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316/516 + DLNA/PLEX questions
I am looking at purchasing either the ReadyNAS 316 or 516 in the near future, and have some questions about the built in DLNA server versus installing the Plex Media Server. I understand the differ...
Ok hears my findings? I don't know what's going on so maybe you could advise me on what I have discovered?
I have completely removed Plex app completely from my NAS Drive system.
I then installed the older version, I set up a small folder of music videos as a test as I didn't want to wait while it scans in over 1000!
I enabled my DLNA Server, tried the TV and it WORKED!!! What I noticed on the Media Server screen on the TV was it tells me that the Video I'm selecting from the list on the media server is a MP4 format which is correct and everything play as per normal :-)
Now here's the strange thing? I then log onto plex server to Connect it up, give me two green tick and says successfully connected to server.
Then I go back to TV and try it again, the first time I notice that the DLNA service is now missing? So I go back to plex and the tick has gone from the Enable DLNA Server ? So I re-check it and save the changes
Then I go back to TV again select the same Video which played moments earlier and the TV tell me now it's format is VIDEO and guess what it's broken??? I get a "Please Wait" then stuttering playback starts after about 6 seconds?
So what is happening when I connect my Plex to the server and it somehow chances the format of my videos from MP4 to VIDEO and hence the TV doesn't like it?
Another observation was if I do a clean install of the current version that won't work at all???
With the older version installed I have no "Remove" option, so to enable me to remove it, I have to upgrade it to the current version and then the "Remove" option has returned?
So I'm now quite confused as to what to do next? and I've also lost ALL my libraries and there's no point me re-building them till I can get to the bottom as to what's going on?
Something changes once I connect to the Plex server to change this format option from MP4 to VIDEO?
Any ideas???? Please!!
I have completely removed Plex app completely from my NAS Drive system.
I then installed the older version, I set up a small folder of music videos as a test as I didn't want to wait while it scans in over 1000!
I enabled my DLNA Server, tried the TV and it WORKED!!! What I noticed on the Media Server screen on the TV was it tells me that the Video I'm selecting from the list on the media server is a MP4 format which is correct and everything play as per normal :-)
Now here's the strange thing? I then log onto plex server to Connect it up, give me two green tick and says successfully connected to server.
Then I go back to TV and try it again, the first time I notice that the DLNA service is now missing? So I go back to plex and the tick has gone from the Enable DLNA Server ? So I re-check it and save the changes
Then I go back to TV again select the same Video which played moments earlier and the TV tell me now it's format is VIDEO and guess what it's broken??? I get a "Please Wait" then stuttering playback starts after about 6 seconds?
So what is happening when I connect my Plex to the server and it somehow chances the format of my videos from MP4 to VIDEO and hence the TV doesn't like it?
Another observation was if I do a clean install of the current version that won't work at all???
With the older version installed I have no "Remove" option, so to enable me to remove it, I have to upgrade it to the current version and then the "Remove" option has returned?
So I'm now quite confused as to what to do next? and I've also lost ALL my libraries and there's no point me re-building them till I can get to the bottom as to what's going on?
Something changes once I connect to the Plex server to change this format option from MP4 to VIDEO?
Any ideas???? Please!!
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