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    I can't see whether this is the correct forum and can't find a similar post about this. Apologies if there is one, I have searched 14 pages of results so far...

    Anyway, I just thought I'd find out how you all managed your music collections. The way that I do it is as follows:
    • Music files are stored in Music share on WHS
    • On one of the client pcs I have Windows Media Player which holds the library files and manages the files / folders
    • The client's Media Player is what I use when I rip one of my CDs, search for an album etc
    • I don't use Media Library Sharing within WHS as I can't understand how the files would be sorted, renamed etc
    • When I want to play on a different pc, I just navigate through the Music Share and just play the files in that client's media player - these pcs are set not to rearrange music files. (not the most elegant solution but it works)

    Does anyone have a different approach? Is anyone using Media Library Sharing for Music files?

    Sunday, March 15, 2009 11:43 AM

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    Media Library Sharing will allow you to stream supported media types from your server to devices capable of consuming Windows Media Connect 2.0 streams. That could be to your Xbox 360 or other digital media receiver. For more information you may want to take a look at the Media Sharing technical brief on Microsoft's Windows Home Server microsite.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    Sunday, March 15, 2009 2:27 PM
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    That_s Numberwang said:

    I just thought I'd find out how you all managed your music collections. The way that I do it is as follows:

    • Music files are stored in Music share on WHS
    • On one of the client pcs I have Windows Media Player which holds the library files and manages the files / folders
    • The client's Media Player is what I use when I rip one of my CDs, search for an album etc
    • I don't use Media Library Sharing within WHS as I can't understand how the files would be sorted, renamed etc
    • When I want to play on a different pc, I just navigate through the Music Share and just play the files in that client's media player - these pcs are set not to rearrange music files. (not the most elegant solution but it works)

    Does anyone have a different approach? Is anyone using Media Library Sharing for Music files?

    Hello,

    I store my music files in the Music shared folder on WHS

    I hear music on 2 distant devices : PC and NMT :

    -(1)- On each of my PCs, I installed  J river Media Jukebox (free) soft
    Media Jukebox

    It works perfectly with music stored on WHS
    Good music cover management
    Good decoding of all music formats

    -(2)- On my WHS, I installed MyIhome server (free http streaming media server for Networked Media Tanks)
    MyIhome

    From my 2 NMT (HD Digitech HDX-900), I can hear music in streaming mode from WHS through MyIhome server

    Note :
    I unvalidate Windows Media connect service on WHS because too heavy in memory and totally unuseful for me

    My 2 cents;)

    Jean-Max
    Saturday, March 21, 2009 8:41 AM