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pzblues
Contributor I
March 16, 2020
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Can't access my music library

Hi, i have put all of my music onto an external hard drive and connected it to my talk talk router via usb, when i log into the router the hard driceve is confirmed as connected however when i try to setup music library \\192.168.1.1\buffalo_hd\music it says the there is no share (buffalo) on computer 192.168.1.1, please help…

Thanks in advance

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    Belly M
    Belly MAnswer
    March 16, 2020

    You need to dig out the instructions for the talktalkrouter and have a read.

     

    using a computer you can browse your local network and see if there are any shares on the talktalk router.

     

    really depends on what the drive is shared as, looking back it might be

     

    \\192.168.0.11\BUFFALO-04113537\music

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    pzbluesAuthor
    Contributor I
    March 16, 2020

    Sonos

    pzbluesAuthor
    Contributor I
    March 16, 2020

    So if your USB hard drive is connected to the old router the path would be...

     

    \\192.168.0.11\buffalo_hd\music


    Yep tried that, but message says no share (buffalo) on computer 192.168.0.11

    Belly M
    Belly MAnswer
    March 16, 2020

    You need to dig out the instructions for the talktalkrouter and have a read.

     

    using a computer you can browse your local network and see if there are any shares on the talktalk router.

     

    really depends on what the drive is shared as, looking back it might be

     

    \\192.168.0.11\BUFFALO-04113537\music

    pzbluesAuthor
    Contributor I
    March 16, 2020

    Ok I'll have a look although I have logged into the router and enabled the share options including samba, I'll keep trying, thanks for your input

     

    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    March 16, 2020

    Note that there are versions of Samba, Sonos currently uses only version 1, and not any of the later versions, as controlav mentioned in his initial response. 

    Bruce
    pzbluesAuthor
    Contributor I
    March 25, 2020

    Ok so if I disable it would that work??

    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    March 25, 2020

    Would you please define ‘it’?

    If you mean Samba v1, then no, Sonos will no longer be able to reach your music library on your Buffalo Station NAS.

    Bruce
    T4552
    Contributor I
    April 12, 2020

    This has happened before. I can access streaming stations however I get message ‘cannot connect to//DESKTOP-PC/Music because the server cannot be found’ ( whenever I want to play ‘my music’ - I get all grey boxes. Suggestions please

    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    April 12, 2020

    Is that desktop turned on? Sonos wouldn’t  be able to see any music in that location if it couldn’t access the running hard drive. 

    If it is, it might be worthwhile to delete the pointer to the music location from the Sonos ‘library’ function, and add it again. It’s possible that there was an update somewhere along the line that is causing issues. Forcing a new handshake, and a fresh scan of the music files certainly couldn’t hurt. 

    Bruce
    T4552
    Contributor I
    April 12, 2020

    Your help has been tremendous! Thank you so much-finally got the total music package going!

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