Offloading itunes library to NAS

Hi,
Through all these years i have made a huge library of itunes music.
Now i am preparing to offload my library to a NAS (thecus 4200). I use windows for my iTunes , other devices, iPad4, iTouch4, iPhone 4s & Apple TV 3rd gen.
I have understood the stepsto offload but there are few things which i want to know :
- Only music is offloaded or movies too are offloaded?
- In case i download a movie on ipad/apple tv, will it be downloaded to the NAS or not? Very important.
- In case my windows is powered off, will i be able to sync all my devices on wireless? Very Important.
Thanks in Advance.
Deepak

deepusurana wrote:
Hi,
Through all these years i have made a huge library of itunes music.
Now i am preparing to offload my library to a NAS (thecus 4200). I use windows for my iTunes , other devices, iPad4, iTouch4, iPhone 4s & Apple TV 3rd gen.
I have understood the stepsto offload but there are few things which i want to know :
- Only music is offloaded or movies too are offloaded?
- In case i download a movie on ipad/apple tv, will it be downloaded to the NAS or not? Very important.
- In case my windows is powered off, will i be able to sync all my devices on wireless? Very Important.
Thanks in Advance.
Deepak
Most NAS boxes run Firefly as an iTunes compatible server and Firefly can only do music.
If you download anything on the iPad/AppleTV it will not be automatically copied to the NAS
If the Windows box is turned off you cannot sync any device, nor will an iOS device be able to stream directly from the NAS. (Firefly only supports Mac and Windows clients.)
There is a newer alternative to Firefly called forked-daapd but this is not included as standard on NAS boxes, and forked-daapd has not been ported to most NAS boxes, if forked-daapd is available for yours then it would support streaming to iPad/AppleTV.

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