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iTunes "media kind" being overridden by NAS streaming
Howdy everyone! I'm working on setting up a spiffy new RN312 as a "home media" server, and am working on getting the iTunes streaming to work. I did the following: 1) Mounted NAS Share 2) P...
Hi WildfireTech,
Are you using AFP protocol on the shares?
Regards,
When it is mounted locally, and I am using the iTunes "local" mode, the "media kind" settings are all correct, and yes, I am mounting via AFP.
When it is streaming, I unmount the disk and view the media ONLY through the iTunes media browser.
WildfireTech wrote:
When it is mounted locally, and I am using the iTunes "local" mode, the "media kind" settings are all correct, and yes, I am mounting via AFP.
When it is streaming, I unmount the disk and view the media ONLY through the iTunes media browser.
Are you saying that you have the ReadyNAS iTunes server enabled on the NAS share, but are also maintaining a local iTunes library?
In that case you have two independent media databases.
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/25400
The page above gives two options for configuring the Preferences settings in the iTunes app on a computer for iTunes media stored on a ReadyNAS. In sum, one can point the iTunes app on the computer to an iTunes library file in either an iTunes folder on the computer or a shared iTunes folder on a networked ReadyNAS.
I have used both configurations on my Macs, and I have problems similar to the OP. Edits made to an iTunes media file using Get Info in iTunes don't "stick." In the past, I have read that this is a problem with the iTunes app if the media files themselves (the library file location seems irrelevant) are stored on a networked device rather than on the computer or a device attached via USB, Firewire, or eSATA.
coloatty wrote:
...Edits made to an iTunes media file using Get Info in iTunes don't "stick."
It works on my windows system though. The library is on the windows system, and the media is all on a mapped network drive. Media kind is certainly sticking (all my mp4 video files are tagged, and "media kind" set for each).
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