I have tried typing in the address of my music collection on my ZIMA Nas, but nothing works. Not using the ip address, not the name of the disk, nothing. Any ideas?
A few things to check first because most audio streamers are very picky about how NAS shares are exposed.
Usually the streamer needs one of these:
- SMB network share
- DLNA/UPnP media server
- Plex server
- Direct folder path in format like:
\\IP_ADDRESS\ShareName
On ZimaOS, the most common issue is people trying to point the streamer to the disk path instead of the shared folder name.
I would first check:
- Is the music folder actually shared in the Files app?
- Can another device on the network open it first?
For example from Windows:
\\192.168.x.x
- Try using the NAS IP directly instead of hostname.
- Make sure SMB is enabled under ZimaOS network/file sharing.
- Some streamers only support SMBv1 or SMBv2 and fail with newer SMB configs.
Instead of using:
/music
or disk names, try:
\\192.168.x.x\Music
(replace Music with the actual shared folder name)
Also important:
many audio streamers do not browse normal SMB shares well and work much better with DLNA.
You could try installing a DLNA server app like:
- Jellyfin
- MiniDLNA
- Emby
Then the streamer usually auto-detects the library instantly.
If you can post:
- the audio streamer model
- the exact path you tried
- whether SMB or DLNA is being used
then it’ll be much easier to narrow down.