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Watch movies on my ReadyNas 102
Hello, i am a new user and have some really easy? problems with my NAS. I want to watch videos from my NAS with VLC. I have Windows Vista and WIndows 7 on my computers. On my Windows 7 i can add a (...
Share the movie folder with SMB protocoll. Now you probably use DLNA to browse.
With a SMB share you can browse it like any folder on your computer and play it with VLC or whatever you want.
1. Set the movie share to use SMB. Login to NAS and go to Shares. Klick your movie share, settings, network access. Be sure that there is a green indicator under SMB.
2. Open up windows explorer "winkey + e". In the addressbar type "\\your-nas-name-or-ip" now you can browse the files easy and play them how ever you want.
With a SMB share you can browse it like any folder on your computer and play it with VLC or whatever you want.
1. Set the movie share to use SMB. Login to NAS and go to Shares. Klick your movie share, settings, network access. Be sure that there is a green indicator under SMB.
2. Open up windows explorer "winkey + e". In the addressbar type "\\your-nas-name-or-ip" now you can browse the files easy and play them how ever you want.
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