Most preferred way to stream to TV?

ukbobboy wrote:
When WD have fixed the MP4 problem, and not introduced any others (they have an unfortunate habit of doing that), I will then (and only then) purchase a WD TV Media Player. UK Bob

Hi Bob, What is this MP4 problem you mention?

I'm using WD TV Live Media Player to connect to the ReadyNas shares and play the video files directly from disk (without using Plex, that I also have installed on ReadyNAS). I found that it will play most any format, including the MP4 files that I have. So I was wondering if I missed something here? Or do I just have an older one that is not affected?

StephenB wrote:
They used to make some that supported NFS/SMB, but they no longer sell those.

The WD TV Live that I have supports Windows/Linux/Mac (so SMB/NFS/AFP?) shares. But actually I'm using AFP to connect to the RN shares. You just need to switch the AFP protocol on in the admin page on the RN. Or do you mean that connetion to shares of any kind is no longer supported?

twink wrote:
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 using WD TV Live Media Player to connect to the ReadyNas shares and play the video files directly from disk (without using Plex, that I also have installed on ReadyNAS). I found that it will play most any format, including the MP4 files that I have. Don't know if the new ones don't support SMB/NFS (or AFP) share access, as StephenB metions. If so, that would be a pitty, because I use it all the time.
I do use Plex, but mostly for audio and for the nice overview of video's and movies it produces. At first, I used DLNA directly or via Plex on my TV, but found that formats, not supported by the TV and/or Plex, don't get listed. This was a bit annoying, so decided to let the WD TV Live media player connect to the share and do the file format conversion. This way all the files get listed. If the WD TV Live cannot play it, it will pop up an error message. I use the TV as a mere terminal via HDMI.