has anyone tried using this receiver with a NAS drive to play music?
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Dear Omar,Thanks for your inquiry. As this is a very new item, haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but all the reviews I've read give it high marks. Please let me know if I can be of any additional assistance.Regards,Eric CohenWorld Wide Stereo
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Omar, I don't have it connected to a NAS drive personally, but the instruction manual and setup screens provide for NAS setup option. In fact, the manual states the following: "This unit can play back music files and playlists (m3u, wpl) stored on a PC and on Network Attached Storage (NAS) that supports DLNA. The network audio playback function of this unit connects to the server using Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service." The audio/video format types and specifications supported by this unit for playback are as follows: - WMA (Windows Media Audio) - MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3) - WAV - MPEG-4 AAC - FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) - ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) - AIFF - DSD - JPEG Hope this helps.
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Works with Synology NAS if they are on the same network and appropriate permissions are set.
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Omar, I don't have it connected to a NAS drive personally, but the instruction manual and setup screens provide for NAS setup option. In fact, the manual states the following:"This unit can play back music files and playlists (m3u, wpl) stored on a PC and on Network Attached Storage (NAS) that supports DLNA. The network audio playback function of this unit connects to the server using Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service."The audio/video format types and specifications supported by this unit for playback are as follows:- WMA (Windows Media Audio)- MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3)- WAV- MPEG-4 AAC- FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)- ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec)- AIFF- DSD- JPEGHope this helps. Omar, I don't have it connected to a NAS drive personally, but the instruction manual and setup screens provide for NAS setup option. In fact, the manual states the following:"This unit can play back music files and playlists (m3u, wpl) stored on a PC and on Network Attached Storage (NAS) that supports DLNA. The network audio playback function of this unit connects to the server using Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service."The audio/video format types and specifications supported by this unit for playback are as follows:- WMA (Windows... » Read More Omar, I don't have it connected to a NAS drive personally, but the instruction manual and setup screens provide for NAS setup option. In fact, the manual states the following:"This unit can play back music files and playlists (m3u, wpl) stored on a PC and on Network Attached Storage (NAS) that supports DLNA. The network audio playback function of this unit connects to the server using Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service."The audio/video format types and specifications supported by this unit for playback are as follows:- WMA (Windows Media Audio)- MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3)- WAV- MPEG-4 AAC- FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)- ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec)- AIFF- DSD- JPEGHope this helps. « Show Less
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I tried to use my NAS as a Plex server. Despite there being an NAS version of Plex that I could install, the process in the ReadyNAS was not powerful enough to do any transcoding. As long as the media I played didn't require transcoding, I could stream to my devices. If Plex wanted or needed to transcode it, then I was out of luck. (Not xbmc, I know, but it may help someone else in the future when setting up their media server and player)
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No. You must first transfer files to the players internal drive, or drive connected to player by USB. It cannot play tracks directly from a NAS.
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It recognizes and will play content off my 3TB Western Digital drive. YMMV, however, as the manual says it is works with drives UP to 2TB.
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the Play-fi app that comes with the Phorus speaker will play music from a dlna server so if your NAS acts as a DLNA server, then you can play music to the Phorus.
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Has anyone tried an HDMI connection from a computer into his receiver? I'm considering hooking up a Mac Mini to it and using media server software to send it audio and video.
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It did not work with my 4TB external hard drive. Wondering if it worked for you ?
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Anthoney, I need a bit more information, as to what you have done already and the results you have gottern so far and the specific things that are not working with this unit, then prehaps I can tell you what you want to know, first of all make sure that the drives are being recognized, are you trying to use this as a stand alone or with you computer??
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It isn't a NAS box; no Ethernet, no file services that I am aware of. It's as esata or USB housing for four drives. Mine is USB connected to a synology NAS box and exposes each of the four drives inside as a separate device to the synology nas head which then makes those available on the network via smb, nfs, etc. am pretty sure this box will work when USB connected to OS X. I have used other devices with the same innards as this one with OS X successfully. This box may also concatenate drives (make four 2 tb drives look like 1 8 tab drive) but I wouldn't recommend using that feature; lose one of the four drives and all your data is lost.
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Hi Daniel, the reason why you are getting "listen" option rather than "watch" when connecting your NAS to this Sony STR-DN1050 is because it doesn't support movie files. It only supports audio files. -Ely
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You shouldn't have any issues. NAS firmware will work independently from the OS. You will control the drives from the NAS UI.
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The simple answer is "I don't know" since the ds114 is the first server I have ever used and I can't find any specs on the ds110j. Having said that, I was able to back up my data from another drive connected to its USB port at the full USB2 speed. Using the Diskstation Audio server, it has successfully played the two HDTRACKS 192K Albums that I own to the receiver downstairs. Being new to this NAS thing, assuming the ds110j can use the latest version of DSM, I'm not sure what the differences may be.
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It's not listed as compatible, your best bet is to use a drive listed as compatible from the NAS category of drives, purpose built for use in a NAS.
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I am not sure I understand your question. Yes it will playback audio from streamed video given that the audio signal is routed to the receiver. I use Plex Media Server to stream movies to an Apple TV 3 which is connected to the Yamaha receiver and it works fine. To be specific, Plex Media Server houses all the video on a Drobo which is attached to a computer that is the server. The server streams the video to my Apple TV which is connected to my receiver via HDMI. The receiver passes the video on to the display device (in my case a projector) and the audio is played by the receiver. If you are asking if this can play video directly from a Synology NAS then the answer is probably no as far as I know. I don't believe you can use the ethernet port on it to directly connect to a NAS and play video from the NAS. I'm not sure this is possible with any receiver.
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My guess is you may have a roles & permissions issue with the media player. Is your media player and NAS connected to the same router/switch? Are they within the same network (IP Address wise)? Did you give the media player access to the shares on the Cloud by creating a username and logging into the NAS via the media player? If you answered yes to all the questions, then you might consider contacting the manufacturer for tech support before upgrading. A 4TB NAS/Cloud is nice to have so try to exhausting all your options first.
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No problem connecting to a receiver. If your computer has a sound card, you could connect via phono outputs to your receiver. Also SPDIF if both have that plug.
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This is exactly what I am wondering, too, whether it be the Samsung or the Pioneer plasmas with DLNA. I hope someone here can report whether these sets can access media on uPnp NAS drives. That's where this interconnectivity really needs to go.