Music gadget advice pls?

[anonymous-user]

Hi all

I'm not the youngest on the block anymore but do have 100's and 100's of songs sitting on a an external hard drive and want to play them at BBQ's in the garden where I have no wifi signal.

I have itunes, an iphone and android mobiles along with a bluetooth speaker and 2 x echo's

What is the easiest way to make them play, don't mind if I have to buy something if it makes the problem easier to solve.

Thanks in advance for your help as I'm out of touch with what's available

Cheers

[GetCarter]

If you have a bluetooth speaker, and an iPhone, you can play songs anywhere - wifi has nothing to do with it...

Just copy songs onto your phone if they are in the cloud...

...or am I missing something?

Edited by GetCarter on Monday 8th May 15:02

[RizzoTheRat]

Easy option is iTunes, sync to your iPhone and then Bluetooth to the speaker, assuming there's enough storage space on your phone.

Alternatively maybe consider buying a second hand iPod Classic, assuming your bluetooth speaker has the option for a line in as the old iPods don't have bluetooth.

[anonymous-user]

GetCarter said:

If you have a bluetooth speaker, and an iPhone, you can play songs anywhere - wifi has nothing to do with it...

Just copy songs onto your phone if they are in the cloud...

...or am I missing something?

Edited by GetCarter on Monday 8th May 15:02

Thanks and maybe, my songs are on a physical hard drive

[GetCarter]

mgsontour said:

GetCarter said:

If you have a bluetooth speaker, and an iPhone, you can play songs anywhere - wifi has nothing to do with it...

Just copy songs onto your phone if they are in the cloud...

...or am I missing something?

Edited by GetCarter on Monday 8th May 15:02

Thanks and maybe, my songs are on a physical hard drive

Get the hard drive and iPhone talking to each other... job sorted.

[JimbobVFR]

If you ha e enough storage on one of the phones that could work, maybe one of the android phones might even have a slot for an SSD card.

It is possible to connect a hard drive to most android phones but power to the drive can be a problem sometimes. I've used a 2.5" portable harddrive with several different android phones

A better option for extra storage could be one of these USB memory sticks plugged directly into an Android phones USB C port.

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[anonymous-user]

JimbobVFR said:

If you ha e enough storage on one of the phones that could work, maybe one of the android phones might even have a slot for an SSD card.

It is possible to connect a hard drive to most android phones but power to the drive can be a problem sometimes. I've used a 2.5" portable harddrive with several different android phones

A better option for extra storage could be one of these USB memory sticks plugged directly into an Android phones USB C port.

SanDisk 64GB Ultra Dual Drive Go USB Type-C Flash Drive with reversible USB Type-C and USB Type-A connectors, for smartphones, tablets, Macs and computers, Black https://amzn.eu/d/bPjJ16n

This seems to be a decent answer, cheers

[anonymous-user]

GetCarter said:

Get the hard drive and iPhone talking to each other... job sorted.

Cheers but how do I get a stand alone hard drive to talk to my iphone? Sorry for sounding stupid but if you don't know you just have to ask

[manracer]

If you have mobile signal then you could connect your hard drive to your router via ethernet cable, then set up something like Plex and stream them.

Or transfer the bulk of songs to a memory card and insert that to your android phone and play via Bluetooth

Or transfer to your iPhone as has been said

[dave_s13]

Invest in mesh WiFi and site a point in a room adjacent the garden, or if you've got a shed/garage with power, in there.

You should then end up with a decent WiFi signal outside.

You can then stream via your phone to a Bluetooth speakerz or buy a smart speaker.

No need for the hard drive then.

If you really want to access the hard drive you could plug that into a pc/laptop then make it discoverable on your phone.

[mattley]

mgsontour said:

What is the easiest way to make them play, don't mind if I have to buy something if it makes the problem easier to solve

Cheap laptop plug drives in Bluetooth speakers.