Squeezebox Server used to be a supported App within the QNAP standard library – but QNAP removed support in 2015/2016.
SSODS used to be another solution – but is complex and fragile to install.
Use the QNAP Docker solution “Container Station” to load a pre-built image.
This procedure should work on any QNAP that supports the ContainerStation App.
Here are the Steps:
Install QNAP ContainerStation App from the QNAP web interface
Open Container Station
Click + Create Container
Search image for “justifiably”
Click “Create”
Click “Advanced Settings”
Click “Network”, change Network mode to “Host”
Click “Shared Folders”, Click “Add” in the “Volume from host” section. Select the music share e.g. /Multimedia and specify the mount point withing the Container e.g. /mnt/Multimedia
Click “Create”
It will take a few minutes to install (network sped dependent). Click “Overview”
Click the “Start” button.
You should now be able to access the Squeezebox Server web interface at port 9000 e.g. http://<ip address of the QNAP>:9000
Click “Next”
Set the Local Music Folder to be /mnt/Multimedia – click Next
Set the Playlists Folder to be /mnt/Multimedia (you could specify another shared folder when creating the Container if necessary). Click Next and Finish
Your Music library should now scan and you should be able to play music.
Confirmed Working
This procedure has been used to install Logitech Media Server (LMS) / Squeezbox Server / Slim Server on the following devices:
QNAP HS-251+ (firmware 4.3.3.0299)
Not Working
Any QNAP NAS that doens’t support “Container Station”
I have a QNAP TS-421 that has a failed RAID5. The Web interface shows the RAID as in degraded mode. Drive 2 has failed. I’ve replaced drive 2 (/dev/sdb) with a new 2TB drive to match the other (working) three drives.
The Web interface fails to rebuild the array. Whilst the data is still accessible on the RAID it is in degraded mode and has no fault tolerance.
We can now look at the files on the ReadyNAS drive:
root@sysresccd /mnt % ls /mnt/readynas
aquota.group aquota.user backup home lost+found media squeezeboxserver
Next I’m going to mount the QNAP drive so that I can copy data from the ReadyNAS drive to the QNAP NAS. I need the IP address of the QNAP from the QNAP Finder application (in my case this is 172.31.1.69 – more typically 192.168.1.x).
First list the available device names using aplay -L
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ aplay -L
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
PulseAudio Sound Server
sysdefault:CARD=ALSA
bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
Default Audio Device
dmix:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0
bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI
Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0
bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI
Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0
bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI
Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0
bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI
Hardware device with all software conversions
sysdefault:CARD=v10
AudioQuest DragonFly Red v1.0, USB Audio
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=v10,DEV=0
AudioQuest DragonFly Red v1.0, USB Audio
Front speakers
surround21:CARD=v10,DEV=0
AudioQuest DragonFly Red v1.0, USB Audio
2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=v10,DEV=0
AudioQuest DragonFly Red v1.0, USB Audio
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=v10,DEV=0
AudioQuest DragonFly Red v1.0, USB Audio
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=v10,DEV=0
AudioQuest DragonFly Red v1.0, USB Audio
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=v10,DEV=0
AudioQuest DragonFly Red v1.0, USB Audio
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=v10,DEV=0
AudioQuest DragonFly Red v1.0, USB Audio
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=v10,DEV=0
AudioQuest DragonFly Red v1.0, USB Audio
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
dmix:CARD=v10,DEV=0
AudioQuest DragonFly Red v1.0, USB Audio
Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=v10,DEV=0
AudioQuest DragonFly Red v1.0, USB Audio
Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=v10,DEV=0
AudioQuest DragonFly Red v1.0, USB Audio
Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=v10,DEV=0
AudioQuest DragonFly Red v1.0, USB Audio
Hardware device with all software conversions
As you can see the Raspberry Pi has the inbuilt sound chip (bcm2835) capable of audio output on the HDMI and the 3.5mm jack. I also have an AudioQuest Dragonfly Red attached to the USB port.
The list of devices is shown using the command aplay -l
Initially I was getting no audio out of the Dragonfly.
I tried using alsamixer command. The device shows up, the volume control works. But no audio played.
Back to the command line using aplay
I copied a sample wav file (44.1kHz 16bit)
aplay ~/sample.wav
resulted in an error:
aplay sample.wav
Playing WAVE 'sample.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
aplay: set_params:1233: Sample format non available
Available formats:
- S24_3LE
The Device needs to be specified (plughw:CARD:v10) as follows:
For remote GUI access to the Raspberry PI we need RDP.
Start by connecting via SSH (ssh -l pi raspberrypi) or directly in a Terminal window and install as follows:
sudo apt-get install xrdp
Start the service
sudo service xrdp start
You may now easily access the Raspberry Pi from a Windows PC using “Remote Desktop Connection” (mstsc.exe). You may use the hostname (raspberrypi by default) or the IP address (found using ifconfig)
remote Desktop Connection to Raspberry Pi
Initial RDP Login to the Raspberry Pi. Username pi, password raspberryEstablished Remote Desktop session to Raspberry Pi from Windows 10
This works on Raspbian (July 2016):
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 4.4.13-v7+ #894 SMP Mon Jun 13 13:13:27 BST 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /proc/version
Linux version 4.4.13-v7+ (dc4@dc4-XPS13-9333) (gcc version 4.9.3 (crosstool-NG crosstool-ng-1.22.0-88-g8460611) ) #894 SMP Mon Jun 13 13:13:27 BST 2016
System Rescue CD is an essential tool for system and data recovery. I typically use it for recovering files off fail(ing) or damaged hard drives from multiple types of systems: Windows, QNAP and OSX etc.
The unit has TWO drives configured as a RAID 1 mirror (this will only work with units with two or less drives fitted).
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