Moode help please

[Bourneendboy]

I have just set up my new Pi 3 with Moode, trouble is I can't seem to be able to mount my USB Hard Drive. I have it plugged into my router and can confirm it is showing on the network.

In the 'Music Source Configuration' tab I have pressed 'Update MPD DB' but no USB drive is showing.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Bill.

[struth]

Have you tried it plugged into the rpi? Into the router I think it would become a nas maybe..

[Bourneendboy]

Have you tried it plugged into the rpi? Into the router I think it would become a nas maybe..

I beleive connecting directly to the Pi has a detramental effect on sq, not sure? Not tried, but will give it a go.

[struth]

I beleive connecting directly to the Pi has a detramental effect on sq, not sure? Not tried, but will give it a go.

sounds ok to me Bill, but it might. If its not directly connected then I would think it would become a nas and need set up that way(I could be wrong though) ive always ran mine direct from usb. should be enough power there with the newer psu, although Ive always used a self powered hdd.

[jonners]

If you try connecting directly to the RPi you may need to enable 'Max USB current 2X' in the system config.
The sound when connected directly seems fine. Attaching the HDD to the router didn't work very well for me.

[Bourneendboy]

I cant even get on the Config settings now!

[r100]

check the ip and the path to the folder containing the music... if not correct the music wont show in mpd

[r100]

You may need to enable 'Max USB current 2X' in the system config.
The sound when connected directly seems fine. Attaching the HDD to the router didn't work very well for me.

the drive is on the network AFAIKS

[TimCurtis]

I have just set up my new Pi 3 with Moode, trouble is I can't seem to be able to mount my USB Hard Drive. I have it plugged into my router and can confirm it is showing on the network.

In the 'Music Source Configuration' tab I have pressed 'Update MPD DB' but no USB drive is showing.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Bill.

Hi Bill,

Need to know a few things then u should be able to create a new NAS source.

1) Name that show up on your network
2) Label assigned to the USB drive
3) Path to folder containing music files

-Tim

[Bourneendboy]

Hi Bill,

Need to know a few things then u should be able to create a new NAS source.

1) Name that show up on your network
2) Label assigned to the USB drive
3) Path to folder containing music files

-Tim

Tim,

Thanks for your offer of help.

1. BTHUB4
2. usb1
3. Music

I've tried loading this info into the set up, but the page won't reload on trying to save. looking at my 'BT HOME HUB MANAGER PAGE' I can see the Pi keeps disconnecting.

Cheers,

Bill.

[TimCurtis]

Tim,

Thanks for your offer of help.

1. BTHUB4
2. usb1
3. Music

I've tried loading this info into the set up, but the page won't reload on trying to save. looking at my 'BT HOME HUB MANAGER PAGE' I can see the Pi keeps disconnecting.

Cheers,

Bill.

Hi Bill,

Generally, routers mount USB drives by their disk label, share the drive using Samba (SMB/CIFS) and they usually have an option of whether to require a userid/password for access.

Using your info the connection path would look something like below:

PC: z: --> \\BTHUB4\usb1\Music
Mac: cifs://BTHUB4/usb1/Music

In Moode NAS config

Source name: <a friendly name like Music or MyMusic>
Fileshare protocol: SMB/CIFS
IP address: <the ip address of BTHUB4 router>
Remote directory: usb1/Music
Userid: <either the admin id of the router or a dummy id like aaa>
Password: <either the admin password of the router or a dummy password like bbb>

-Tim

[mikeyb]

If it's a BT Smart hub then that might your problem, I had to go back to using my Asus router as the BT smart hub kept changing the IP address of my Pi.

Even setting a static IP didn't help.

As soon as I went back to my old router everything showed up fine.

[Bourneendboy]

Thanks for your help fellas! I'm in the doghouse this morning for spending too much time on this yesterday and not doing my Christmas jobs, so will have to lie low for the time being. Once I get a min I'll try what you have suggested Tim and report back.

Cheers,

Bill

[mikeyb]

Here is the MoOde setup guide, you might have followed it already but just in case....

http://moodeaudio.org/docs/readme.txt

If all else fails, pull the plug on it to reboot as I find that doing a restart from within the setup menu doesn't always work as intended.

This might help you find it in your network.

To find out if it is on the network use FING app if you have access to a smartphone. Then note the IP address of your Pi, take note if it changes at all during setup, my BT router caused all sorts of issues with my Pi. A reboot of router might help rediscover the Pi too.

[Cycleallday]

If it's a BT Smart hub then that might your problem, I had to go back to using my Asus router as the BT smart hub kept changing the IP address of my Pi.

Even setting a static IP didn't help.

As soon as I went back to my old router everything showed up fine.

Normally you can reserve an IP address on your router to stop it being allocated to another device after its lease ends,
(this is different to a static IP address). However, this doesn't guarantee the device will retain its reserved address. This is where a true NAS has benefits. They can normally be configured to ask for a specific IP (the reserved one) rather than relying on the auto allocation process.

Mel

[Cycleallday]

This is a question for Tim.
If the USB drive is plugged into the Router then does it not use the routers IP address in the Moode configuration file as it is simply an extension of the router? The drive name/folder/etc details are then entered in the rest of the NAS configuration entry. I have just ditched BT in favour of cable so cannot test this out myself. If I get time I will try to test by adding a USB device to my new cable router (But as its only been in 24 hrs I need to work out how the new router config process works first)

Mel

[TimCurtis]

This is a question for Tim.
If the USB drive is plugged into the Router then does it not use the routers IP address in the Moode configuration file as it is simply an extension of the router? The drive name/folder/etc details are then entered in the rest of the NAS configuration entry. I have just ditched BT in favour of cable so cannot test this out myself. If I get time I will try to test by adding a USB device to my new cable router (But as its only been in 24 hrs I need to work out how the new router config process works first)

Mel

Hi,

Yes. For example if your Router Ip address is 192.168.1.1 then this is what you would enter in Moode NAS config.

The entry in Remote directory depends on how your Router creates the Samba share for the USB drive. Generally it would create a share named after the USB drives disk label.

Its always best to first establish a connection from PC or Mac to the USB drive on the Router then use that connection string to figure out what to enter in Remote directory.

-Tim