Home Music Share files no longer accessible

[Geoff Hammond]

Hi,

I've been able to play music files on a USB drive on a NetGear EX6200 range extender (which is DLNA compatible) with a Wiim Mini until recently when the files were no longer present in the Home Music Share tab. The USB drive, and all the files on it, are accessible on a MacBook Air in the same location and on the same network as the Wiim Mini.

I've rebooted the Mini (several times) and installed the recent firmware update without success. Likewise, turning the NetGear extender off and on again (several times) and removing and replacing the USB drive do nothing. My MacBook sees the files, but the Mini doesn't, even though it used to work flawlessly.

I'm grateful for any suggestions for a fix.

 

[Geoff Hammond]

Sorry, two things I should have added to the original post.

First, it's the Wiim Mini app for iOS on an iPhone which no longer sees the USB music files in the Home Music Share tab. (I have tried the Mac OS app on a MacBook Air a while back without success.)

Second, I can play the music files on the USB drive from the MacBook by a roundabout process: by selecting the music file using Iina, and sending the signal via Airfoil (a Rogue Amoeba product) to the Mini. So the files are playable, but no longer directly via the Mini from the iOS app on the iPhone.

 

[simbun]

I've been able to play music files on a USB drive on a NetGear EX6200 range extender (which is DLNA compatible) with a Wiim Mini until recently when the files were no longer present in the Home Music Share tab.

I can't find much detailed information about the EX6200, but it looks it'll make the USB drive available as a network share not as a DLNA source, is that correct? If that's the case, I take it you've mapped the share (\\192.168.*.*\sharename) in the WHA? Are you saying that the share is visible in the WHA but it's empty, or flagged as Not Available? If the share isn't visible under Home Music Share > Shared Folder then I think you need to add it back, because even if I disable samba on my server the mapping is still visible in the WHA.

If you're saying that the EX6200 is a DLNA server, try the mconnect iOS app to see if that discovers your server.

 

[Geoff Hammond]

Thanks for your advice Simbun. I'll work through your suggestions.