How to fill my BM5 with music?

Hi,

as my recently bought BS5-BM5 is now upgraded with a 1TB HDD, I will have to fill it with music.

My digital music files are stored on a QNAP TS-419P+.

Will I have to copy my files to the internal HDD? If yes , where do I have to store them and how has the directory structure to be?

Do have to re-ripp my CD-collection with the attached ripper?

May I directly play the files from the QNAP?

Thank's for your help.

Install twonky and you can play your musicfiles direct from your nas

You can simply copy your files to the BM drive.

Depending on the OS/version are you using on your computer there are different ways to do so - basicly you must map the BM drive/music to your computer.

Or you could point the BS5 to the DLNA server on the QNAP - assuming that there is one running there with access to the files.

That would be the easiest solution. 

Is your BM5 hardwired to the network - I suppose, that the QNAP is.

File structure: Artist, Album, Track. Be sure that you have the coverpic as folder.jpg (500x500)  the Album folder and/or embedded in the files.

Reripping would be a big job depending on the amount of the cd's.

MM

koning:

Install twonky and you can play your musicfiles direct from your nas

Unfortunately I can't find twonky in the Qnap APP Center.

Are there advantages using Twonky vs built in DLNA?

Millemissen:

You can simply copy your files to the BM drive.

Depending on the OS/version are you using on your computer there are different ways to do so - basicly you must map the BM drive/music to your computer.

I have Windows Vista

Or you could point the BS5 to the DLNA server on the QNAP ...

That's what I tried now. I had to first find my way into service mode.

Mode / Settings ><>

There I found the possibillity point to my nas.

Is your BM5 hardwired to the network - I suppose, that the QNAP is.

Yes both are hardwired.

File structure: Artist, Album, Track. Be sure that you have the coverpic as folder.jpg (500x500) the Album folder and/or embedded in the files.

My files are also taged this way.

But they do not appear the right way.

e.g. all my files have therse tags:

AlbumArtist

AlbumArtistSort.

This way Albumartist Chris Isaac will have AlbumArtsitSort Isaac Chris and will be listed under (I) not under (C) . This works well in iOS but not in BM5.

Is it possible to tell BM5 to use these Sorting Tags?