New AppleTV and Synology (NAS)

Hi,
Will I be able to feed content to the new AppleTV from my Synology DS210J NAS? It has an "iTunes service"...
I wouldn't be happy if I had to turn on my monstrous gaming computer in the bedroom every time I wanted to listen to music in the living room.
Thanks,
Jon

jonlanghoff wrote:
Will I be able to feed content to the new AppleTV from my Synology DS210J NAS? It has an "iTunes service"...
Not directly. Apple TV requires either a synched or streamed sever to respond with a 4 digit code upon initial link-up. The NAS's use the mt-daap/FireFly media server which does not have the capability to respond with a 4 digit code response. Besides, iTunes 10 broke the ability of most NAS mt-daap/FireFly servers to share thru iTunes.
I've never tried streaming iTunes 9.21 shared library audio/visual files from a NAS. I'll have to try that when I get a chance.
BTW, the mt-daap/FireFly server s/w hasn't been updated in two years, and it's speculated on the 'Net that the developer has stopped the development. However, I new guy is furthering the development under the generic name of "forked-daapd". But, it will be up to the NAS compa benies to fix their units, not Apple. (Another discussion.) Guess I won't updating to iTunes 10 for awhile.

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