Cant get raspberry pi to connect to computer to share music folder

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hi
bit of a newbie question
i have volumio on a rasberry pi 4 all works fine
and i can can control it from my phone install plugins etc
i want to connect the pi to my pc which has a shared folder on it
(which i can access wirelessly via my laptop using the folder user name and password)
but i cant seem to get it to share to the pi ?
is this possible or do i need NAS box to connect it to
many thanks in advance Glenn

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You need to give more explanation.
When you talk about sharing, who is the source (who holds the share)? Your PC or the rPi?

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my pc has the folder which is set to share (everyone)
i can connect my laptop wirelessly and play the files on my laptop from my pc so i know the share works on my pc to laptop
what i want to know is rather than having usb pen drives in the pi to play music from can i connect the pi to my pc to play music stored on a drive on my pc over the network?

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Then you need to setup a share in Volumio to your computer in sources.
You need to enable Samba or NFS in “Turn Windows features on/off”
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And setup a new connection in Volumio:

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had a go and i think im almost there but still cant see folder on pi

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this is the folder i want to share

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Euh… You’re creative :smile:

You have an IP address and a path to your shared folder.
So your PC is on 192.168.1.8 and the shared folder is called MEDIA?
It should look something like this:

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Under advanced option, you can most likely select CIFS and use the username and password, to access this share.

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cool that has worked
many thanks

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Thanks for reporting back!!

Enjoy your music.