by squishyj » Fri Dec 15, 2017 10:58 pm
I think I can shorten this, rather than telling you what I've done, since I am new to MM (from VLC) why don't I tell you what I am trying to accomplish, and maybe someone can tell me how I can get there.
I have 9 PCs a couple of phones and one tablet on my network. One of the PCs acts as a file server. All of my media is stored there. What I want basically, is the easiest way to access the media from the server on each device the same way every time on all devices. Whenever I want to play something now, I have to go to UPNP, then my server, then location, etc etc to get to what I am looking for. Is there a way to "Map" a location and have it accessible right from the home screen or somewhere convenient? I sure hope I explained that properly.
The other thing I am wondering is if I can copy playlists to all of the devices? It would be so groovy if I could open a folder on say my tablet, clicked a playlist and have it start playing. If that's not an option, and in fact, this may even be better, if the "mapping" I described above was to work, I could simply map the playlists for ease of access, which is my main objective.
Also, I suspect I know the answer to this, but unless you copy all of the media to the devices, nothing is available offline? What exactly does "syncing" do? And if you do copy everything to individual devices, is it in its original size? I ask this because It would be great to not actually store anything on the devices, just make them all clients to the server, is this possible?
Thanks a bunch in advance, I've always found these forums to be very helpful and informative.
J
I think I can shorten this, rather than telling you what I've done, since I am new to MM (from VLC) why don't I tell you what I am trying to accomplish, and maybe someone can tell me how I can get there.
I have 9 PCs a couple of phones and one tablet on my network. One of the PCs acts as a file server. All of my media is stored there. What I want basically, is the easiest way to access the media from the server on each device the same way every time on all devices. Whenever I want to play something now, I have to go to UPNP, then my server, then location, etc etc to get to what I am looking for. Is there a way to "Map" a location and have it accessible right from the home screen or somewhere convenient? I sure hope I explained that properly.
The other thing I am wondering is if I can copy playlists to all of the devices? It would be so groovy if I could open a folder on say my tablet, clicked a playlist and have it start playing. If that's not an option, and in fact, this may even be better, if the "mapping" I described above was to work, I could simply map the playlists for ease of access, which is my main objective.
Also, I suspect I know the answer to this, but unless you copy all of the media to the devices, nothing is available offline? What exactly does "syncing" do? And if you do copy everything to individual devices, is it in its original size? I ask this because It would be great to not actually store anything on the devices, just make them all clients to the server, is this possible?
Thanks a bunch in advance, I've always found these forums to be very helpful and informative.
J