NAS drive query

Robert, there are a number of "streaming literate" Naim dealers in and around London.  Take your pick. Beyond that, I must be mindful of forum rules...

Servers like Minim generally see metadata tags rather than files and folders, although there is also a folder view option. I'm guessing that this might explain the differences you are seeing? 

The Minim website would be a better place to post queries than QNAP's. The author is usually very good at responding to support questions.

Find an album in your Qnap and see what folder it's in - say the folder is called banana. Then find it in Minim and see what the band is - say it's apple. Then go back to the Qnap and check the band name in the metadata - it will be apple. 

I always select folder view in the minim server browser in the naim app. This avoids losing albums from view that either have no tagged title/artist.

I've never liked folder view. If I want to hear a jazz singer I simply use the genre jazz vocal. It does rely on good metadata, but if one gets into the habit of getting the metadata spot on every time a new album is added, it's easy. It then allows a simple artist/album folder structure. But each to their own, of course. 

Metadata rules! With a sizeable collection and a memory that's increasingly on the blink it's a godsend. For example, a nice Naim dealer played me a jazz piano CD to demonstrate the aceness of the NAC82 over the 72.

I'm  forever forgetting the artist's name though, and quite genuinely I can't recall it now. In the old days (and if I relied on folder view) I'd be stuffed until such time a few neutrons collided felicitously.

*consults Jazz Piano genre*

And it's David Newton (Return Journey, Linn label, dead good).

And yes, by next year I'll have forgotten it again