Music folders on external HDD attached to router

[embeathome]

Hi, I have successfullu installed and set up Subsonic server. My media folders are stored on external HDD which is attached to router Asus through USB. Server is installed on desktop PC. But this PC is not running 24/7, actually it is running very rarely. So my question is if it is possible to listen to the music without turning on this desktop PC? Or installing Subsonic to this Asus router? I don't want and I don't need to have my desktop PC running 24/7

Thanks,
Martin

[mitrailer]

Sorry, but your computer needs to be on

[markle]

Hi Martin,

If the PC has the Subsonic software on it and you turn off the PC you can't access subsonic and therefore the HDD on the router.

Also, you can't install subsonic on the router. The hardware manufacture wouldn't allow this. You could find some resources on the internet that might tell you otherwise but it's not an advisable way to go.

If you have an old computer lying around you could turn it into a low power headless music server.

Or do what I have done and build a purpose FreeNAS device.

Cheers.

[embeathome]

Thank you! My NAS has some 14TB and eating some 70W so that would mean approx 26kW/year. I think I could build some dedicated very light PC for Subsonic Maybe a Rapsbery....

[acroyear]

I got a dell mini for about $100 - low end, 32g SDD card (so most of the software data is on external hard drives, and the music files on a network drive attached to a bigger box). upgrading the memory to 8g made a huge difference for only another $50 or so, and that box serves up Subsonic, Plex, Owncloud, and port-80 proxies to some other boxes.

The raspberry pi option might be a little cheaper (no need for the windows license that comes with the dell), but any low-end 64bit box can serve up subsonic audio pretty well. Video transcoding may take a little longer, but that depend on your needs.