Will this stream movies from a NAS on a home network?
930957
I stream from a SMB server on my network just fine. It's a USB HDD enclosure on the router, the router supplies the SMB server itself, it should work well for you.
930958
What is an NAS? We are very happy and seem to be able to stream everything . Hope it helps?
151883
I have had no problem with this unit at all. It is on my home network (wired and wireless). The performance is very good so far. I plan to put my streaming video on the drive in a couple months so will see how that works. For now, great purchase
1367081
I'll try to ask my cousin. He does not have this router (on his wish list too) but has a NAS set up and can access data. There is a way to watch torrents and pictures. I am sure it is the same concept with a different router.
1455389
There doesn't seem to be an indication that this drive had to be used as a NAS setup. My personal application is a NAS setup but is used primarily as a media host for an Apple TV2.
313616
Yes it will. I'm not sure about brand of nas. For me, I have it connected to a Windows smb file share and it works great. It can be connected to smb, nfs and ftp for remote storage.
1784263
The CPU is not powerful enough. You might be able to do one SD stream. I use a NUC as my Plex server and the Synology as my file server.
133198
Hi Craig, Blu-ray Player can play files from Home network via DLNA network.
1637196
Yes it does. The GUI is via web and from Windows or Mac you can map the NAS to access the content. No complaints with mine. Very good product.
1902979
This unit has it's own OS. It does not run Windows or Unix or Mac. Its basically like its own computer on your network. Assuming your Mac OS computer is on your home network, then you should be able to connect to this NAS unit just by pointing your file browser to \\name-of-unit ... that is assuming that this NAS unit has successfully joined your home network.
991058
I do exactly this with a Synology NAS. There are a few caveats with the library but I can watch or listen to my library on 2 Apple TVs and audio with some Airport Expresses. Should work the same with this.
1657860
This unit has only ethernet ports, no USB. If the NAS devices use ethernet connections it should work fine.
1598052
In theory, you should be able to; but in practice, I cannot say for sure since I do not have a Smart TV to test this theory out. If you already have the capability to play HD movies from your computer through the Smart TV, then the odds are more in your favor. Once you connect the external hard drives to your computer, then it should be just a matter of selecting your new NAS drives as the source.
240501
This is addressed to the person who says the Panasonic BD 77 only plays disks. I have owned mine for several years now and it is connected to the home network via cat5e to my router and it works great for streaming movies and music from my PCs and my NAS. So it does far more than just play disks.
629941
I use my 3TB Seagate Central with a Plex Server. It supports DLNA. Tried Twonky before finding Plex.
491984
Yes you can. It is supposedly specifically designed for the rigors of NAS storage though, in that it is designed to be run continuously. It is probably not necessary to pay the premium for this drive to use in HTPC setup. If the price is not really a concern, I would go with a faster drive, such as the WD Black range or the WD Velociraptor.
2050823
I used a Synology ds 1513. But i think qnap and most others will support this camera. Just check the campatibity in the nas documentation.
531716
Yes it streams from a NAS drive with no computer as long as the drive supports DLNA. I have had this about a year and it works fine. One note on your question, I run Windows so I can not speak for Apple. I would assume as long as the NAS supports DLNA it will work.