I have been thinking about getting a nas with Itunes Server built into it, I already have a 1TB nas drive but it has no Itunes server on it , I was thinking should I get a nas drive with the server already built into it as a itunes service ? or should I go down the route of making a small PC that would run itunes on it?
I can see pro's for both methods but wanted to know if any of you had already had this situation and what your thoughts was.
Also I have come to the conclusion from reading online that
1) a nas drive, even with an itunes server built in will not allow playback of Video on apple tv - can someone put me right on this?
2) a dedicated PC to run itunes while could have all options you can imagine will also use quite allot more power than a nas drive.
I have no idea what way to go but I am not happy to use my laptop as my apple tv library, I already mirror my itunes with my nas so my sonos can play my music without clogging up the network.
you are using almost double the bandwidth if you was to set your itunes library to your nas drive... that would be mental!
Thanks for any advice.
Mick
I can see pro's for both methods but wanted to know if any of you had already had this situation and what your thoughts was.
Also I have come to the conclusion from reading online that
1) a nas drive, even with an itunes server built in will not allow playback of Video on apple tv - can someone put me right on this?
2) a dedicated PC to run itunes while could have all options you can imagine will also use quite allot more power than a nas drive.
I have no idea what way to go but I am not happy to use my laptop as my apple tv library, I already mirror my itunes with my nas so my sonos can play my music without clogging up the network.
you are using almost double the bandwidth if you was to set your itunes library to your nas drive... that would be mental!
Thanks for any advice.
Mick
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