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Hi all. I just got my first NAS. I read on the Netgear website about the device before I both it and noted it had a iTunes Server but I can't find how to turn the iTunes server on the NAS. Dose th...
The iTunes server used in most NAS (includng Synology and ReadyNAS) is forked-daapd - so if a solution emerges for Synology it will also show up on the ReadyNAS. In this particular case, the feature sets are the same, since both vendors use the same open source.
Forked-daapd already supports Airplay - so I can use my iPad to control music playback from the ReadyNAS to my Apple TV, using the Apple Remote App. I can even use my iDevice to control music playback on my Android phone - using the Android AirBubble app on the phone. And I can access the NAS iTunes library from iTunes running on my PCs.
What cannot be done: actually playing back music on my iPad (or any current iDevice) from the NAS using the built-in music player. Airplay doesn't enable that - you need home sharing. Until Apple publishes the protocol (or someone else reverse-engineers it) no Linux NAS can do that.
In the meantime, you can use a player that supports DLNA or FTP/HTTP to play on your iDevice, or you can launch iTunes on a PC. The only other alternative I can see is to run a Windows VM on the NAS, so you can run the real iTunes server.
Forked-daapd already supports Airplay - so I can use my iPad to control music playback from the ReadyNAS to my Apple TV, using the Apple Remote App. I can even use my iDevice to control music playback on my Android phone - using the Android AirBubble app on the phone. And I can access the NAS iTunes library from iTunes running on my PCs.
What cannot be done: actually playing back music on my iPad (or any current iDevice) from the NAS using the built-in music player. Airplay doesn't enable that - you need home sharing. Until Apple publishes the protocol (or someone else reverse-engineers it) no Linux NAS can do that.
In the meantime, you can use a player that supports DLNA or FTP/HTTP to play on your iDevice, or you can launch iTunes on a PC. The only other alternative I can see is to run a Windows VM on the NAS, so you can run the real iTunes server.
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