Streaming from ReadyNAS without password

Access won't be an issue since you can setup either anonymous access to shares on a network or user accounts (with u/p) and automatically save the u/p on the local machine used. It would depned on the nature of how your team works (shared computers, or dedicated comptuers, remote profiles, etc.)...this would be for video transfers, but may not be the best way to do it. Streaming content may be a better way, but that depends on the software used. Not sure what you meant by access via URL (weblink?), since if the software uses a URL to access videos, then you'd probalby need a webserver setup for video streaming videos from your NAS (either a seperate server or directly from your NAS), eg Emby, Kodi, Plex, Mezzmo, Media Portal, etc..

The bigger issues would be, how to manage multiple users IF editing the same video? If the video is just for viewing, then this would not be an issue and there are many solutions to stream to multiple users, again it depends on the software you use to view videos.

Also getting the right NAS (and fast enough network speed) to cater for simultaneous video viewing - this would depend on the quality and size of the videos (4k - 8k, etc.), weather or not they'll be streamed or transfered.

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webmister wrote:

We analyze sport videos with a dedicated software. 
This software basically opens a video file.

Do you think it would be possible for me to access the videos without any login? I'm worried that once I set the url of the video in our software, then it wouldn't be possible to play it, because of the protected access on the ReadyNAS.

I'm not sure what you mean by "set the URL of the video in our software".  Do you mean "enter the URL"?  Also, do you mean a URL or a UNC?

If you are playing the file in a web browser (or using a URL), then you can set up the NAS to allow read (or even read-write) access over HTTP/HTTPs.  Then the video can be played using https://nasname/sharename/filename (obviously substituting actual names).  You will get a security exception from the browser (or the player software) when you first connect, and you will need to somehow click-through that warning.  With VLC for example, you will need to click on "view certifcate" and then accept it.  In the specific case of VLC, you can tell the player to accept it permanently.

If you are accessing the file with SMB (or directly from the PC drive), then you'd be using an UNC, or perhaps selecting the file from a mapped drive on the PC. 

Either way, whether you need a password depends on how the NAS access controls are set up (and in the case of SMB access in Windows, what credentials you have stored in the Windows Credentials Manager on the PC).

If you planning to use SMB, you can pilot this by creating a share on one of the PCs, and seeing if your tools work when you access a video on that share from a different PC.

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webmister wrote:

- We can access them through the internet

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This part is a bit more complicated, and you should be careful about managing access here.  One option is to deploy a VPN.  Many routers (including Netgear Nighthawks and Orbis) have built-in support for OpenVPN.  When working remotely, you'd first use OpenVPN to access your work network, and then you'd be able to work from home as if you were in the office.

How well this would work also depends on your internet speed, since you'd all be sharing that connection.  For playback, the upload internet speed is what matters (and often that is less than the download speed).