I need to buy a NAS for various reasons, one of them being to store my iTunes collection on it as it’s outgrowing my PC.
Many NAS claim to offer an "iTunes" server, but I'm a little confused as to exactly what this means?
As far as I can make out, any NAS can be mapped as a network drive, assigned a drive number and then all I need to do is:
Keep iTunes Media Folder Organised
Change Media Folder Location (to NAS drive)
Organise Library
Consolidate Files
And all my media will be on the NAS and work in exactly the same way as it did when stored on my PC?
If this is correct, then what other advantages are there to having something like a Synology or QNAP NAS with a built in iTunes server? Does it mean I can stream content to my Airplay receiver via a smartphone without having a PC or Mac running iTunes?
I’m running iTunes on a PC. A lot of my music is ripped to Apple Lossless, so I want to keep using iTunes rather than DLNA. The most important thing for me is to keep all the metadata and artwork, which I’ve put in hours of manual work to correctly name tracks, add artwork and remove duplicates etc.
Many NAS claim to offer an "iTunes" server, but I'm a little confused as to exactly what this means?
As far as I can make out, any NAS can be mapped as a network drive, assigned a drive number and then all I need to do is:
Keep iTunes Media Folder Organised
Change Media Folder Location (to NAS drive)
Organise Library
Consolidate Files
And all my media will be on the NAS and work in exactly the same way as it did when stored on my PC?
If this is correct, then what other advantages are there to having something like a Synology or QNAP NAS with a built in iTunes server? Does it mean I can stream content to my Airplay receiver via a smartphone without having a PC or Mac running iTunes?
I’m running iTunes on a PC. A lot of my music is ripped to Apple Lossless, so I want to keep using iTunes rather than DLNA. The most important thing for me is to keep all the metadata and artwork, which I’ve put in hours of manual work to correctly name tracks, add artwork and remove duplicates etc.
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