DSM-G600, DNS-3xx and NSA-220 Hack Forum

I don't think you can "own" an iTunes library from more than one computer at a time, can you?  So I'd think that no matter what you do you won't be able to add to the library from multiple computers via iTunes.

If you share the library (via iTunes) from the PC that owns it, all of the other computers should be able see/play the audio in their copy of iTunes. 

You could move music to and from the NAS from any computer via Windows Explorer or any other file management interface, but if you wanted them to show up in iTunes you'd have to update the library from the PC that owns the library.  I think the DNS-323 iTunes server may update on it's own, but I'm not sure about that...

If you use the DNS-323 media server, the iTunes audio will show up in the share area in iTunes on the other computers under w/the DNS-332 name...

Sorry, no macs in house....so can't speak to the mac-specific part of your questions.

We're still sharing in our house using the iTunes sharing rather than the DNS-323 iTunes server...it works and meets our needs.

Xepol wrote:

I'm RMAing my NAS this week.  After failing once every two weeks, it now fails after 2 minutes.

Would I recommend anyone buy this thing or buy another one?  NEVER.  I'm gonna keep looking for a more STABLE alternative.

Interesting - I picked mine up late last year - and the ONLY problems I've experienced were it not mailing me alerts, and the over 2GB file size problem from W2k3 server - both of which were resolved in firmware 1.03.

Sure I've seen a few glitches here and there, provoked by my exploration of how this thing works, but that was a part of why I bought it - so I could futz with a linux based NAS without breaking the bank, but when I do leave it to run like it was intended, it just sits in the corner and runs quietly & reliably.

The one shortcoming that I'd like to see fixed and I might one day get around to looking at, is UPS monitoring via the USB port - probably not on everyone's list, but mine runs 24/7 and I live in a country where utility power is notoriously unstable, and unattended shut down would be a definite advantage.

Would I buy another one - probably not, not unless this one fails and needs to be replaced - would I recommend it to a friend - definitely

Travis,

you should be able to play iTunes with the build in iTunes server to any PC/MAC. I don't have a MAC so I can not verify that but don't see why that would matter. On the 4 PCs at our house, each one was able to play the music just fine. We copied over about 100gb of music to the NAS (a mix of DRM and non-DRM files). There is a limitation in that its not easy to add songs easily to your library in iTunes. Meaning I am listening to a song I like on iTunes using the shared music folder from the NAS. But when I try to add it to my library (so I can move it to my Ipod, a CD-R, ect) I physically have to navigate to the NAS and import it. What makes this difficult as the info pull down INFO menu for the NAS share does not have the path info in it so I have to hunt for it. Which could be a big task. To me its not that big of a deal, but for the wife it was a deal breaker as she is not as savvy nor has the patience. And I don't blame her as we should not have to deal with this limitation. Its music we own and can since each PC is licensed to play it, there should be no DMR issues. This is not the NAS fault it’s the nature of iTunes. There are work arounds but they are not as simple as the should/could be just yet. One thing I noticed was that using the default iTunes sever did not refresh properly when new music was added. So I installed the firefly music server from this sites wiki and now its refreshing and working very well.

I did not have much luck getting my xbox360 to pull from the NAS using the default media server. A quick search here found that others had use Twonkey media server. So followed the thread here and with in a few minutes I know was able to stream pic, movies and vidoes to the xbox360. WOOT

So my over all advice is that the DNS-323 is a great little box. Most things work pretty decently. But to really get the "power" out of this, you will want to spend some time here and do some of these upgrades. It makes a good box great!