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Playing my music from my NAS on my Echo Dot

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JohnWB

Playing my music from my NAS on my Echo Dot
« on: April 01, 2017, 12:40:46 pm »
Is there a way I can play my music from my Synology NAS on my Echo Dot.

I thought it may work via Bluetooth but was not sure if one of the USB Bluetooth adaptors available on Amazon would be suitable

Also I am not sure how you would get them to talk to each other, can anybody help please

mike27oct

Re: Playing my music from my NAS on my Echo Dot
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2017, 01:15:26 pm »
The Echo devices do not see other devices on a home network such as a NAS.  Therefore, the way to listen to music stored in a NAS is to play music from a mobile device and then send the output of mobile device via BT to the Dot.

JohnWB

Re: Playing my music from my NAS on my Echo Dot
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2017, 01:47:52 pm »
The Echo devices do not see other devices on a home network such as a NAS.  Therefore, the way to listen to music stored in a NAS is to play music from a mobile device and then send the output of mobile device via BT to the Dot.

Thanks Mike

mike27oct

Re: Playing my music from my NAS on my Echo Dot
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2017, 04:09:58 pm »
We can even send music from an old iPod to echo devices with a small BT transmitter on the headphone jack of the iPod.