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Post by Soup on Jun 15, 2016 11:31:05 GMT -5
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I need to move all of my music & videos to a Synology NAS server since the cambridge audio CXN will not play files from my WD my passport ultra 2TB usb 3.0 drive. It needs a "powered" drive for USB connection. Thanks.
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Post by solarrdadd on Jun 15, 2016 12:48:23 GMT -5
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I need to move all of my music & videos to a Synology NAS server since the cambridge audio CXN will not play files from my WD my passport ultra 2TB usb 3.0 drive. It needs a "powered" drive for USB connection. Thanks. did you try buying a powered USB 3.0 hub (a small 4 port one is like $15 at amazon under amazon basics) to try your drive connected to it the Cambridge CXN that way and if so, did that work? now, if you have already purchased the Synology then, that's another story. as for what I think for your question, if you have a computer on your network (Ethernet is best in this case) simply connect the WD HD to the computer, look for the sinology on the network (if you have set it up and also set it up on the computer) then simply copy what's on the HD & paste it to the Synology and let it move those files over for you. I say this without the knowledge if the synology offers the ability to have you connect media directly to it and via a computer copy the files which is kinda the same thing. good luck, keep us posted. |
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Post by africanus on Jun 15, 2016 14:55:19 GMT -5
I have my music server PC hooked to a Synology DS414j through the ethernet input. Just follow the instructions in the user's manual. You can't go wrong. One caveat: you can not just plug your disks with your music into the NAS because it will not recognize them, even in Raid 0 mode (or at least, I have not been able to do it). HDs must be formatted within Synology once installed and all information will be erased. This is what I did: I purchased a new HD and cloned my first disk with all the files. Then I formatted the old disk within the NAS and copied all the files from my second music HD, and so forth. A minor annoyance, but now the NAS is serving 12Tb without any problem, and it should be able to scale up to 32Tb. Good luck.
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Post by qdtjni on Jun 15, 2016 16:07:56 GMT -5
If you don't need your music available on the network or have other needs for a NAS, the suggestion to try with a powered UBS hub would save you some money.
If you want to connect an external USB drive to a Synology without re-fornatting, the instructions are here.
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Post by brubacca on Jun 15, 2016 17:22:07 GMT -5
Powered hub will probably work. If you want to go the Audiophile route, try the iFi iUSB Power supply.
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