'Add to favourites' function when using HDD via USB

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Janis

• July 20, 2019 16:22
• Edited

Hey all,

I very often use the 'Add to favourites' function when discovering new albums or tracks when browsing my personal hi-res music from my desktop PC (sharing via network). However I wanted a different solution so that I do not have to leave my desktop PC powered on all the time. So I connected my external HDD directly to the Bluesound Node 2i and sadly I can't find the 'Add to favourites' function when accessing my music via the 'USB' mode on the app. Is this intentional? Is this a bug? I'm really depending on favourites, otherwise I can't find the music I like.

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  Wesley P.

  • July 22, 2019 16:00
  • Edited

  Hello Janis,
  
  Due to the fact that any favorites saved from your USB HDD will be lost when the USB HDD is disconnected from your Node 2i, the BluOS app does not allow for music on a USB HDD to be saved as a favorite.

  What I would suggest in the meantime to ensure your music library is always available even while your computer is powered off would be to store your music library on a NAS drive. 

  With that being said I will forward your feedback along to our Quality Assurance team to see if we can find a workaround for this issue and allow for USB favorites in a future BluOS update.

  Regards,
  Wesley P.
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  Janis

  • July 22, 2019 21:28

  Hi Wesley, I see your point. But am I really the only one doing this? I just bought an external HDD for this which is only connected to the Node 2i, is no one else using it like that? I didnt want a NAS since it's more expensive and I didn’t see any benefits getting it just for audio.

  When a favourite is not found you could display the saved favorites as greyed-out or with a small 'disconnect' icon in the upper right corner of the music art. Hope you consider this feature request, would make me happy :-)

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