Nucleus with attached USB drive for music storage
Roon application running on a Windows 11 PC
Networking Gear & Setup Details
Xfinity cable/internet through Netgear CM500 cable model
WiFi through eero mesh network
Connected Audio Devices
Cambridge Audio DACMagic200M
Cambridge Audio CVN music server
Marantrz SR7100 AV receiver
Number of Tracks in Library
17000
Description of Issue
I have set up the Nucleus with an external USB drive to store my music. How do I add music as I purchase more (e.g. a new CD or something from HDTracks)?
I use copy/paste or drag/drop from my Windows laptop with file explorer under Network. I have a NUC/ROCK and Rock shows up under Network then Data - Storage - Internal Storage. Not sure how the Nucleus shows up but it should be something similar. Instead of Internal Storage the external device may be listed by name.
Thank you Mike. The Nucleus is not showing up under Network. I suspect you are on the right track, however. Hopefully someone will have come across a similar situation. Thank you for taking the time to answer.
You may need to enable private network sharing. I switched from Ethernet to Wi-Fi on my laptop after the Ethernet port crapped out and I had to do that. On my laptop when I used the file explorer and selected Network nothing was there but at the top of the screen there was a line with Network listed and a drop down with 2 options, one to enable external exposure and one for private internal sharing. I picked the private option and Rock became visible in the network. There is also something to do with SMB share that might be needed.
Type in \\Nucleus\ into the address field of Windows File Explorer and press Enter. Sometimes Windows is not very good at finding non-Windows devices in the home network, and can forget them as well.
If you see the Data folder, you’ve made the connection with the Nucleus and you want to open this and navigate to the Internal Storage folder:
\\Nucleus\Data\Storage\InternalStorage
If you get an error message instead, then we’ll need to persuade your Windows 11 to relax a bit and get it to connect to your Nucleus.
As a temporary get around you could just plug the external hard drive into your PC if that is where you downloaded /ripped the music to and just drag it over to the hard drive.
Thank you Rod. Unfortunately the drive is buried in the back of my system console and difficult to get to. Someone was able to give me the command to access the Nucleus from my PC so I’m on the right track. Thank you again for responding.
Thanks Geoff. That works. I ordered a couple albums from HDTracks and was able to copy them to the Nucleus. They are showing up in my Library and playing. Thank you!