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Has anyone done this with a Bluesound Vault?

So I have a Bluesound Vault and I have been ripping CDs to it's internal 2tb HDD. My understanding is that the files are ripped as Flac files. So far, so good.

But I have a very big library of Aiff music files (500 gb) that were ripped for Itunes and are kept on a My Cloud HDD. I have played them with my Bluesound Node 2. 

So here is the question. Has anyone transferred any Aiff music files or other compatible music files ONTO
the HDD of the Vault from another HDD and played them just like the ripped files from the Bluesound Vault? I am assuming that if the metadata for the artwork is present for Bluesound to use and the files are readable for the vault it should be a quicker process of moving music files onto the Vault HDD rather than ripping those same CDs.
128x1282psyop
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Haven’t done it yet, but will be at some point (just 10% into ripping my CD’s ... isn’t this a function of re-indexing the library?
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2psyop OP
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Yes I think you are correct, that is the end step.

I am at the point now where my files are ready and I will start moving albums over from my HDD to the Vault HDD, most likely in small batches of 10 at a time. I can report back here if the Vault has any problems reading and playing the files. Crossed fingers.
I have about 500 gb of albums (uncompressed AIFF files) which should take about 1/4 the space of the 2tb drive in the Vault.
mahler123
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I assume you know this already, but in case you don’t...the files don’t need to reside on the HD of the Vault in order to be played.  As long as your computer and the Vault are on the same network, the Network Player function of the Vault will recognize and play them.  No need to use up the Hard Drive of the Vault.
  If the goal is to clear the HD of the computer, you can transfer the files to a separate HD and the Vaults will still play them
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2psyop OP
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Mahler.. good to know. Thanks. I have been playing these files from a MyCloud HDD, just wanted to keep all files in one place. That's kinda why I bought the Vault but your point is good information.... I am probably slightly OCD with this preference. haha
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