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can i install a video converter program and run from NAS
i'm still trying to understand what a nas is exactly and what it can do more than backup my data. i do know the 422 can transcode from the nas to my tivo for instance.
but can i load a program like any video converter on the NAS and it transcode from something like mkv to mp4 and keep the new video on the nas drive instead of sending it somewhere? basically i convert videos for a friend to play on her roku and thats what i use the AVC program for. but even with my 16 gigs of ram my machine is pegged on max when the program runs and id love to off load that to the NAS if possible. (i regulary have about 20 tabs open across 2 different browsers which doenst help the ram situation)
or does the programs the nas has on it already do this and i dont need AVC
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ReadyNAS is a server that is optimized for storage. It runs debian linux. I don't believe that AVC is available for linux. Even if it were, you'd need to manual install it using the linux command line. If you don't know what you are doing, you can brick your NAS doing that.
Plex does have a feature that will do off-line transcoding - though I've never used it. You could try that and see if it works for you.
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