Hqplayer Bootable USB

Using HQplayer Embedded, so need the Linux embedded license

Made with a MAC using these instructions

Download image from here

hqplayer-embedded-4.28.3-x64amd

gen is for generic and the "amd" is for (AVX2) ones. My i7-9700K processor supports AVX2

Basically you need to download latest image from directory above, then write to USB stick using Etcher which is now balenaEtcher

Burn stick

Plug into PC, then setup PC bios to boot from stick

LOGIN

Connect monitor and keyboard to PC. Boot, and at prompt, type "root" to login, no password to log in.
Note that SSH interface is not enabled.

Setting up a NAS

Using USB drive attached to my Asus RT-AX86U router.

Click USB Application on left, then "Servers Center".

Enable "uPnP Media Server" to yes

Manual media server path, then add directories you want to use.

Go to "Network Place (Samba) Share / Cloud Disk" tab.

Turn Enable Share on. Allow guest on, or enter samba login info.

Enter device name to an easy one.

Samba Protocol Version. Set to SMBv1 + SMBv2

Test path to USB drive. In a browser window, enter

smb://rt-86u/2gb/music_1tb

smb://rt-86u/2gb/music01

where rt-86u is device name for asus router and 2gb and music_1tb and music01 are directories/subdirectories on the usb drive

My macbook asks to open a finder window. Click "Open Window", and if the path is correct, it should open the directory

I entered the device name as shown here in the Asus setup window.

Log into HQP OS per above.

Make a couple subdirectories, these are the mount points.

cd /mnt

mkdir music01

mkdir music_1tb

You would navigate to /mnt/stuff or /mnt/music_1tb to find the music files, after the nas is mounted.

Now setup to mount on power on or reset

cd /etc
nano fstab

Now you are ready to edit fstab, add these lines to fstab, I added at the end.

192.168.xxx.xxx is the address of the NAS. Rest of the first term in the location of the music files on the NAS.

//rt-86u/2gb/music_1tb /mnt/music_1tb cifs guest,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.device-timeout=60,vers=1.0 0 0

//rt-86u/2gb/music01 /mnt/music01 cifs guest,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.device-timeout=60,vers=2.0 0 0

//192.168.xxx.xxx/USB_Storage/stuff /mnt/stuff cifs guest,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.device-timeout=60,vers=2.0 0 0

//192.168.xxx.xxx/USB_Storage/music_1tb /mnt/music_1tb cifs guest,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.device-timeout=60,vers=2.0 0 0

Reset, and you should be able to go to /mnt/stuff or /mnt/music_1tb and see the files

Now you go to the library tab in the hqplayer webpage, and have it scan /mnt/music01 and /mnt/music_1tb

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