- Nov 16, 2014
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Hello, I have a portable hdd which contains all my music, connected to my computer via usb. The drive owner is the administrators group. I believe all files and folders are also owned by the administrators group as I have never changed anything. I am the only user on my computer.
I recently purchased a router (Linksys EA6500) and have now connected the same hdd to my router via usb. I did this so that I can access all my music via my network receiver. On the router I have the 'secure folder access' option turned off which says "The folders on your external storage device are currently accessible to everyone on your network". The 'FTP Server' option is turned off. The 'Media Server' option is turned on, this should give me access with my network receiver.
I have added one 'shared media folder' which is called 'Music'. This folder contains roughly 100gb of music all located in separate folders for each artist/album.
I can play music through my Denon AVR-X3000 network receiver just fine. It's hard wired to my router.
However, my problem is as follows:
1) I have 229 different Artists folders within the 'shared media folder' called 'Music'. Only 215 of them show up on my network receiver.
2) Of the artists that do show up, not all of the albums from this artist show up.
Example (In the music folder I have a folder for the Artist 'Rush', within this folder I have about a dozen different Album folders. Only one of the albums shows up on my receiver).
3) If I add another 'shared media folder' in my router settings and point directly to the folder 'Rush' then all the albums show up on my network receiver.
I don't want to add 'shared media folders' in my router for everything that does not show up since these are all within the 'shared media folder' music.
It seems that when I copy new music onto my network hdd not all of it shows up on my receiver, some does some does not!
If I try to delete files from the hdd some will delete fine others say I don't have access and must obtain permission from the owner. I am an administrator!
Also now that my hdd is attached to my router if I look at the properties for that drive the owner is now "root (Unix User\root)" It seems all folders are the same, ie owned by "root (Unix User\root)" Why is that?
I am unable to change ownership of the drive as it says I don't have administrator access.
Anyone have an idea as to whats going on?
I recently purchased a router (Linksys EA6500) and have now connected the same hdd to my router via usb. I did this so that I can access all my music via my network receiver. On the router I have the 'secure folder access' option turned off which says "The folders on your external storage device are currently accessible to everyone on your network". The 'FTP Server' option is turned off. The 'Media Server' option is turned on, this should give me access with my network receiver.
I have added one 'shared media folder' which is called 'Music'. This folder contains roughly 100gb of music all located in separate folders for each artist/album.
I can play music through my Denon AVR-X3000 network receiver just fine. It's hard wired to my router.
However, my problem is as follows:
1) I have 229 different Artists folders within the 'shared media folder' called 'Music'. Only 215 of them show up on my network receiver.
2) Of the artists that do show up, not all of the albums from this artist show up.
Example (In the music folder I have a folder for the Artist 'Rush', within this folder I have about a dozen different Album folders. Only one of the albums shows up on my receiver).
3) If I add another 'shared media folder' in my router settings and point directly to the folder 'Rush' then all the albums show up on my network receiver.
I don't want to add 'shared media folders' in my router for everything that does not show up since these are all within the 'shared media folder' music.
It seems that when I copy new music onto my network hdd not all of it shows up on my receiver, some does some does not!
If I try to delete files from the hdd some will delete fine others say I don't have access and must obtain permission from the owner. I am an administrator!
Also now that my hdd is attached to my router if I look at the properties for that drive the owner is now "root (Unix User\root)" It seems all folders are the same, ie owned by "root (Unix User\root)" Why is that?
I am unable to change ownership of the drive as it says I don't have administrator access.
Anyone have an idea as to whats going on?
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