Netgear RND2150v1 – READYNAS DUO v1 (500GB: 1 X 500GB) Software Guide
Stream Multimedia Files
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Stream Multimedia Files for iTunes with Firefly
With Firefly, you can stream music and video from your ReadyNAS system to any computer,
TV set-top box, or device in your house that has iTunes and other music streaming players
including Sonos and Roku SoundBridge. You can also set up smart playlists that sort your
music according to genre, artist, year, and other categories.
TV set-top box, or device in your house that has iTunes and other music streaming players
including Sonos and Roku SoundBridge. You can also set up smart playlists that sort your
music according to genre, artist, year, and other categories.
Set Up iTunes Streaming
You can quickly start streaming media to any device with iTunes.
To start iTunes streaming:
1.
From the FrontView main menu, select Services > Streaming Services.
2.
Select iTunes Streaming Server.
3.
Click the Apply button.
4.
Open the share named media on your computer and copy your music files to the Music
folder on that share.
folder on that share.
If you want your music to reside on a different location on your ReadyNAS system, see
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5.
From the FrontView main menu, select Services > Streaming Services and click the
Connect to the Firefly setup link.
Connect to the Firefly setup link.
6.
In Firefly, click Start Full Scan.
To listen to music in iTunes:
1.
Launch iTunes.
2.
In the iTunes sidebar under Shared, click the name of your iTunes server.
By default, it is called “Itunes server.” If you want to change the name, see
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3.
Click Play.