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I've just updated my ReadyNAS Ultra 4 Plus to firmware v6.10.2, due to my newer Samsung TVs not being able to see Plex.
The ReadyNAS is only used maily for serving movies, music etc around the home, with no outside world access required.
Connected to my FRITZ!Box router via a Linksys unmanaged switch, the ReadyNAS is used to serve media to 5 TVs around the home (only 2 in use at any one time) and various smartphones and tablets..
The newer ReadyNAS administrator interface is so very alien to me after using the old version for so long..
So I am setting up my folder structure as it was before in which to store my:
Backup Data
Kids Movies
Movies
Music
Music Videos
Photos
I'm just a bit confused as to what I need to enable or disable under the various tabs found in the settings for each share, such as:
I'd set Everyone, Users, and Folder Group here to Read/Write (and only depend on Network Access to manage access). I'd also disable NFS unless you have a linux PC that needs it. But I don't think this is related to your problem.
Is the plex app installed on your Samsung TVs? Are they newer than 2016? If they are older than that, you need to set "secure connections" to "preferred" in the plex server settings.
Plex has it's own DLNA server built in - if you want to use that, you should turn off DLNA in your share settings, and disable DLNA on system->settings->services. Note you would also need to enable DLNA in the plex server settings.
'd set Everyone, Users, and Folder Group here to Read/Write (and only depend on Network Access to manage access). I'd also disable NFS unless you have a linux PC that needs it. But I don't think this is related to your problem.
Is the plex app installed on your Samsung TVs? Are they newer than 2016? If they are older than that, you need to set "secure connections" to "preferred" in the plex server settings.
Plex has it's own DLNA server built in - if you want to use that, you should turn off DLNA in your share settings, and disable DLNA on system->settings->services. Note you would also need to enable DLNA in the plex server settings.
I manage my content using Windows Explorer and don't have a Linux computer, so I can basically just leave SMB activated and all my devices will stream OK from the ReadyNAS? Cool!
I have 5 Samsung TVs all with Plex on them and they range from 2013-2019, so thanks for the tip on "Secure Connections".
Is the problem you refer to, the one I mentioned in another thread?
If so, I think that issue is now resolved and was seemingly caused by one or more Firefox add-ons.
Once I removed them, the error messages have not occurred again.
I manage my content using Windows Explorer and don't have a Linux computer, so I can basically just leave SMB activated and all my devices will stream OK from the ReadyNAS?
Well, SMB is the only file sharing protocol you need. Streaming with Plex would either be using the proprietary plex protocol (implemented in the plex server), or DLNA (also enabled in the plex server settings).
Just noticed that the folders I've copied onto the ReadyNAS already now display the owner as NAS-66-C8\Admin.
I'm guessing this is because I'd originally set the set the Folder Owner and Folder Group of the affected Shares as Admin before I copied over the first batch of files.
What do I need to do to:
1. Change ownership of the files already copied over?
2. Maintain the original ownership of Folders and Files copied over in future.
I had this issue on my ReadyNAS when it was on the the older v4 firmware, but managed to change a setting and refresh the existing files, but as I've said previously, the new interface leaves me lost.
I had access problems when trying to delete, rename stuff on the ReadyNAS from a different PC a few years ago and seem to remember it had something to do with the ownership of the files and folders.
I don't want to allow read/write access to all just in case any local users accidentally move, renames or deletes anything.
I know some of my questions probably seem a bit stoopid, but I'm having to relearn all this stuff after not using it for a long time and also due to the newer interface (well, new to me anyway).
I therefore am very appreciative of any and all advice.
Forgot to add my previous reply and cannot edit it, but I wanted to change the ownership to my PC's Name from the default NAS-8B-C8
The NAS name is there because the files are owned by a NAS account. That's not something you can change. There's also no reason to change it. You have full access to the files.
You can of course change the NAS name if you like.
When I checked I had already changed the name to................ReadyNAS. I know, not very original. LOL
Anyhow I'm sure when I did the same on the same ReadyNAS on the old firmware (v4.***), that the Owner as shown in Windows Explorer was something like ReadyNAS/root or ReadyNAS/admin or something similar.
Maybe it was even changing root/admin/guest under File Access in the settings for each Share?
I certainly don't remember seing anything unfriendly like NAS-8B-C8/admin in the Owner column in Windows Explorer.
