US SSD: Music Store suddenly turned into Music Share - can I switch back?

Posted by: MichaelSch on 01 December 2014

For some unknown reason my Music Store suddenly turned into a Music Share ...

 

My equipment is UnityServe SSD + Synology NAS and I have (had) one Music Store and a few Music Shares. There are almost 900 CDs stored in the Music Store.

 

I dare not just switch it back without getting a bit of advice here - I am afraid that pressing the "Use as Store" button in my n-Serve app (I run Mac) will do harm to the Store and all 900 CDs are lost.

 

I have done some testing, by creating an new Share and press "Use as Store" button. Then it switches fine. Then, I switch back by pressing "Use as Share" - it turns into a Share fine enough, but deletes the "control.ini" file in the root of the Share/Store, which was created when it was switched into a Store.

 

Strangely enough my 900 CD Store, which is now a Share still has the "control.ini" file in its root directory. Now, what happens if I switch this back into a Store?

Can I do that safely without corrupting the entire library?

 

Thanks,

Posted on: 01 December 2014 by hungryhalibut

I would email Naim and ask them. If necessary Phil can dial into your system and take a look.

Posted on: 02 December 2014 by MichaelSch
Originally Posted by Hungryhalibut:

I would email Naim and ask them. If necessary Phil can dial into your system and take a look.

Thank you, I have sent an email to Phil linking to this topic.

Posted on: 02 December 2014 by MichaelSch

Just a quick follow up ...

 

Had a conversation with Phil and in this particular case it would be safe to switch it back from share to a store. The reason being that it initially was a store which automatically demoted to a share (probably due to temporary network drop-outs) and NO changes were made to the store in the meantime.

 

So the rule still applies - make NO MANUAL CHANGES to the store.

Posted on: 02 December 2014 by winkyincanada

Shares and Stores. I'm confused (as usual).

Posted on: 02 December 2014 by MichaelSch
Originally Posted by winkyincanada:

Shares and Stores. I'm confused (as usual).

Store is the location to which the US SSD rips all CDs - it is forbidden ground for everyone else than the US SSD.

 

Share is a location where you can put everything else you find out there, mp3, flac, aiff, etc.

 

You can have multiples of both Stores and Shares ...

 

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