NAS

If your music is on a NAS or a computer in your home, you can add its shared folder as a network drive. Its music then shows up in your library, together with the music on USB drives.

Network drives are in your device's Settings → Sources → Network drives.

Before you start

• Your NAS or computer must be on, and on the same network as your device.

• The music folder must be shared on the network, with SMB (also called CIFS, the most common one) or NFS. See your NAS's manual to turn sharing on.

Add a drive found on your network

1. Go to Settings → Sources → Network drives.

2. Under Found on your network, find your NAS and press Use (folder) on (NAS) for the folder with your music.

3. If the NAS asks for a login, type its Username and Password and press Connect.

If your NAS isn't in the list, press Scan again, or add it by hand.

Add a drive by hand

1. Go to Settings → Sources → Network drives and press Add network drive.

2. Fill in the form:

   • Alias: a name for the drive, for example My NAS.

   • NAS IP address: the address of your NAS or computer, for example 192.168.1.20.

   • Path: the shared folder, for example Music.

   • File share type: CIFS for SMB shares, NFS for NFS shares.

   • Username (optional) and Password (optional): the login for the NAS, if it needs one.

3. Press Save drive.

The device reads the music on the drive and adds it to your library. With a big library, this can take a while.

To change or remove a drive, use the edit and remove buttons next to it.

If your NAS also runs a UPnP/DLNA media server, you can play from it without adding a network drive.

Troubleshooting

Error when adding network drive

1. Check that the NAS or computer is on and not asleep.

2. Check NAS IP address: it's in your router's list of connected devices, or in your NAS's settings.

3. Check Path: it must be the name of the shared folder exactly as your NAS shows it, including uppercase letters.

4. Check Username (optional) and Password (optional): try them on a computer first. If the folder is open to everyone, leave them empty.

5. Check File share type: CIFS for SMB, NFS for NFS.

6. Press Save drive again.

SMB: the drive doesn't connect with the right details

Older NAS and routers with a USB port often only support an old SMB version.

1. Press the edit button next to the drive and open Advanced options.

2. In Mount options, type vers=1.0, or vers=2.0 if that doesn't work.

3. Press Save changes.

NFS: the drive doesn't connect

On your NAS, check the NFS permissions of the folder: your device's IP address (or your whole network) must be allowed to read it.

Music is missing, or disappears after a restart

See Music library issues.