I am creating a poll for various options of media playback with specific focus on audio files.
Which would be technically more appropriate irrespective of the fact that it is linux/debian/windows/mac based.
Here are the options.
Playback via
1. NAS based hard drive
2. Hard drive connected to routers
3. Hard drive directly connected to the USB port of the transport/playback device say a streamer/PC/etc
4. Hard Disk directly connected to internal SATA bay if such an option is available in the transport/playback device.
5. Playback of the files from a personal cloud storage
Further, any differences between externally powered HDD or a HDD that draws power from the host.
Which would be technically more appropriate irrespective of the fact that it is linux/debian/windows/mac based.
Here are the options.
Playback via
1. NAS based hard drive
2. Hard drive connected to routers
3. Hard drive directly connected to the USB port of the transport/playback device say a streamer/PC/etc
4. Hard Disk directly connected to internal SATA bay if such an option is available in the transport/playback device.
5. Playback of the files from a personal cloud storage
Further, any differences between externally powered HDD or a HDD that draws power from the host.