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iTunes stuttering and stopping
I think I posted this in the wrong place the first time. --- I have NAS 314 with 3 matching WD 4TB drives in there. I am running 6.2.3 beta firmware. iTunes ver 12.1 (latest). Mac Mini (less than a...
Hi Stephen - thanks for your reply. All the iTunes files (.itl, .xml, media etc) reside on a separately configured share on the ReadyNas. All connections are made wired with ethernet.
Would it work better with the database on a local drive (Fusion in my iMac) and media on the NAS?
This stuttering and unresponsive-beachball-spinning iTunes I think started with the roll out of iTunes 12.x.x. This release also broke AirPlay.
I have now tried using AudioFile's Fidelia, which has the ability either to create its own library, or to 'import' the iTunes XML file - I have tried the latter. Although file management is still unbelievably laggy at least once the music is playing it keeps playing, without any skipping stuttering or crashing. Which confirms my suspicions that iTunes 12 is the cause of the issue? I will now investigate migrating music server away completely from iTunes to a third party solution such as Fidelia. iTunes has grown into such a sprawling, buggy, unresponsive mess that its original core mission of being a music player has been compromised.
On another OT matter, as you note, I am using a v1 duo with 2 x 1TB in a RAID 1 config, which is overdue for replacement. I'd also like to replace the disks with WD Red or similar. What is my best upgrade path? (NAS first, then disks or vica versa? Do I simply replace one disk, initiate a disk mirror update, then replace the other disk etc) Or should I post this question in another forum?
Thanks for your help
Matt
Would it work better with the database on a local drive (Fusion in my iMac) and media on the NAS?
This stuttering and unresponsive-beachball-spinning iTunes I think started with the roll out of iTunes 12.x.x. This release also broke AirPlay.
I have now tried using AudioFile's Fidelia, which has the ability either to create its own library, or to 'import' the iTunes XML file - I have tried the latter. Although file management is still unbelievably laggy at least once the music is playing it keeps playing, without any skipping stuttering or crashing. Which confirms my suspicions that iTunes 12 is the cause of the issue? I will now investigate migrating music server away completely from iTunes to a third party solution such as Fidelia. iTunes has grown into such a sprawling, buggy, unresponsive mess that its original core mission of being a music player has been compromised.
On another OT matter, as you note, I am using a v1 duo with 2 x 1TB in a RAID 1 config, which is overdue for replacement. I'd also like to replace the disks with WD Red or similar. What is my best upgrade path? (NAS first, then disks or vica versa? Do I simply replace one disk, initiate a disk mirror update, then replace the other disk etc) Or should I post this question in another forum?
Thanks for your help
Matt
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