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browser based audio streaming
Is there a browser based way to stream audio files within the local network (some NAS's have this capability)?
I already use ReadyDLNA for connected speakers, but sharing to computers is a bit more painful. I have music in apple lossless format (my connected speakers suppoirt that), but Windows 7 PC's don't easily support that. iTunes server and iTunes on the PCs offer quite a rubbish interface - just a big list without artwork. So, I am looking for a method that has artwork, groups by album, isn't dog slow (Windows Media Player is very slow whilst it builds the list of albums every time it starts, and I only have about 4500 tracks listed).
Any suggestions for better apps, or RN add-ons?
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You could try plex. What ReadyNAS model do you have and what firmware is it running.
I was certain that I selected the NAS model on my original post (but now I can't see it). Anyway, I'm still using an NV+ v2 with 5.3.12 and updated ReadyDLNA to 1.1.4.
I've not tried Plex, but on an NV+ v2 I don't think it will transcode ALAC to MP3 or another format compatible with Windows Media Player. I think my problem is suitable client on the PC side, but as I say some NAS's do support a web interface to play audio to browsers (although I'm not sure if they have similar limitations).
If Plex would transcode, that would be great. Another option I tried was to add a second share with already converted ALAC-to-MP3, but with ReadyDLNA this munges all the tracks together so everything is seen as duplicates with DLNA audio clients which is not that great a solution either.
Plex won't transcode on the NV+ v2 or the RN100 series.
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