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I'm more of a vinyl guy. My digital front end consists of a transport and DAC from the 1990s. Someone just gave me a Logitech Transporter. I'm trying to understand how it works and get it up and running.
I've done some research and there were many reviews that just talked about how it sounds, but not much on how it works exactly.
These are what I've learned so far. Can you experts tell me if they are correct?
1/ If I want to play songs from a NAS storage, I still need a computer/laptop to run the software to act as a bridge/interface;
2/ The computer/laptop can be in a different room as long as it is connected to the network, but must be on;
3/ I still need to use the laptop to create a playlist;
4/ I can only select songs from the playlist on the front panel/remote. I will not be able to go look for songs directly from the NAS.
5/ Has anyone successfully run it through a Win 10 laptop? It seems to be unstable? Will Win 7 laptop work?
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See link below -- an entire forum dedicated to the Logitech Media Server and its various players, including the Transporter.
I run LMS on a dedicated PC using the Vortexbox system, but you can get LMS in versions that run on Windows, Macs & Linux systems. All of them are quite stable. My system has about 60,000 songs on it.
I have a Touch, not a Transporter but they work the same way. I generally use a Kindle Fire to select music for playback. Smartphones, laptops (or desktops) work fine, too. Very easy to search the entire catalog and find what you want for playback.
> 1/ If I want to play songs from a NAS storage, I still need a computer/laptop to run the
> software to act as a bridge/interface;The software is the server - Logitech Media Server (LMS). The Transporter can do nothing without being connected to and controlled by the server. The server is necessary to stream music to the player as well as send control instructions to it like stop, pause, etc.
Typically, the music would be stored on the same computer that is running LMS. It _can_ be setup up so that you have the music on a NAS, and the server software running another computer, but it introduces another layer of complexity into the setup and another network link in the playback chain. (NAS -> LMS -> Player). That additional network link doesn't affect sound quality at all, but there's some potential for interruption if the network has problems.
Another drawback is that LMS must scan the library to add all music to its library database. It's much faster when those music files are stored on a local drive instead of on another device on the network.
Some NAS can run the LMS software. That's not a bad alternative, but sometimes those devices are a little underpowered and you'll often experience that in the user interface being sluggish.
> 2/ The computer/laptop can be in a different room as long as it is connected to the
> network, but must be on;The computer running LMS? Yes, it must be on.
> 3/ I still need to use the laptop to create a playlist;
You don't have to create playlists on the machine running LMS. There are other options. See below.
> 4/ I can only select songs from the playlist on the front panel/remote. I will not be
> able to go look for songs directly from the NAS.If your music is stored on a NAS and that NAS is 'headless' (has no monitor) there won't be a way to select music on the NAS itself. But there are several other options.
1. On the Transporter itself, using its display and the IR remote.
2. On the computer running LMS, assuming it has a screen and mouse and/or keyboard. You'll do this from a web browser through a web server that LMS runs.
3. From any other computer on your network. Again, through that web interface.
4. Using a smartphone or tablet running a remote app. This is probably the most convenient. Connect your smartphone to your network (assuming you have wifi) and control your player(s). There are apps available for both iOS (Apple) devices and for Android devices.
> 5/ Has anyone successfully run it through a Win 10 laptop? It seems to be unstable?
> Will Win 7 laptop work?Either will work fine.
Edits: 08/04/16
Thank you so much! Will try to spend some more time to figure out how to get this working properly with my laptop.
I have an 8TB NAS in the house that also stores roughly 1/2 of my 4000 CD collection. Can't store all that onto my laptop. So hoping to set it up to pull the music from NAS.
FrankC
I have a Lacie 2BIG NAS which contains more than just music files, I am also using it to store pictures and videos. It is technically a 4TB drive as it is set up to mirror image itself.
I am still not convinced about FLAC, so I've being ripping all my files in native .WAV.
Will do more research when I have more time.
The ideal situation would be that I set it up and can control it with my iPad from my listening chair.
FrankC
I've being ripping all my files in native .WAV.
Make sure the ripping program tags WAV properly and in a way LMS understand. There are all king of issues with WAV tagging
http://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/KB/WAV_KB.htm
I recommend FLAC
Lossless.
Excellent tagging support including cover art.
Allows storing custom tags in the file.
Checksum stored in the file. This allows you to verify if the audio is corrupted.
Wide support on Win, OSX, Linux, Android.
The Well Tempered Computer
How are you storing your music? My 4300 CD collection fits onto 1.3 TB of Disk. I am using FLAC files.
Cut-Throat
> I have an 8TB NAS in the house that also stores roughly 1/2 of my 4000 CD collection.
> Can't store all that onto my laptop. So hoping to set it up to pull the music from NAS.
Yes, that's a situation where other users have needed to use the configuration you talk about. When they already have a very large library on a NAS.
They do make 8 TB hard drives now (although 4000 CDs encoded in FLAC shouldn't require much more than 1.5 TB). You could connect an external hard drive to the laptop with your whole library. And it would be another way to have an additional backup copy of the library.
What is the make and model of the NAS? Someone may have already created a package of LMS that can be easily installed on it. If so, you could see how that works first.
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