DanW Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Hi Just hoping for a bit of advice. I’m planning on updating my streamer to a Lumin D2 as this is how I listen to the bulk of my music. However, I also have a about 20,000 tracks ripped at lossless format from my CDs on a Brennan B2. Probably about 80% of these are available on streaming services but I’d like to set my B2 up as a NAS and wondered if anyone has experience of doing this. From everything I’m reading it looks compatible, but didn’t want the disappointment of purchasing and then not been able to do this. Thanks in advance. Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Hi Dan, I’m not so sure this will work as you plan. The B2 doesn’t appear to support UPnP / DLNA, so the Lumin app won’t see your music stored on the B2. Im guessing you want to use the Lumin app? Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
DanW Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share Posted October 13, 2021 Thanks, that’s really useful. I’ve posted the question on the Brennan Forum to see if they have any planned updated for this. If I get a reply I can post back on here. Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 26 minutes ago, DanW said: Thanks, that’s really useful. I’ve posted the question on the Brennan Forum to see if they have any planned updated for this. If I get a reply I can post back on here. If Brennan enabled you to install a UPnP / DLNA server on it, it would work great. Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
Cebolla Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 According to the Latest Software page on the Brennan site, as of 11 March 2019 the miniDLNA UPnP/DLNA media server can be installed via Settings->Maintenance->Get DLNA, but it appears to be an experimental function for "tech savvy users" only for now: https://www.brennan.co.uk/itemcontent.php/content/latestSoftware The Computer Audiophile 1 We are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us. -- Jo Cox Link to comment
DanW Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share Posted October 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Cebolla said: According to the Latest Software page on the Brennan site, as of 11 March 2019 the miniDLNA UPnP/DLNA media server can be installed via Settings->Maintenance->Get DLNA, but it appears to be an experimental function for "tech savvy users" only for now: https://www.brennan.co.uk/itemcontent.php/content/latestSoftware Thanks for this and someone on the Brennan forum has posted instructions on how to do. Think the Lumin is going to be my treat to self. Below is the advice from the Brennan forum. The B2 does offer both NAS and DLNA services. The DLNA will need to be switched on via a front panel menu function found in: 'Settings'-->'Maintenance'-->'DLNA' This is an 'On/Off' switch. A note of caution here; if you have DLNA switched on, you cannot use the latest Sonos software as they are currently mutually exlusive. The Computer Audiophile 1 Link to comment
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