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bobinatcat
Sep 30, 2011Aspirant
Folder Arrangement Issues.
Hi all, I am very new to this but my issue is I run two x Western Digital (2tb) in a ReadyNAS NV+ which is running RAID1. Strange as I selected flexible RAID0 but oh well, it can be reformatte...
StephenB
Sep 30, 2011Guru - Experienced User
It is easy/common to mix up DLNA access with the other protocols.
sphardy wrote: ...You may be mixing up DLNA access with standard file access.
Media clients like WD HD TV and PS3 communicate with the ReadyNAS DLNA server - this is a read-only media server that grants simple access to all media that is found in the locations specified when configuring the server in Frontview, consolidating it by type. There is no form of security associated with this server beyond specifying which shares/folders are served
The standard file protocols give you direct access to all files - media and other - on your NAS and access can be controlled ...
WD HDTV (like Netgear's NTV and similar products) support multiple file protocols - DLNA, CIFs, and often NFS. Usually you lose some features if you use DLNA - external subtitle support, ISO playback, etc.
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