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iTunes Server '[Server name] has no music.'
I've succeeded in copying a family member's iTunes Media folder to a share exclusively for their iTunes media on the RN526X, and I have left their iTunes library files on their Mac, as per Netgear re...
I fixed it! I did some digging around in the logs, and discovered the source of the problem. Turns out it was a file permissions issue. In File Access for the share, I had disabled (unchecked) permissions for Everyone. Once I set it to Read Only or Read/Write, iTunes Server worked. I'm glad it was a simple fix.
Although I wish iTunes Server were smarter about categories: stuff that isn't categorized as music in the family member's library (Podcasts, Audiobooks, etc.) is listed under Music. Oh well, at least I have access to their music from my Mac now! :)
Does this music use DRM?
FWIW, you don't need the itunes server to accomplish your goal. You can simply add the NAS share to your Mac's itunes library (in addition to the family member's)
No DRM anywhere.
As the NAS admin I've already given my user account read-only permission on the family member's share. I don't want to copy any of their music to my library, only play it on the NAS from my Mac.
If I can do this without using iTunes Server, won't I have to maintain a separate set of iTunes library files on my Mac?
ReadyNASser wrote:
If I can do this without using iTunes Server, won't I have to maintain a separate set of iTunes library files on my Mac?
It wouldn't need to be a separate set of library files. You should be able to add the media to your existing itunes library.
StephenBwrote:It wouldn't need to be a separate set of library files. You should be able to add the media to your existing itunes library.
Thanks, but I don't want to add any of their files to my library (wouldn't that double the space they occupied on the NAS?). Also, I don't see how this method would auto-update the available music whenever the family member added or changed anything (wouldn't I have to manually track and add any additions they made by always having to Add to Library?). I want to keep the libraries separate, and just be able to play/stream their library to my Mac.
I wish I could get iTunes Server to recognize the music on the share. Any ideas about additional troubleshooting steps I could take?
ReadyNASser wrote:
(wouldn't that double the space they occupied on the NAS?).No, it just increases the size of the database. There's only one copy of the music.
ReadyNASser wrote:
(wouldn't I have to manually track and add any additions they made by always having to Add to Library?).You have to do that even with the server, since they are saving their database on their own mac. The only way to avoid it is to have a single library database on the NAS - which would require you to either get the itunes server running on the NAS, or use plex or ReadyDLNA with a different app on the mac.
ReadyNASser wrote:
I wish I could get iTunes Server to recognize the music on the share. Any ideas about additional troubleshooting steps I could take?
I am puzzled on why it isn't, though I haven't run it for several years now. Maybe download the log zip file and look there for clues. I think the log you'd want is called forked-daapd.log (though it's been a while and I might be misremembering that).
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