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Good morning

Many thanks to all that helped on my previous question regarding the SMB V1.0 issue. I like most of you have not been able to play my music library since the May update. I have now had 4 months playing around with various fixes / updates / experiments to no avail.

I have therefore decided to try an alternative method of playing my music library on my Sonos system.

I am aware that there are a number of ways to do this, some might be very easy to implement, but cost a large sum of money. Others may be very cost effective, but require extensive knowledge in software systems.

So, with this in mind could I ask what options are out there with a brief synopsis of what would be required to get my music library up and running. I will start….

  1. Get a NAS with SMB3 – May be costly and could be a pain to get up and running.
  2. Raspberry PI – Low cost – will be difficult for the layman to get up and running
  3. Copy my music to Windows media player – PC must always be switched on.
  4. Please add your thoughts below

Many thanks

Use iBroadcast, use Plex.

@106rallye 

I have just found iBroadcast. What do you think of it?

Western Digital recertified store, a small NAS is quite cheap on the website. When available the 2TB model in the UK is £45 and more than enough room.

@106rallye 

IBroadcast is up and running. May not be exactly what I want….BUT IT WORKS, my music out of my sonos system at last. I can now look for a more permanent system. 

 

@Belly M 

When you say “a small NAS” are you referring to WD Cloud units ?

@106rallye

IBroadcast is up and running. May not be exactly what I want….BUT IT WORKS, my music out of my sonos system at last. I can now look for a more permanent system. 

 

@Belly M

When you say “a small NAS” are you referring to WD Cloud units ?

Yes anything they label as a NAS, this is the MyCloud Home

https://www.westerndigital.com/en-gb/products/recertified/cloud-storage/my-cloud-home-recertified?sku=RWDBVXC0020HWT-EESN

@Belly M 

Please pardon my ignorance with respect to networks and NAS drives. 

Am I right to think that one of these plugged into my router or office hub will allow me to copy my music library across and then Sonos will play it just as if was on my USB drive plugged into my BT Smart Hub 2 router using SMB V1.  I assume the WD unit will be SMB V 2 or better?

Sorry to be a pain!

Yes a NAS will do exactly that, SMB versions is not an issue on new(ish) equipment especially a NAS.

I still have an old WD MyCloud bought as re certified a good 10 years ago and that’s running SMB 2, it’s no longer supported but continues to serve music tracks.

 

There is still an outstanding issue with compilations with Sonos showing multiple entries for a single album.

@Belly M 

Cheers

Getting my music back up and running was / is the main issue. 

Would you suggest a WD unit or are there other options that would be suitable?

I only suggested the WD as they are cheap and do the job which is quite basic. If buying for other purposes I would get one from Synology.

@Belly M 

 

Many, many thanks for your help and assistance.

WD it is then.

I will leave you in peace to enjoy the rest of your day.

 This assumes you have a Windows PC…If you end up with a  WD NAS map the Shared Music folder to your computer then copy your USB library to the Shared Music folder ( A Western Digital default folder. At least on mine ).

https://kb.netgear.com/19864/How-do-I-map-a-network-drive-in-Windows

 Map a network drive, Windows.

I have a Roon sub that I use for serious listening with wired speakers, DAC, Integrated Amp et al. I can stream Roon from my server to my Arc, sub and surrounds for casual listening. Best of both worlds, so far.

 ROON is great for controlling a number of different brand streamers.  Had it for a year.  Now I just use MinimServer to serve up my music library to KEF & WiiM.  Sonos indexes the library from the same NAS location.  Also LMS for SqueezeBox players ( WiiM included ) also from the same NAS location.  Another option used is Linn’s Open Home for the Sonos Port ( UPnP-not gapless.  Open Home-gapless ).  None of these as universal as ROON, but no SQ loss issues caused by ROON processing.  LMS-SqueezeBox = best SQ.

I like iBroadcast - it works at least. The music quality on the free version is only so-so though.

@106rallye 

I uploaded everything in FLAC, took a while, but it is there if I decide to stay with iBroadcast and move to the paid service.

As you say it does work.

I am currently following @Belly M comments and looking at the WD cloud home units.

 

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