Managing multiple NAS folders where music resides...

It's been a while since I used my HDX as a server, but I remember the LQ folder is present to store any MP3 conversions you make with the US from your MQ files.

Afraid I don't know how to speed up the US in its scanning.  I remember my HDX could take some time to do this to, but not anywhere near as long as you are experiencing.

I would drop an email to Naim support and let them try and diagnose the issue for you.

In the meantime, as you have a Synology NAS, you could pop Minimserver on it and try that.  I have Minimserver set up to serve from 2 different shared folders on my Synology NAS, and it takes but a few seconds to scan them all and make them available for accessing with the Naim app on my iPad.

 Just a thought whilst you resolve your issue with the US.

AUDIONEOPHYTE

You should under no circumstance touch the folders created by the US other than the downloads folder if one exists, this is where you are going wrong.

These folders are created by the US specifically for Rips it has created, if you dump other music in here all you are likely to achieve is bodging the Serves database.

For music downloaded/ripped outside of the US create a new share on the NAS. For simplicity call it Naim Music.

Put all your files in here and make sure it is shared to everyone via SMB/CIFS. You can set it without password protection as its only a LAN thing any how. The US will pick it up scan it and you should be away. 

Depending on the robustness of your network it should only take the serve a couple of minutes to spot the share. Depending on the amount of music the scanning could take a while but should be under way in very short order.

Gary, 

they currently are are under seperate folders...

some of the other music folders are other naim rips from previous use and some are not...  I have 5 different shares...

land not all of them come back online when a power cycle happens... 

I understand not messing with the folder the US rips too... But why? What difference would it make since this is a one way repository of data created by the U.S.?

just curious...

sounds like i could could condense the other libraries without issue...

i can run a test, created a new ripping location and seperate store for everything else, without deleting old set up, hide the old folders as a test...

thoughts?

anyone else?

and thank you Jason as well for the input!

Are the other music libraries in the naim format then, so you have a number of folders with the mq etc in them?

Presumably to have one folder set up as the store, are the others previous back ups or something?

Trouble is if they are wav, if you move them about its likely all info relating to them will be lost.

I would say that ideally if you can get the previous folders spotted by the server, get them converted from wav to flac, take these flac files and put them in a simple music folder then once all done delete to old naim folders retaining only your currently used ripping store.

This will give you the added advantage of that flac folder being compatible with a host of other stuff, which Wav files rarely are.