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Home sharing big iTunes lib
I have 10,000 plus songs, videos, movies and stuff in my iTunes lib and I want to share it around my house. Which of these do you will work? a) Put it all up on firefly with that being the master ...
It all depends if you want to stream the files from your NAS or are you happy to keep your Mac switched on. I have a similar setup to you, but your requirements might be different to mine.
Using iTunes you can stream your music, video, films, podcasts, photos without any difficulty. You can stream to other macs, iPads, iPhones and Apple TV's. You could even keep all your music and video files etc on your NAS and just reference them from iTunes.
However, if you want to stream from your NAS and switch you Mac off, then you have to look for a different solution. You could certainly use the iTunes Firefly server on your x86 NAS and stream your music this way. Unfortunately it doesn't handle video so you need to have another solution for that. There is a DNLA and a Plex media server available so you might want to look at these.
Using iTunes you can stream your music, video, films, podcasts, photos without any difficulty. You can stream to other macs, iPads, iPhones and Apple TV's. You could even keep all your music and video files etc on your NAS and just reference them from iTunes.
However, if you want to stream from your NAS and switch you Mac off, then you have to look for a different solution. You could certainly use the iTunes Firefly server on your x86 NAS and stream your music this way. Unfortunately it doesn't handle video so you need to have another solution for that. There is a DNLA and a Plex media server available so you might want to look at these.
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