Update from Original Minimserver to Minimserver 2

[Phil A]

Simon, from being out of commission for a bit (and still healing up), I'm just way behind on things (and there is lots of information on the links above but on different pages). I just went through the normal install from the prompt on my Synology NAS and ended up getting this message - "MinimServer 2.0.18 update 182, Copyright © 2012-2020 Simon Nash. All rights reserved.

Your license type is Starter. For more information, select the License tab." So I guess I now have the limited version 2 license and at some point later this year when I catch up more (on audio and non audio things and that will include taking apart the entire main system, as well as another system to have a bunch of inteconnected rooms painted, and the main is an integrated AV system with lots of components and the rack assembled is 350 pounds or about 159kg) I can go and do a detailed comparison of features and just upgrade to the paid version (which I imagine will be easy). I have to get other stuff done before that so I assume when I get to that it will be a simple process. The only thing I had to do was re-enter the location of my files (which just involved going to 'File Station' and getting the properties).

I did start up the audio system and the playlist was there and I played half a song and all worked well. As I noted, I was using the original Minimserver for years and my friend had problems (and he was a computer tech for bit and builds his own PCs) getting that up and running when he got a Synology NAS (someone talked him into another brand a few years before that and after seeing how easily mine worked he bought a Synology) last year. So I did a quick (couple of minute) refresh (on general Minimserver set-up) and I only had to do one quick thing when I got over to his place (which took seconds) to get his working.

He'll eventually get a Lumin player and he's already seen how well it works with Minimserver. He bought a (used) Teac NT-503 (he has a UD-503 DAC that he got after I brought over an old UD-501 I used at one point in a secondary system). Unfortunately, it (the NT-503) was defective and he is in the process of returning that. He couldn't get that set-up and brought it over last Thursday night and I got it working (didn't have it hooked to a system but the files were showing as playing) by putting the Teac HR Audio App on his iPad. Thanks so much for such a valuable program.