Help !

Almarg
Let me clarify as I must have explained poorly.

I sold the Vault a while ago.
I made a USB hdd copy of its contents.
Connected this to a Win10 PC.
JRiver was able to read, play,catalog etc everything on it.
I was then able to copy albums from this USB hdd, using JRiver through the win10 pc to another USB thumb drive.
I was able then to take said thumb drive over to my Ayre EX8 and insert unto one of its USB ports.
Using MControl ( Ayre app to control) I could read and play albums on this thumb drive through the Ayre EX8.

Hope that helps.

@Uberwaltz, thanks for the clarification. I was misinterpreting that the thumb drive you referred to was connected to the Vault, for copying to, rather than to the Ayre, for playback.

I don’t know, of course, if the USB HDD you connected to the Vault, to which you copied the Vault’s files, was formatted in FAT32 or NTFS, but JRiver running on Windows 10 would have been able to read its contents either way.

And the Linux operating system that is presumably running in the Vault would presumably have no problem writing to a FAT32-formatted drive that is connected to one of its USB ports, regardless of whether that drive is a thumb drive or an HDD or an SSD. I’m uncertain, though, if that copying process would work if one of those drives is formatted in NTFS. The answer in that case might depend on the specific version and configuration of the Linux installation.

@Schubert, very good practical decision, and a very good suggestion by @Roberjerman!

Best,
-- Al

one last thing to consider is, if you have an internet connection and don't want to bother coping your CD's try a Tidal or Spotify streaming service.

 I was going  to get a Bluesound vault but after I got Tidal I can't be bothered as most CDs I was going to copy are already there just click and play. granted you need an account and that usually runs $10-$20 a month. but it goes were you go and you only need a steamer - computer.

Schubert.
Great idea and likely the best result.
Hopefully as you go through the process you will find some to "cull" at the same time and also find some treasures that remind you why you bought them in the first place.

Almarg.

At this stage I have no idea how the drive was formatted but it worked ... Lol.

Any of my networked devices like my pair of Chromecast Audio streamers also see the ex-Vault music hdd connected to both my win10pc and even the USB flashdive in the Ayre with the selected albums I transferred.

At this stage I have no idea how the drive was formatted but it worked

When that drive is connected to a Windows 10 computer just open the Windows File Manager, select "This PC" on the left if it isn’t already selected, then right-click on the icon or listing for that drive and select "Properties." Under the "General" tab of the box that will appear the type of file system it has been formatted with (e.g. NTFS or FAT32) will be indicated.

As I mentioned, Windows, JRiver, and for that matter any other program running on Windows will have no problem seeing and working with either format. The uncertainty (or at least my uncertainty) is whether the Vault can write to an NTFS-formatted drive that is connected to one of its USB ports.

Best,
-- Al