andyrich29 wrote:Not sure why this forum is so crap - but it is.
After all, listening to music, from a media server - without having your PC on must be a priority for any music lover.
Wireless is the future - but you wouldnt guess.
No documentation.
If you;re a techy, wondering why something wont quite work properly, I'm afraid you're proverbially shafted.
I am a software engineer willing to dabble. But not having ANY resources anywhere to find out a particular problem is a NO GO.
A victory for the big boys.
Ok - let's see if I have this straight.
Your music is stored on your computers hard drive. You're wanting your wireless media player to play these music files from the computers hard drive without the computer being turned on.
Exactly HOW do you expect the files to go from the computer to the wireless network without being turned on? Do you think that it can magically pull the data from the hard drive without the drive being spinning, let alone have any power to operate the read/write heads.
If you want something that you can play without the need of the pc being turned on, get an iPod. Copy the music you want to it, then play directly from the iPod.
As far as wireless being the way to go, I have 2 D-Link DSM-320's running wireless. I can watch video on both at the same time with no problems whatsoever.
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