Osx + Wma

[WSLam]

Since I need to find a 'function' for the Mac MINI, I thought I would turn it into my SlimServer machine.

The Mac mini has an 200GB external HDD connected to it via firewire, formatted with Mac file system.

Now, the music are all in WMA Lossless. I cannot even get the Mac to play back these files, and when I access the files on my SB2, it says it cannot open.

However, if I copy the file to the local mac hdd, it can.

Any idea? Why can the files only be opened when it's in the internal HDD, and not the external?

[kdf]

Osx + Wma

Quoting WSLam <WSLam.1qxnzn (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com>:


> Any idea? Why can the files only be opened when it's in the internal
> HDD, and not the external?

first thing, check your permissions to the external for the user account that is
sunning slimserver.

second, if you have used an alias for the extrnal drive and pointed the server
at this, it won't work. Slimserver doesn't understand Mac Aliases. You have to
use a link instead.

-kdf

[Dan Sully]

Osx + Wma

* WSLam shaped the electrons to say...

>However, if I copy the file to the local mac hdd, it can.
>
>Any idea? Why can the files only be opened when it's in the internal
>HDD, and not the external?

The things that come to mind are permission issues - is the drive mounted as
the user that is running SlimServer?

-D
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