Yet another Squeezebox Touch Question

inson71
inson71 Posts: 90
edited December 2011 in Electronics
After wading through many threads trying to find the answer to my problem, I have decided to post a new thread. I apologize if this has been discussed before. Anyway, I received a Squeezebox Touch for Christmas. I am runnig a wired connection to my router. I am using the digital coax out to my Denon receiver. Here is my problem/question. How do you get the Squeezebox Touch to recognize an external hard drive connected to my desktop? The Touch will recognize my laptop on my nextwork. It even recognizes my desktop in which I have my external hard drive connected to, but when I select my desk top library on the touch menu, none of my external hard drive files come up. I checked to make sure my desktop was recognizing the hard drive, and it is. I have all my cds saved in lossless to the WD 2 TB hard drive, but I can't use it GRRR. Thanks in advance for any help.
James
Onkyo Pr-sc 5509
Parasound 2250/Parasound 5125
SVS PB 12 Plus
Denon DBP-2012 Bluray
Polk RTI 8, CSI 3, 4 FXI 3
Sony 55" LCD
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  • PrazVT
    PrazVT Posts: 1,606
    edited December 2011
    Did you install the Logitech Media server software on the computer w/ the hard drive connected to it? Once you do that and select where the music is, the SB will see all the music.
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  • inson71
    inson71 Posts: 90
    edited December 2011
    Thanks for the quick reply. I did install the logitech software on the computer. The Touch is recognizing the computer, but not the external hard drive. How do I select where the music is? Do I have to install the logitech software on the external hard drive too? Sorry for the newb questions.
    Onkyo Pr-sc 5509
    Parasound 2250/Parasound 5125
    SVS PB 12 Plus
    Denon DBP-2012 Bluray
    Polk RTI 8, CSI 3, 4 FXI 3
    Sony 55" LCD
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited December 2011
    Look for "media folders" in your basic settings, after clicking advanced settings in LMS. Type in the path to your external hard drive. Mine, for example is...D:\Music:

    Open Logitec media server
    Click the advanced tab
    Click advanced settings
    The basic settings tab will open first
    Under "Media Folders", type the path to your music files

    You'll want to use a simple directory structure if at all possible.
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  • inson71
    inson71 Posts: 90
    edited December 2011
    Thanks Steve, I will try this after I get the kids to bed. I will report back asap!
    Onkyo Pr-sc 5509
    Parasound 2250/Parasound 5125
    SVS PB 12 Plus
    Denon DBP-2012 Bluray
    Polk RTI 8, CSI 3, 4 FXI 3
    Sony 55" LCD
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  • inson71
    inson71 Posts: 90
    edited December 2011
    Got it rockin! Thanks again, Steve. Now all I need is a DAC and better power supply ughh!:cheesygrin:
    Onkyo Pr-sc 5509
    Parasound 2250/Parasound 5125
    SVS PB 12 Plus
    Denon DBP-2012 Bluray
    Polk RTI 8, CSI 3, 4 FXI 3
    Sony 55" LCD
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited December 2011
    You bet, enjoy!
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