Synchronize music library on NAS

[JBLSteeve]

I want to synchronise my Itune music library on my NAS.
The problem is because i like to have my Itune playlist on Sonos library. (I can't move my library on my NAS).
I have SuperSync but it doesn't work.

can you help me?

[Avee]

Have you tried the FAQ?
https://sonos.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/s...p?p_faqid=1049
Here's an application that does something similar:
http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=13466

[JBLSteeve]

Yes i have read the FAQ.
The FAQ solution use the Itune library of the PC but my computer is sometime off.
The application "Darren Link" is for me the best solution but i can't find it on Mac OS.

Thank you

[JBLSteeve]

No one synchronise Itune library on a NAS?
To have on MacBook the itune music library
To have on NAS the Music Library for Sonos.

The new track on Mac are copy on NAS and the playlist are transfert to Sonos.

I test SuperSync, but i Think i have not well configure it.

[JBLSteeve]

All of the sonos users store their music on NAS?
You have you music only on NAS?

No one have a laptop and want to keep the music out with him and can listen music without power the laptop?

I don't find a way to made it on my macbook and NAS.

[buzz]

JBLSteeve,

SONOS allows up to 16 shares, any of the shares could be on a computer or a NAS drive.

If you are using a desktop controller, simply add a share from the laptop to your SONOS library. Your SONOS library will be the merge of the two (or more) shares.

Duplicate tracks can cause mild heartburn because you cannot predict which track will be included in your SONOS library.

If you attempt to play a track from the laptop and the laptop is powered down or off the network, the SONOS system will throw a terse error message, but nothing will be damaged.

Also, if your laptop is wireless or very busy, it may not be able to reliably serve the music. This you will learn by experience. We cannot predict exactly what will happen. Many users report success with similar arrangements and some users report problems. Each situation is unique. You will have a better chance of success of your laptop is wired to the network.

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In my opinion, a better idea is to keep a copy of the music on your laptop and the NAS. SONOS can play from the NAS and you can use the laptop copy as needed. Don't include the laptop copy as part of your SONOS library. The big advantage here is, when the NAS or your laptop fail, you will have a backup copy of your library. (notice that I said "when", not "if" -- eventually, all hard drives fail)

[DarrenLink]

Thanks Avee and Steve for mentioning my app (iTunes Library Manager http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=13466 )

Unfortunately the application is currently only available for windows. I do not own a Mac so converting the software and testing it would be very difficult.

Although the software is not for everyone, if you are tech savvy and wish to use your sonos system with any of the following scenarios, give it a go.

1) You have too many iTunes playlists and wish to choose which ones are imported into Sonos. This feature will be particularly useful if you have too many playlists to import into the available Sonos index memory.
2) you wish to keep a copy of your music on a desktop pc/laptop as well as your nas. This is good for backup purposes and with a laptop allows you to access your iTunes library when away from home and away from your nas.
3) you wish to store mp3's or other lossey files on your pc for synching with an iPod but you wish to use apple lossless or flac with your sonos system. Without my app you need to maintain a second iTunes library pointing to the apple lossless files and maintain playlists in both libraries. With my app playlists created using your mp3 library within iTunes or on an iPod can be copied to your nas but adjusted to point at the equivalent apple lossless or flac tracks.

Please post feedback and suggestions under the application thread.

As stated in the past the application is totally unsupported by Sonos.

Darren

[JBLSteeve]

I known that Sonos can use another share.
I want to find a way to copy automatically my music of the Macbook to the NAS. (perfectly with the library of itune with the good directory)
but i don't find any solution today.

Steeve

Originally Posted by buzz

JBLSteeve,

SONOS allows up to 16 shares, any of the shares could be on a computer or a NAS drive.

If you are using a desktop controller, simply add a share from the laptop to your SONOS library. Your SONOS library will be the merge of the two (or more) shares.

Duplicate tracks can cause mild heartburn because you cannot predict which track will be included in your SONOS library.

If you attempt to play a track from the laptop and the laptop is powered down or off the network, the SONOS system will throw a terse error message, but nothing will be damaged.

Also, if your laptop is wireless or very busy, it may not be able to reliably serve the music. This you will learn by experience. We cannot predict exactly what will happen. Many users report success with similar arrangements and some users report problems. Each situation is unique. You will have a better chance of success of your laptop is wired to the network.

---

In my opinion, a better idea is to keep a copy of the music on your laptop and the NAS. SONOS can play from the NAS and you can use the laptop copy as needed. Don't include the laptop copy as part of your SONOS library. The big advantage here is, when the NAS or your laptop fail, you will have a backup copy of your library. (notice that I said "when", not "if" -- eventually, all hard drives fail)

[jambuie]

If you're comfortable using Terminal in Mac OSX, you could try and adapt the following, which I use to keep my NAS in sync with my iMac's iTunes library.

I have a script that I currently run manually after adding new tracks to my iTunes library - I'm thinking I'll be able to automate it using an Automator folder action or schedule it prior to a scheduled Sonos index update.

The script first mounts the media share on my ReadyNAS duo (which is shared using AFP), then uses rsync to synchronise my iMacs iTunes Music folder to my NAS. Rsync only copies across any new or modified files. I also copy across the iTunes Music Library xml file, then unmount the media share. I then manually update the Sonos music index.

The script is as follows:

#!/bin/sh
mkdir /Volumes/media
mount -t afp afp://192.168.0.xxx/media /Volumes/media
rsync -avu /Users/username/Music/iTunes/'iTunes Music'/ /Volumes/media/Music/iTunes/'iTunes Music'/
cp /Users/username/Music/iTunes/'iTunes Music Library.xml' /Volumes/media/Music/iTunes/
umount /Volumes/media

[JBLSteeve]

Thank you for the script i think it's a good solution.
I will adapt it to my configuration and test it.
I think that you have to modify the iTunes Music Library xml with the NAS directory?

For the sonos music library i have use scheduled Sonos index update.