M0nk3y Is it possible for a "normal" pc to be used as music database? We have an old PC that has a huge music library, but it being in a diffcult/unmovable spot kinda makes the stored music "unusable". Would it be possibly to access the folders that contain the music on this pc through network filesharing? I know it works with a NAS, but a normal pc? Thanks in advance. -M0nk3y
janui Hi M0nk3y, Yes this is possible. You need to do some things on the windows PC to make it work. You need to share the directory which contains the music. Usually you share it with a user, you also need to set up this user (with or without a password). It works differently for each Windows version so a detailed how-to is not easy. Several methods seem to be well documented here: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/1c464536-f345-4cba-89ee-ba1a5bc7a506/how-to-share-files-between-two-computers?forum=win10itpronetworking After successfully sharing the files (test it first with another PC/laptop), you can mount the share in the Sources UI. janui
M0nk3y janui wroteHi M0nk3y, Yes this is possible. You need to do some things on the windows PC to make it work. You need to share the directory which contains the music. Usually you share it with a user, you also need to set up this user (with or without a password). It works differently for each Windows version so a detailed how-to is not easy. Several methods seem to be well documented here: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/1c464536-f345-4cba-89ee-ba1a5bc7a506/how-to-share-files-between-two-computers?forum=win10itpronetworking After successfully sharing the files (test it first with another PC/laptop), you can mount the share in the Sources UI. janui I just got info that the pc I would like to incorporate is running linux; that should make it a bit easier, right?
cmh714 it should be reasonably easy....depending on your skills For me, I would configure NFS on the linux box and set the permissions appropriately and then on Rune mount the NFS share....pretty simple.... or so he says HTH
