When I installed Volumio on my Pi2B I could copy and past music files from Windows file explorer to the network drives (USB sticks) on the Pi.
With Musicbox all I get is one folder appearing in Windows as shared. So I can copy and past music files from Windows to my Pi USB drives how do I make the USB sticks appear in files explorer?
What is it and how does it work and where do you run it.
“WinSCP (Windows Secure Copy) is a free and
open-source SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and SCP client for Microsoft Windows. Its
main function is secure file transfer between a local and a remote
computer.”
Install on your Windows pc, open it, enter the IP address and login details of the Musicbox you want to communicate with, I leave port as 22, it then opens up like windows explorer and you can drag and drop files between the two.
I find it works better using SCP rather than default SFTP from the drop down box.
Steve do up you use Musicbox on a Pi and are you files local to the Pi?
Yes I use Musicbox on a Pi.
Yes I have some mp3 files in the Musicbox folder on the Pi.
I also have more mp3 files on a usb stick that is plugged into the Pi.
I can’t access the USB stick when using Windows Explorer - therefore I use WinSCP to move files between the Windows PC and the USB stick on the Pi.
However before they actually appear to play on the Pi (in the Browse - Local Media) I think you need to go to Settings > Music files > Turn on the ‘Scan Music Files’ option then reboot.They should then show up in Browse - Local Media.
If you are having problems seeing the files you are adding I would suggest you just add one or two to begin as it can take a while to scan them.
Hi,
MusicBox does offer a plain network share out of the box.
I don’t remember what folder is shared by default, though.
Check out /etc/samba/smb.conf and look for the [Music] block.
Mine looks like this:
[Music]
path = /music
comment = Directory for music files
writable = yes
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
follow symlinks = yes
wide links = yes
The network share listing looks as follows:
Unfortunately, there is no watchdog to automatically scan the music folder for changes. So you currently either have to reboot or log in via SSH and trigger a rescan.
Hope this helps.
Jochen
Hi Jochen, how do I set it to share? In the /etc/samba/smb.conf file I only have 2 lines
"nameserver 192.168.1.1
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^$"
As it is I only get the same as mwhouston, just one folder.
Thanks a lot - got it sorted out, I found it on another Musicbox, the /etc/samba/smb.conf file was as follows
[Music]
path = /music/MusicBox
comment = Directory for music files
writable = yes
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
I changed it to the same as yours and it now shows all folders in Windows Explorer.