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R7000: streaming mp3 from hd ( USB connected on router )
Google's Chromecast Audio is properly working for streaming music (mp3) from my smartphone to my stereo emplifier . However streaming mp3's stored on a HD attached via USB to my R7000 router is not ...
It may be better off to get a NAS most especially if you have big files.
How big is the external hard drive?
Hello BenZ
Welcome to the community!
How do you stream from the hard drive? Is it through the smartphone too?
Will it work if you use a PC to stream?
How big is the hard drive attached?
Hello Elaine
Thanks for your reply mail
My answers to your questions are as follows:
I like to stream by using my Samsung S5 Smartphone ( for example by using the Solid explorer Android app with Solid explorer Cast plugin)
I can stream from my PC (windows 10) via the Chrome browser (after installing the google chrome browser extension)
The USB drive attached to my R7000 has 1Tb capacity
Thank you in advance for your reply
Gerben
Can you try to use a different app to stream it like NETGEAR Genie?
netgear (my media) android app detects 3 sources: my smartphone, my PC and the router (N R7000 logo). However when I select R7000 I got a message like : 'not able to collect data'. After renewing ,'source map' and starting media services again there's no improvement. So it looks like there's no communication with the router. Although I can see the contents of both USB drives withe file explorer. Mybe I need to changes router settings?
Regards Gerben
Do you have the latest firmware installed?
I have tried this from my iPhone and it's fine.I wonder if it's an Android thing. What's the OS of your S5?
