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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 dsnpevl
I shall try to answer your question clearly and hopefully indicate my thinking at the time I made my posting:
OK, You asked:
Well, back in November I was looking to buy the latest WD TV Media Player (2014), I had read good things about it on Amazon, it got a glowing review on YouTube but when I actually checked out WD's own forum I found a lot of WD TV Media Player owners complaining that the latest "Player" firmware update had screwed up it's ability to play MP4 files.
WD's forum people said that this firmware botch would be put right in the next update but the next release date is unknown, and was still unknown the last time I looked at the forum before Christmas.
At the time I wanted something that could stream all my video files to my TV without the need for transcoding and, above all, didn't cost a small fortune, the WD TV Media Player seemed to fit the bill, until I read about the notorious update.
So I recently decided that I would no longer wait for WD to undo their firmware botch-up, and put myself at the mercy of another potential catastrophe, and seek out an alternative solution.
Now, using Plex I can stream all my video files from my Duo V2 via my Now TV Box onto my TV.
Happy Days
UK Bob
I shall try to answer your question clearly and hopefully indicate my thinking at the time I made my posting:
OK, You asked:
What is this MP4 problem you mention?
Well, back in November I was looking to buy the latest WD TV Media Player (2014), I had read good things about it on Amazon, it got a glowing review on YouTube but when I actually checked out WD's own forum I found a lot of WD TV Media Player owners complaining that the latest "Player" firmware update had screwed up it's ability to play MP4 files.
WD's forum people said that this firmware botch would be put right in the next update but the next release date is unknown, and was still unknown the last time I looked at the forum before Christmas.
At the time I wanted something that could stream all my video files to my TV without the need for transcoding and, above all, didn't cost a small fortune, the WD TV Media Player seemed to fit the bill, until I read about the notorious update.
So I recently decided that I would no longer wait for WD to undo their firmware botch-up, and put myself at the mercy of another potential catastrophe, and seek out an alternative solution.
Now, using Plex I can stream all my video files from my Duo V2 via my Now TV Box onto my TV.
Happy Days
UK Bob
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