NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Streaming from ReadyNAS without password
Hi all :) I work in a small staff (7 persons). We analyze sport videos with a dedicated software. This software basically opens a video file. As we have tons of videos to store and share, my...
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.
Thanks a lot!
To open a video, basically I give the location of the file to the software. The standard use is to give it a local path, but in the last weeks I started giving it the path of files that are otherwhere on the LAN, and it's working. That's why I wondered... what if I connect to the ReadyNaS and then I give the path to the video like "\\path-to-the-video"?
No editing on the video, only playing.
No 4K, only compressed videos (mp4, avi).
Accessing via \\<path> is standard NAS access over LAN, etc. - can even mount the shares as local (network) drives if needed (say, profile mount as Z: drive when logging into the computer, etc.).
I'd also recoomend read-only anon access if there's no editing involved, it ensure no-one can delete the videos and keepts their integrity. You can then use u/p's for the admin stuff.
- Will the \\path... work also trough the internet if everything is configured in the right way?
Thanks for all your help :)
webmister wrote:
Will the \\path... work also through the internet if everything is configured in the right way?If you want to use \\path... (in other words: UNCs) over the internet, then you need to deploy a VPN, so you will have secured access.
ReadyCloud includes a VPN, but I don't think you'll get the performance you need for video editing.
How fast is the company's internet service (uplink and downlink)?
NETGEAR Academy
Boost your skills with the Netgear Academy - Get trained, certified and stay ahead with the latest Netgear technology!
Join Us!
