write access to external USB drive

Answered

Guenther Kleedehn

• December 05, 2023 12:32

Hello. 
Using a Bluesound Node N130  version 4.2.0 
Have a SSD plugged to USB port of the Node. 
A personal computer in the same network can read data from there. 
But it is not possible to write to the SSD. 
This would be helpful to add further music files to the drive, 
without plugging off the drive from the Node 
which is integrated to a hifi rack. 

Please allow write access to an external USB drive. 

Thank you. 

Guenther K   in december 2023 

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• Official comment

  

  Tony W.

  Product Support Manager

  • December 05, 2023 18:15

  Hi Guenther

  This would be dependant on how the drive was formatted - it is likely that if you cannot write to it, it was formatted as Windows' NTFS and not Fat32.
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  Guenther Kleedehn

  • December 07, 2023 08:25

  Thank you for fast reply. 

  Now i tried the file systems NTFS, FAT32 and EXT3. 
  All are running well with Bluesound Node 
  and can be read out from the personal computer. 

  But unfortunately the write access is still not active. 
  Writing is not possible, independent from file system. 
  The access rights cannot be changed from the computer. 

  Would appreciate to have write access to the external USB drive. 

  Thanks. 
  Guenther K

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  Kevin Coffey

  • January 06, 2024 23:08

  I am using a USB-connected SSD formatted EXFAT. Does this formatting change anything?

  Would also appreciate being able to write new music files to the SSD without disconnecting it from the N130.

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  Coen

  • January 15, 2024 13:38

  Same problem with a Node2. No write permission while plugged in. Would be very handy to be able to write via network without the need to unplug. Has nothing to do with NTFS or Fat32.

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