This Saturday I finally got my new Nova and I am very happy with how simple the setup was. I have a minor issue with my Diskstation but I guess it’s totally me not using it properly…
I have my iTunes mp3 library in the folder /music
I have my lossless streaming music in another folder /streaming music, which I have indexed in the media server
When I now access my NAS through the Nova its showing the folder /streaming music in folder hierarchy under /music. This means when I search for an artist it’s always showing the mp3 AND the lossless aiff file.
Is there a way to get rid of the MP3s, like copying them to another folder on the diskstation and move all my content under /streaming music simply to the (now empty) folder music?
Just to be clear, your Diskstation is a Synology DS216 & the Synology name will be more familiar to the forum readers.
I would move all the MP3 files into the same folder as the AIFF files.
I too tried separate ‘Music’ sub-folders when I first started, but within a week I had them all in the one main ‘Music’ folder.
However, I have a sub-folder for each ‘artist’ or a named album with various artists or the composer in the case of classical. I find that helpful for when I search by Folder View, but it makes no difference when browsing by Artist or Album which is a metadata search.
Personally I would not keep the MP3 if I had an AIFF of the same album, if that what you have.
Synology’s Media Server is OK for browsing but its a bit basic, you might try the included 3rd party Minimserver included in Package Center
Final point I tried iTunes & found it more trouble than was acceptable to me.
I think the easiest thing may be to put your mp3 library into a folder called /mp3, since the “special” automatic folders in the Synology DiskStation world - ie /music /photos /movies - are automatically included in the respective server applications. Since you have successfully added your /streamingmusic folder to the server watch list, you’ll be good to go, and if you want your mp3 collection to be available then you can add the new /mp3 folder the same way. Similarly, you could add a separate server app (such as Minim or Asset) and pint it at the “other” folder hierarchy and then have two servers, one for each collection.