Streaming continued with NAS turned off

[paulM]

I am a recent user and a self confessed computer luddite. I upgraded to the full licence for one reason only - to get Radio Paradise back after it stopped coming through TuneIn. Whilst I didn't think I would be able to get it going without begging for help, I was pleasantly surprised that even with my limited knowledge, I got it working with the minimum fuss, thanks to borrowing some scripts written by others.

I had a power cut yesterday that caused mayhem on my network. It took a while to get the various items of kit to reappear on my network, but when I had both the NAS and my DS visible, I tried to stream some radio. To my surprise, none of the BBC HLS streams worked but the Radio Paradise streams did. My computer knowledge is usually limited to rebooting and hoping for the best, so my next step was to turn the NAS off. Radio Paradise was streaming at the time, but I expected that it would stop when the NAS powered down. To my amazement, it continued to play. I left the NAS turned off for half an hour, just to make sure - and it continued to play for the entire time.

When I powered back up, everything returned to normal, so I have no issue to resolve but I am incredibly curious as to how/why the radio continued to play when the NAS, through which it streams, was turned off?

By the way, my wife and I are delighted to have Radio Paradise back, so thank you for providing a means with which to do it. Hopefully she will stop playing that bloody Harry Stiles CD now and our marriage will be saved!!