want my NAS to be seen outside my home network, which I don't want to do.

But do I need some software on the NAS? What kind, or do you have some recommendations?

 

[USAFRet]

How does the Cambridge device interact with the rest of your network?

Link to this thing?

 

[GeorgiaOverdrive]

I have an app on my Android tablet called StreamMagic, from Cambridge Audio. It controls the unit, but I can't make it see the NAS.

 

[USAFRet]

I have an app on my Android tablet called StreamMagic, from Cambridge Audio. It controls the unit, but I can't make it see the NAS.

Apart from StreamMagic and Cambridge, can your tablet see files on the NAS?

 

[GeorgiaOverdrive]

I don't know how to do that on my Android tablet. I can see the NAS and the files from the Windows computer on my network.

 

[cruisetung]

UPNP( or DLNA, not exactly the same though) has nothing to do with outside world access.

It's a protocol used between media player and media server.

Turn it on and see if it works.

Windows can see Buffalo NAS likely Buffalo's SMB support is turned on by default. Android does not support SMB however, unless you buy and install those paid apps.

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Please post a product link to your Cambridge music server/ or player?

 

[GeorgiaOverdrive]

I couldn't find out how to do that. I did reset the NAS. There are a lot of options that I don't know if I should turn them on or off. The manual is 147 pages and full of things that I don't understand. There is a quick-start quite, but it just tells you how to plug it in and turn it on.

I've emailed Cambridge Audio to ask for more help. But they are in England and I'm in the US, so at best I get a reply the next day.

 

[cruisetung]

I couldn't find out how to do that. I did reset the NAS. There are a lot of options that I don't know if I should turn them on or off. The manual is 147 pages and full of things that I don't understand. There is a quick-start quite, but it just tells you how to plug it in and turn it on.

I've emailed Cambridge Audio to ask for more help. But they are in England and I'm in the US, so at best I get a reply the next day.

Buffalo model and link?

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OK, found this
https://buffaloamericas.com/knowledge-base/enabling-upnp-on-a-buffalo-airstation

 

[GeorgiaOverdrive]

A LinkStation 210,
https://buffaloamericas.com/support/downloads/linkstation-200-series

 

[cruisetung]

So it should be DLNA setting on the NAS

search "DLNA" in the LinkStation 200 User Manual

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/lit_files/640730.pdf

You don't have to turn on UPNP yet. Try DLNA first.

 

[GeorgiaOverdrive]

Thanks, I found many "DLNA" in the manual. It is getting late, so I will read about them tomorrow.

 

[GeorgiaOverdrive]

Thanks, I went through page 100-104. Some of the info didn't match exactly, and I'm not sure that selecting a folder to share worked, because when I went back in, it was unchecked.

But I've gotten farther. and it says that it is playing from the NAS, but it isn't actually. Now I think I need to contact Cambridge Audio again.

 

[kanewolf]

Thanks, I went through page 100-104. Some of the info didn't match exactly, and I'm not sure that selecting a folder to share worked, because when I went back in, it was unchecked.

But I've gotten farther. and it says that it is playing from the NAS, but it isn't actually. Now I think I need to contact Cambridge Audio again.

Are you trying to play MP3? MP4? An MP3 is just a container file type. The actual compression of the data may make it not compatible.
For example the Cambridge Audio MX10 -- https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/usa/en/products/hi-fi/mx/mxn10 says it supports ALAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, DSD (x512), WMA, MP3, AAC, HE AAC, AAC+, OGG Vorbis audio files.
I would make sure a file plays when on a thumb drive connected to the USB port. Then if you attempt to play that same file, via the network and it fails, you know it it not an issue with the file format.

 

[cruisetung]

According to the manual, you have to

starts from Chapter 7. Multimedia Page.76
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/lit_files/640730.pdf

1. Enable DLNA server
2. Enable DLNA for each folder that you want to share as media files
3. Allow a client device's MAC address's permission (in this case your Cambridge Audio player's MAC address )