Streaming from Nas drive to Hi Fi

I wish to stream music from a Nas drive to my new Naim Hi Fi, what is the best programme for doing so, whilst retaining playlists etc. in i Tunes on my Mac.
What is the best way to transfer my i Tunes library to the Nas drive ? My current library is in Wav format.
It is my intention to update the i Tunes library on the Qnap Nas drive in wav format, and convert my library on my Mac to MP3 files in order to load them onto i Pod and i Phone. What is the best way to do this without creating problems?
Any knowledge of this greatly appreciated, as I understand it can be tricky.
Walt.

First, this is the 1G forum.
Second, I do have the copy of the 2G's user guide, and nowhere in there is any description of copying tracks from a NAS drive to the Shuffle, or from any network to the Shuffle via iTunes.
Perhaps you should try looking and, if needed, posting in the correct forum. Do rewrite this before posting it there, though, so that folks can have a better idea of just what it is that you're actually doing.

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I am looking to get some advice on something that is driving me a bit nuts - the setup is: Apple TV3, NetGear ReadyNasDUO 256mb, iTunes running on Windows 8.1 Corei5 16GB RAM everything is wired over gig ethernet via Linksys SE2800 (NAS and PC) and SE2500 (Apple TV). I also have the smart TV wired into the SE2500 switch to stream non iTunes films.
For the most part everything works fairly well, however when watching iTunes films both standard and HD films will clip every 10-15 seconds HD slightly more noticeable, I am not talking major clipping its minor but enough to draw your attention to it and become a distraction.
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Welcome to the Apple Community.
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I have a problem playing transferred home movies on a flat screen tv through the “TV Out” feature of my Iphone 4.
I have captured about a TB worth of various home movie videos from VHS tape to my PC hard drive. I then converted these AVI files to M4V to play on Iphone & Itunes. I then copied these M4V video files to a Western Digital “My Book Live” NAS Drive which allows me to view any video using my Iphone, via a WD app, without using Iphone internal memory.
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I keep my iTunes Library only for music and apps, and is not stored on my NAS.
So I play movies without iTunes and from my NAS.
I don't know how all this technically works, but it works. I can even use the Apple TV remote-control to pause and play the movie, without using the iPad again.
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HI,
I have managed to address my issue and get this working!
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was all that required for the stream from NAS to work.
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