Music Server on My Mac

I am trying to figure out how best to construct my music server and I have a Leopard question. I know that on a PC, Windows messes with audio files and it is necessary, in order to get bit perfect audio off of the PC, to install a piece of software called ASIO that gets around the Windows manipulation of audio data. My question is, if I were to use my mac with Leopard installed, do I have a similar problem or will Leopard pass perfect audio out via my USB port? Thanks.
PK

I've never heard of Mac OS X altering the audio output for any reason. Some Macs (all the current models) also have a digital optical audio output port. I mention this because it shows Apple is serious about the quality of audio output.

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I am interested in getting a Mac Mini to be used as a dedicated Movie/Music server for the AppleTV 2.
I intend was it is all set up to just leave it on 24/7 while connected to an external drive.
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I am in the process of upgrading my PC most likely to a Mac product. With the non-server version of Mac OS X, can I turn off the monitor connected to a Mac Mini and use it as a streaming server? Or I have to get the server version of OS X to do that?

I plan to run Logitech Media Server on the Mac to stream music to players. Each player interacts with the Logitech Media Server to select songs to stream. When I turn on a player, it will wake up the computer from the sleep mode.
Currently, this Logitech Media Server runs on a Windows Vista machine and it will keep the PC from entering sleep mode while playing the songs. After I play the last song, the PC will start the idle count down and then enter into sleep mode.
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Mac mini as music server

I currently have a apple TV which serves as a music server, but the hard disk is getting to small and I can not use all the genius and DJ functions as with itunes on a mac. The itunes library sits on my mac pro. iphones and ipod are synchronized with my mac pro for apps and music. All (apple TV, iphones, ipods) are using the same itunes database.
If I replace the apple TV with a mac mini and store the itunes library on the mac mini harddrive or on a nas, can this itunes lib configuration also be used to sync the music on the iphones and ipods through the mac pro?
If so; which steps do I have to take in the systems prefs and itunes prefs?
regards
iemke

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Mac Mini as 600 cd Music Server - up to the task??

I have two 400 disc cd-changers that I am endeavering to replace with a Mac Mini. My wife bought me (bless her soul!) a 60gb core duo mini for Christmas. We have an iMac in our office and love the convenience of using Front Row with our 200+ iTune songs. We love it so much that we'd like to have the same convenience of perusing our cd collection in our living room - plus it would mean getting rid of two behemoth-sized CD-changers.
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Is the mini and Front Row up to the task? I want to use the mini exclusively for music. Any problems with feeding nearly 600 cds into the drive of the mini? I plan on ripping nearly all CD's using Apple lossless encoding (I'm an audio geek). ..I know that I will have to buy an outboard hard-drive (probably a 500GB LaCie).
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Firstly, thank you all responders. ..Your input was indeed considered.
Well, I did exactly as I endeavored and turned my new Mac mini into a music server. So far so good. A few comments regarding the process:
Expanded capacity: I purchased a LaCie 250GB and directed iTunes to store all music on it. It works flawlessly. My concerns that Front Row would function sluggishly due to using an outboard drive and due to the sheer size of the library were unfounded. So far, I have not had a single mishap.
Monitor: Though I would have preferred something in the 6-10" range, the smallest I could find was a 15" Envision for $79 (after $120 mail in rebate). Though a bit ostentatious for my modest digs, it works great.
Outboard CD-Rom/ DVD Drive: Acting on the advice of an employee at an Apple store, I elected to use an outboard CD-Rom drive rather than extract the 600 cds using the integrated drive on the Mac Mini. For $70, it seemed like a good idea. ..Easier to replace an outboard drive, than have to ship the Mini back for service.
One small problem encountered: After hooking the whole thing up and playing a few tracks back, I noticed that if I held my ear close to my speakers (Vandersteen 3A Sig), I could hear a faint hum from the tweeter. Dang, a ground loop. ..Thankfully, a $15 ground loop filter from Radio Shack took care of the problem without any harmful affects on the sound.
For >$1000, I now have a very cool music server that I expect to have great fun playing with. ..Good luck to any who might do the same.
IMAC (early 2006) Mac OS X (10.4.4) 1.5 G Ram

Mac Mini as Music Server kinda

OK i feel like this is a kinda complicated question that requires someone who knows what they are talking about so i appologize.
Alright i have an external harddrive 1349(800/400) and usb2 and a airport express and a powerbook. And i am wondering if i could connect the ext. hd to the a mac mini and use file sharing to create an alias of the music folder on the hard drive on the mac mini (this i know will work as i already do it on my powerbook) but i want to go further and use file sharing to create an alias of this same folder on the powerbook. Then theoretically i can play my music from the external hd through a mac mini over an airport express and control it from either the powerbook or mac mini.
I am not sure if anyone will even understand this or understand my vision but if you can confirm that this will work (like absolutely) then that would be much appreciated. I guess one hitch is that it might be slow and skip even if it worked but im not sure.
Thanks!!!

'1349' is firewire in apple terminology.
Use fire wire over USB 2 if you can, USB needs the processor to intervene in the transfer process taking away system resources, FireWire does not.
as Jan Jaap Kikkert said sharing music with iTunes is easy.
iTunes is a streaming music server already (On your network only), all you have to do is select share music and look for shared music and pick a name for the shared volume and the music on the one computer will show up in the iTunes of the other (As a separate ejectable volume {with the name you gave it} in iTunes left pane) , as well as the play lists if you expand it.
You will be unable to rename or alter the mounted play lists or music this way though. and you have to leave iTunes running to act as a server for the stream and to listen for requests.
Each computer can listen to different songs at the same time if you want.
Also will share between windows computers (Running iTunes) and Macs transparently.
As mentioned the advanced tab will let you set the iTunes Library folder to another drive.
Does it work, actually I was already doing it before I read your post and is playing now (But through a wired network) and
--Spire

Has anyone had difficulty with music server software on the mac mini

Hello all. I'm using my newly purchased mac mini as a music server and for movies integrated into my sound system. I have 2 handmade tube amps hooked up to a CJ tube pre-amp, running a Neko audio DAC mkII via a silflex mini toslink cable made by lifatec, from the optical out jack of the mac. I'm using audirvana plus software, which allows me to play uncompressed music files directly into my external dac bypassing the internal dac of the mac. CDs sound very good, the mac runs very quietly, and the optical connection seems very clean. HD tracks sound exquisite.
Took me a while to figure out how to set the systems preferences, but after a few days of trial and error I finally got it right. The low jitter of the optical out is a reality. Audiophile quality is now easy and cost efficient with the mac mini.

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Need some advise. I am looking at purchasing a Wireless speaker. I currently have a MacBook Pro 10.8 which has my music stored in iTunes. My phone is an Android 4.2.2 device.
Therefore, I need to buy a wireless speaker that supports AirPlay (aka stream music from my MacBook Pro) and also has an app that I can install on my Android device which can threby access the iTunes playlist so that I can use my phone as the remote control.
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The Denon App says this:
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Hello everybody,
I am putting in place a music server based on I-Tunes, actaully installed (prototype stage) on a quiet laptop.
I want to keep my media file on a NAS, hardwired to the network. So I will declare I-tunes library on the NAS.
The NAS will be connected to an Airplay compatible amplifier, which is visible from Itunes (Loudspeakers).
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It says: "Important: Windows operating systems don't recognize Mac OS-formatted disks (HFS or HFS Plus formats)".
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As your iPod is Windows formatted, and you want to copy from PC to Mac, that shouldn't be a problem.
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I plan on using my MPB as a music server with my hi-def audio system.
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I have two Mac - an Imac in one room, and a Mac Mini in another. My question is now, what should I do in order to consolidate the I- tunes library of both computers in one central location, e.g. a seperate harddrive ..I would like to be able to use this central I-tunes database as the music server for both computers, i.e. to be able to access the music archive from each computer, wirelessly and to play it via my hifi system... Do you also have any experience re which ripping file-tuype gives the most audiophile and "true to the original CD" result..?
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Apple Lossless format will reduce the AIFF file by about 50% and give you "true to the original CD result".
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I do have Fusion/XP, also access to WIN PC's, but I just hate to use it when I shouldn't have to. It makes no sense why the drive can't be read by the BDP-1 when formatted for WIN under OS X.
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HW Specs:
Drive: G-Drive Mobile USB/FW 750GB

Exchanged drive. Works now.

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Hi,
I"m looking to do a clean install of OS X Server on my Mac Mini. Wanted to get some input on how to best partition and setup my hard drives. For now server will be mostly used as a fileserver, music/video streaming. I may eventually start playing around with ical server, etc.
Mac Mini ,2.53 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo,dual 500 GB drives, 4 Gb memory
1.5 Tb external Firewire drive.
1.5 Tb external USB drive - data backup using Time Machine
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Setup 100 Gb partition on each drive and turn on RAID mirroring, install OS X on that partition. Remaining space on those drives will be used as individual partitions for data.
Install OS X on firewire drive and backup OS partition once installed. Can I get away with using Disk Utility or should I use other software?
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I use Carbon Copy Cloner, Synchronize! Pro X, and Time Machine. I no longer use any of the myriad of other backup schemes that have not worked as well for me over the years.
When I first get a machine, the first thing I do is assign a new large capacity backup for that machine.
So :
( 1 ) I buy something like a 1 TB backup drive, select it at the finder level (hit return to put its name in the edit mode) and rename it something like NewBackupDrive.
( 2 ) use CCC to make a bootable backup from Macintosh HD ---> NewBackupDrive
( 3 ) boot from the NewBackupDrive to make sure it is working
( 4 ) Now we can partition the main internal drive Macintosh HD
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Using Disk Utility I select six and name them as follows. I dont use spaces on any directories that I might need to use the Terminal with, since it makes it easier using unix without dealing with spaces in paths.
Drive_1
Drive_2
Drive_3
Drive_4
Drive_5
Drive_6
( 5 ) use CCC to make a bootable backup of NewBackupDrive ---> Drive_1
( 6 ) use CCC to make a bootable backup of NewBackupDrive ---> Drive_6 (redundant, but good),
this way over the coming days, or weeks, as I begin rotating backups from
Drive_1 ---> Drive_2
Drive_1 ---> Drive_3
Drive_1 ---> Drive_4
Drive_1 ---> Drive_5
it will be last one over-written. Once you get to (Drive_1 ---> Drive_6), you can choose to use it, or skip over it and leave it pristine if you wish. Anyway for now, I would protect myself by doing steps ( 5 ) and ( 6 )
( 7 ) Boot from Drive_1, set your preferences, install any applications you will need,copy whatever you need and get the primary drive for the most part fully loaded with your data, so that it is fully functional.
( 8 ) Armed with the sizes of the partitions (should be one size if you made all partitions the same size), we can run Disk Utility, and partition to the same number of partitions as the main drive plus one. In my case that makes the number of partitions seven. The last one will be much larger and used for Time Machine.
In my case the first six partitons will be 106.69 GB, leaving 358.86 GB tor TM_1 which is the Time Machine partition.
Max_1
Max_2
Max_3
Max_4
Max_5
Max_6
TM_1
In my case I use a Guardian Maximus (raid level 0) with dual 1 Terabyte disks that do hardware level redundant backups. If one disk dies, the other one will continue working, the diagnostic lights will warn you to replace the faulty disk, and when you place the new disk in the slot, it will automatically be backed up by the good disk. I will become a mirror image of the good disk...
I have used many schemes over the years, including databases, spreadsheets, etc. What I use now is a simple notebook that I keep with each of the workstations, and servers that basically show the following :
CCC 2010.09.08 Drive_1 ---> TM_4 Upgraded to OS X Server 10.7.4
CCC 2010.09.08 Drive_1 ---> Drive_4 Upgraded to OS X Server 10.7.4
CCC 2010.09.15 Drive_1 ---> TM_5 Completely Rearranged the Web Server Structure
CCC 2010.09.15 Drive_1 ---> Drive_5 Upgraded to OS X Server 10.7.43
SyncProX 2010.09.15 Drive_1/Server ---> TM_1/Server
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Bill Hernandez
Plano, Texas
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