Make USB Drive Visible Again in the MAIN Menu A Formal Change Request for BluOS 4.1

Jacob Kroes

• October 20, 2023 10:27

A Formal Change Request for BluOS 4.1

Make USB Drive Visible Again in the MAIN Menu

NOT: Hidden under Libraries / Folders

THANK YOU

 

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• Official comment

  

  Tony W.

  Product Support Manager

  • October 20, 2023 14:59

  HI Jacob

  We made it easier, faster and more sharable this way... try it. You can also still see the USB separately under Library - Folders.

  If however, Server Mode is not for you, you can select Settings, Music Library, and disable Server Mode. Once disabled, remove the USB, re-insert and say NO to the prompt.

  Full details here;https://support.bluos.net/hc/en-us/articles/360062936913
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  Erpe69

  • October 20, 2023 23:40

  Instruction from Tony W. worked for me: disable Server Mode, remove USB drive, reinsert USB drive, answer  "No" when prompted for "Share USB drive with other players on this network?". Then USB drive become/stays as separate device in the menu with all features available like in BluOs 3.*

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  Jacob Kroes

  • October 21, 2023 09:45

  Nów it's working, after the instructions above and
  re-instaling the Android app V4.01
  Thanks!

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  Joan Rodenbaugh

  • October 21, 2023 19:17

  The problem with this is inherent. Turn off server mode and your USB disk connected to your Router will no longer work with Samba. If you have both a Samba connection and a USB drive plugged into the back of your Blusound device they will be grouped together under a Library tab. The direct connected USB will show up if you choose Folders and your folders will be indexed. The Samba drive will not be indexed that way, I get no Folder view, but all the rest of the choices.

  Now here is the problem, if you have some of the same songs on both drives it will show two entries for the same song without a way to know which one is playing unless you go to technical info and look at the path. Even if you choose a song that's listed as being on the local USB drive it defaults to the one on the Network. It gets messy. I'm going to stick with the local USB and load more music on it and forget about using the Samba drive.

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  Jacob Kroes

  • October 21, 2023 19:26

  Thanks for the explanation.
  I got it workable now.

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