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Most preferred way to stream to TV?
I have a ReadyNAS 104. I'd like to stream avi and mp4 files from it to my TV. They are both connected to the network. What's the most preferred way of doing that? I'm guessing one way of doing it i...
Hi StephenB (& Twink)
First of all, let me wish you and all the other forum members a happy new year and may all your technical (IT related) problems be small and easily solved.
If you check my previous post you will see that I was looking into a hardware solution to solve the problem of my NAS being unable to support transcoding. Well, I've found an alternative software solution.
I first found out that Plex will play all MP4 files without transcoding, therefore all I then needed was a software converter to transfer all my other video files into MP4 files, which I have found and it works without loss of picture or sound quality.
However, there is one small(ish) problem, when a file is converted the actual converted files can grow to five or six times it's original size, e.g. an original 60MB file can produce a converted playable MP4 file of approximately 300+ MBs.
I now have to be more selective about the files I want to keep, which in itself is not a big deal
UK Bob
First of all, let me wish you and all the other forum members a happy new year and may all your technical (IT related) problems be small and easily solved.
If you check my previous post you will see that I was looking into a hardware solution to solve the problem of my NAS being unable to support transcoding. Well, I've found an alternative software solution.
I first found out that Plex will play all MP4 files without transcoding, therefore all I then needed was a software converter to transfer all my other video files into MP4 files, which I have found and it works without loss of picture or sound quality.
However, there is one small(ish) problem, when a file is converted the actual converted files can grow to five or six times it's original size, e.g. an original 60MB file can produce a converted playable MP4 file of approximately 300+ MBs.
I now have to be more selective about the files I want to keep, which in itself is not a big deal
UK Bob
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