Essence MK2 and WD NAS

Hi Folks.

I'm having a few issues with the Essence MK2, BeoMusic App and a WD 4100EX NAS (with embedded Twonky) installed in the office.

The NAS, Essence and all LAN connected. I'm signed up to TuneIn.

Bottom line is that the BeoMusic App is showing the NAS Music Library as "Access Denied"! (greyed-out).

NAS is in streamer mode for that volume.

Twonky all looks OK in the advanced config setting.

Furthermore, the Avant works well with the NAS library and pulls files without issue.

Any ideas?

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I can't help (no experience) but I have always considered my next step should be nas but keep buying WD standalone models and so I have a (insert collective noun) of drives

I am interested in what answers you get ... certainly your WD got a reasonable review:

"Pros

Easy to use UI

Wide range of accessibility

Strong 8k 70/30 RAID10 iSCSI performance

Cons

Low performance in our 8K sequential tests.

The Bottom Line

The WD EX4100 is targeted at creative professionals and multimedia enthusiasts that have the need for high capacity and flexibility of access with an easy to use interface.

elephant:

I can't help (no experience) but I have always considered my next step should be nas but keep buying WD standalone models and so I have a (insert collective noun) of drives

 

 

I am interested in what answers you get ... certainly your WD got a reasonable review:

 

 

"Pros

 

Easy to use UI

 

Wide range of accessibility

 

Strong 8k 70/30 RAID10 iSCSI performance

 

Cons

 

Low performance in our 8K sequential tests.

 

The Bottom Line

 

The WD EX4100 is targeted at creative professionals and multimedia enthusiasts that have the need for high capacity and flexibility of access with an easy to use interface.

 

Hi,

Unfortunately, I have no experience of other NAS mainstream manufacturers. the MyBook series were rubbish with a bad UI in my opinion and kept biting (killing) its own WD Red HDD. I thought this would be safer with the WD EX4100 - which I use as JBOD rather than RAID.

They are slow to load (OK as a music server) all your data initially and again, the interface is clunky and hard to understand. however, once mapped to my Windows, it does it job.

context: can't tell if it really is good or bad. But to me the product could be a whole lot better.

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go to Beomusic app

select Essence

log in to TuneIn

start a radio broadcast.

Does it work?

then look at your NAS music again, still greyed out?

Carolpa:

go to Beomusic app

select Essence

log in to TuneIn

start a radio broadcast.

Does it work?

then look at your NAS music again, still greyed out?

 

Tried all that plus a few re-installs of BeoMusic and resets of Essence.

It is not so much greyed-out as it explicitly states "access denied"

 

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Mr 10Percent:

explicitly states "access denied"

a picture please

look in your NAS if it doesn't block DLNA controlers

Problem appears solved.

The WD NAS has the ability to have a general DNLA switch where you can select devices to stream to and a DNLA switch for each volume you wish to stream media from. All those were already flicked on as required.

However, on the iOS (btw I just don't see what the rave of Apple/iOS stuff is all about - give me Microsoft any day of the week) settings, I flicked the "Allow BeoMusic to access Music library (I have zero iTunes or any media on the iPad as I use it for control purposes only), BeoMusic would then not connect to Wifi and re-acquire the Essence. Flicked it back on and "tah-dah"......... my NAS Library reappears and now its super fast streaming.

Weird stuff.

 

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