Itunes Server with D-Link NAS

Woohoo! I just figured out, after many hours of searching the Internet, why my D-Link 323 wasn't showing in ITunes as a Shared device.
Do not select "Root" in the itunes SERVER configuration page.
I had to point directly to my music folder "called MP3" in Volume_1 and it popped up right away.
(Volume_1/Shared Data/Music/MP3)
Maybe it didn't like the other type of file/extension in the other folders.
Hope it fixes your problems too and you didn't lose too much time.
Cheers,

Hey Travis, mine only worked when I pointed to a folder with all music files: mp3, m4a... (all separated by artists folders)
After that, I could see my DNS 323 but I couldn't drag any songs to any playlists. I could also see some playlists on my DNS 323 but I couldn't modify them or add any.
I lost 3 days trying everithing but nothing worked. In the end, I clicked on the itunes "File" menu (Top left) and selected "Add folder to library" and I selected the folder with all my music. It must have taken 10 hours to import all the songs. It took me around 1:30 hours to rename over 300 songs (out of 1700) because they weren't properly named. They were all at the bottom of the list.
On my second computer, I cheated because I clicked on "Edit" in iTunes and selected "Preferences". On the "Advanced" tab, I changes the ITunes Media Folder Location and pointed to the one I created with the first computer. The music appeared (I didn't have to rename 300 songs again) and the playlists I had created were also there. This way, I only manage one computer and it should chage the other one.
I'm not sure what will happen when I add new songs but I had selected the music folder on the first computer so I hope they are added automatically. I think I might have to go back to the DNS 323 and do a refresh on the iTunes server to see new songs but I haven't tried it yet.
Hope it helps,

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Hey Travis, mine only worked when I pointed to a folder with all music files: mp3, m4a... (all separated by artists folders)
After that, I could see my DNS 323 but I couldn't drag any songs to any playlists. I could also see some playlists on my DNS 323 but I couldn't modify them or add any.
I lost 3 days trying everithing but nothing worked. In the end, I clicked on the itunes "File" menu (Top left) and selected "Add folder to library" and I selected the folder with all my music. It must have taken 10 hours to import all the songs. It took me around 1:30 hours to rename over 300 songs (out of 1700) because they weren't properly named. They were all at the bottom of the list.
On my second computer, I cheated because I clicked on "Edit" in iTunes and selected "Preferences". On the "Advanced" tab, I changes the ITunes Media Folder Location and pointed to the one I created with the first computer. The music appeared (I didn't have to rename 300 songs again) and the playlists I had created were also there. This way, I only manage one computer and it should chage the other one.
I'm not sure what will happen when I add new songs but I had selected the music folder on the first computer so I hope they are added automatically. I think I might have to go back to the DNS 323 and do a refresh on the iTunes server to see new songs but I haven't tried it yet.
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I don't know if you've already solved it yourself, but I had this problem too. Try signing out of iTunes Store under 'Settings', then signing back in with JUST your iTunes user name, with no '.mac' or '.me' suffix. If, for example, your usual sign-in method is '[email protected]' try using 'joebloggs'.
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Everything should be good.
I have a similar set-up, just substitute my mini in place of your powerbook.
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I have an iTunes server running on a NAS drive (Synology), but since I cannot connect my iPad or Apple TV to it I am wondering what on earth is the point in it?
I understand that I can connect my PC to the iTunes server, but as I have no need to I've not even tried. From my PC I can just point iTunes at the directory on the NAS drive where the music, videos, etc, is stored, so there really is no need to connect iTunes on my PC to the iTunes server. However, I really want to access all my content from my iPad and Apple TV, but Apple just doesn't seem to want to allow that.
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Hi Rob
Don't worry, you posted your question in exactly the right place. You experience is almost exactly the same as mine and you are asking the exact same question. And as you may have already gathered from this thread, there appears to be o point whatsoever in the iTunes server.
The approach I have taken is to change the setting in iTunes on my laptop to point directly to the folder on my NAS drive where I store all my music. Note that this is different to just adding a folder to the library. By doing this it means that the iTunes folder where iTunes stores it's database, apps, music, videos, etc will be on the NAS instead of on my local PC.
The downside to tis approach is that everything is stored on the NAS and not my laptop, but the upside to this is that everything is stored on the NAS and not my laptop ;)
However, to access your music and videos on apple devices through the native apps you still need to synchronise via iTunes so it will copy the files to your device. This of course means that you cannot access all your music/videos from your iPad/iPhone if you have a large volume of media as it will not all fit.
The only way to access all your media from your ipad/iPhone is to use non-Apple apps. For example my NAS drive comes with an app that plays music and will access it all directly from the NAS. And I'm sure here are a number of third party apps that will do the same.
So basically, my advice to you is to ignore the iTunes server, it is a complete waste and I feel sorry for the developers who built it, and third party companies such as those selling these NAS drives should stop using it as a marketing tool for their own products as it also reflects badly on them (in my opinion anyway).
I know it's not the response you wanted, but hopefully it's of some use to you.
Regards
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Hi,
I have an iPhone and I sync playlists to it from iTunes. (I have far in excess of 16GB of music/podcasts.)
What I want to do is permanently share my music library with all devices in the house, so I'm planning on buying a NAS server that has a built-in iTunes server. (I don't want to just use my computer to share and leave it on 24/7 because that is a phenominal waste of power.) That way all networked computers can just load the library under the 'SHARED' option in the left pane. However, this had me wondering about how I will continue to sync my music to my iPhone? I wondered if I will need to maintain a duplicate of the library on one of my computers, and then have my iPhone sync with that. Otherwise I'm not sure how it'll work.
Any help/comments/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Tom.

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Hi - I've been working on the same project; in my case between pc's, a macbook, an NAS, and the Tivo series 3. Here's what I've learned so far:
- you can set up a library on an NAS through Bonjour; the NAS must be preconfigured with a Samba server and Bonjour enabled to be recognized by iTunes clients (I can confirm this works with the MacBook client without downloading the music files to the local hard disk but I have not built a playlist on the NAS yet)
- you can consolidate all your libraries from existing clients to the NAS, so that music you have purchased, encoded, etc. can all be put into one place with the same playlist info
- you can keep track of music encoded or purchased by any client by using a synch app like TuneRanger for Mac and PC (same software works on both); this will also periodically synch podcasts and other content as well
- you can play iTunes libraries and playlists on your home theater system through Tivo Desktop a local iTunes client (not sure if that will work with the shared NAS library yet but I'm working on it)
- you can install Bonjour on your PC as a download from Apple but it needs to be installed or repaired after every Java SE runtime install or update; Bonjour is included with any OS 10.4 or higher on the Mac
- you can synch iPods to the NAS through a local iTunes client; this definitely works with the MacBook but I have not yet attempted with a PC client
- I picked up the Cavalry 2TB NAS product that is now selling for $300; the doc set is not a literary masterpiece but it gets the job done in significant detail; the internal drives I got with this appliance are WD Caviar SE16
Give it a shot - what have you got to lose but hours and hours of TV!

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anderan wrote:
I don't se why not.
The majority of iTunes servers out there are not compatible with AppleTV - other iTunes libraries may see the NAS server, but AppleTV requires registering a sync/stream library with the iTunes instance with a 5 digit code - if the server can handle this it may work but most will have no way of performing the registartion process.
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