steve1977 wrote:

I am planning to use Twonky to stream my iTunes library using Beimusic app as remote. I currently do not have a NL link ready device, but want to test Twonky first before making the purchase. All my music is in iTunes, so this will be a deal breaker if I cannot get it to run.

1) After installing Twonky, I cannot get see my itunes files. I have manually added below to the twonkyserver.ini file, but also did not work
# full path to the iTunes library .xml file, empty to disable iTunes import
ituneslib=C:\Users\user\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music Library.xml

2) BeoMusic app did not find the Twonky server (not possible unless I have a NL device?). If not possible, what's the best way to trial whether my library can be shared and at a proper speed?

3) Does the Twonky license only come with the Moment or also with Essence or others?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi steve1977,

first, yes you can test the Twonky-Server, without having a B&O-Device. Answering your thir question - the lisence for the Server just comes with the BS-Moment - not with the Essence. Lucky you - the license costs you  after a free 30 day trial just 19,95 $ - its not robbery, when you think of buying a B&O-Device. 😉

after installing Twonky, open your web-Browser, type in the ip-address of the mac/PC and add :9000 to the address (e.g. 192.168.178.195:9000) and then 1. go to settings/setup and name your Server

2. go to setting/sharing and type in the path to your music like Users\user\Music\ and set the category to music, 

3. under devices check -  Enable sharing for new media receivers automatically

save changes

4.Go to setting/Advanced start rescan content folders

5. Wait until the scan is done, have a look under settings/status

Now you should see with any DLNA-able Device (e.g. TV, mediaplayer-App....)  your server and should be able to listen to your itunes music including your playlists

If you don't, just check other threads about the Twonky-setup in this forum

Cheers Beroli

steve1977 wrote:

any twonky user around who can comment? thanks

Hi steve1977,

I replied to you more than 2 days ago. got the message, that my reply is under reviewing. thinking of the time I've spent to write the manual, I'd rather wait. I know, this is not your fault, but the reviewing messages I get in this forum, just for writing manuals without anything against the forum rules, made me a really angry. This issue is there now for months.

Cheers Beroli

Hi,

Hope my answer will be useful to you.

1) I do not use the iTunes lib file. My Twonky is running off a NAS, I just point the Twonky to the directory where the actual MP3 are stored, Twonky will scan the directory and generates it own lib file. I believe you can do the same for any laptop or PC running Twonky as well.

2) You will need an NL device. BeoMusic connects to the NL device and the NL device connects to Twonky to access the music files, This information is then send back to BeoMusic.

3) Only Moment came with free Twonky license for server. You will only need one license unless have music stored on different computers, but Moment can access one DLNA source only. I run Plex on my NAS as well, and the Essence is able to detect both Twonky and Plex, but I have never played anything from Plex on Essence so I do not know if it works.

Wee 

Thanks for your replies. Very clear on (2) and (3).

I would like to test the itunes integration as itunes playlists are a critical component and main reason for me to use twonky / NL. WIl the post eventually be approved or any more thoughts how (1) can be achieved?

For playlist from iTunes, what I did was export using iTunes, the playlist to .m3u file. Keep this file in the same directory where you keep all the music files or any directory that you have pointed Twonky to. The Twonky would pick up and make the playlist available to moment or essence. There are some feedback on the forum about sequence of songs being wrong, but I dun really care about it since I like to shuffle my play most of the time.

Wee

Thanks. I'd very much prefer not to take this approach as I'd like to keep them in sync and don't want to keep on exporting. Anyone tried to link to the library file. It is supposed to work, but somehow I fail to get it working, Anyone succeeded?

steve1977 wrote:

Thanks. I'd very much prefer not to take this approach as I'd like to keep them in sync and don't want to keep on exporting. Anyone tried to link to the library file. It is supposed to work, but somehow I fail to get it working, Anyone succeeded?

Hi steve1977,

no you can not point to the library file, just to the music folder which contains the itunes folder (and therefore your library as well). Twonky is clever enough to present your playlists created in iTunes as well. But when you buy a BS Moment the Moment will show the playlists like this Blues (iTunes). i hated that, thats why I used the same way like dreamer. If you export the playlists and put them in the folders, you will have 2 similar playlist ( Blues and Blues (iTunes) ) Therefore you have to make a decision, either itunes playlists or the export solution. In my case I prefer the exported solution, because the BS Moment is not as fast as we wish, when it comes to refreshing/recognizing  changes in iTunes.  

Cheer Beroli