Recent content by CaptainCapricorn

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    From USB HDD to NAS cutting out the middleman (PC)

    Thanks for the advice people. To get specific for a minute, I should go for ... Synology DS214PLAY (or ?) with a 3TB WD Red HDD (at least to begin with, I will add another once I've sussed what I am doing). And that is all I need to begin with. This NAS device will have a USB-out port from...
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    From USB HDD to NAS cutting out the middleman (PC)

    The problem is specific to the laptop I am using to play music via Foobar2000. The same problem does not occur when I use different laptops to play music and the same problem occurs (on the same laptop)with JRiver and MediaMonkey - so there is no problem in any other component. I have spent...
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    From USB HDD to NAS cutting out the middleman (PC)

    I listen to music pretty much all day in my home office. For a few years this has been achieved by ripping CDs to FLAC stored on USB attached HDD via my laptop. I use Foobar2000 for ripping and playback. I also have a second terabyte USB attached HDD which I use for backup. The audio signal was...