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Streaming videos remotely to ipad on 3G, help please
Hi, I am a newbie and not very technology savvy, am trying to stream videos from my readynas 4 bay to iPad via 3G. I've tried the readycloud and readyDLNA but it just stalls before the video ever starts. Plex doesn't seem to be bale to play most of the videos, saying they are unplayable, whilst I'm not clear how I set up 8player to remotely access my NAS.
Apologies as this is probably very simple but thanks in advance for any advice.
Apologies as this is probably very simple but thanks in advance for any advice.
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- The problem is that the videos are exceeding the bitrate for 3G. 8player won't help.
They need to be converted to a lower quality/bitrate. Plex will do that on the fly on the RN300 or RN500, but the RN104 doesn't have enough horsepower for real-time transcoding.
Perhaps try installing plex on a PC, and see if that works ok. If it does, you can just run it there (keeping the media on the RN104), or upgrade to the RN300 series.
Another option is to convert the media off-line, and keep a second (lower quality) copy of the NAS for 3G streaming. - Thanks. I've tried plex on my pc and that works fine, how would I use this to help the iPad? And so if I'm on wifi away from my home I shouldn't have any issues?
If you install the plex server on a home PC, you can stream your 3G content using that server. It does require that PC to be on while you are away, and that a plex port be forwarded in your router to the PC.DavidCX wrote: Thanks. I've tried plex on my pc and that works fine, how would I use this to help the iPad? And so if I'm on wifi away from my home I shouldn't have any issues?
WiFi is usually faster than 3G when away from home, but if the internet connection is slow (for instance in a hotel) you might still run into situations where transcoding/rate reduction is needed.
Some hotels might also block the ports you need, in which case plex won't connect at all. (Most don't, but some do).- Ok thanks I will look into that, is it also an alternative that I download the video via the readynas remote and then watch it or will that not work? Thanks for your advice.
- You can always download it first - it might take a while though.
Goodreader can also be used to download (though that requires you to set up FTP, and forward some ports in your router). - Ok so do you know where I would find a guide to setting up the port forward for the plex to the pc and then. How would I access that remotely?
- There's a quick start guide here: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articl ... ep-by-Step
Details on how to forward to some degree depend on your router.
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