Does this have any problems streaming homeade videos to ipad and android devices or PS3? Any issues sharing pictures?
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I use the built-in media server to serve videos to my PS3 and iPhone/iPod, so I assume you wouldn't have problems with Android either. Note that I convert all of my iOS QuickTime videos to MP4 with QuickTime Pro. I also stream videos shot with my Samsung handheld, which encodes directly in MP4. This is all more to deal with limitations of the PS3 than the NAS itself. I also have some bandwidth issues on my wi-fi that make streaming HD encoded above about 10Mb/s a little choppy, but I don't believe those to be a limitation of the NAS, because the CPU monitor shows very little overhead and it has plenty of IO capacity. I also use the NAS as a photo library for the PS3 with no problem. Synology provides an iOS app that you can use for photo browsing, as well as a means for configuring it to be accessible even outside of your LAN.
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I use my PS3 to stream my songs and videos to my HDTV. As stated, this unit has built in support for Windows Medial Connect, so once you enable this feature on the home server you will have access to all your medial files (songs, videos, pictures).
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I've streamed Netflix and YouTube plenty of times with no problems. I've also sent the stream to an external monitor with no problems.
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I do this all of the time. If streaming via wireless, keep in mind you may have buffering if your wireless devices can't handle the bandwidth needed for full 1080p. I believe Plex will transcode so you'll have minimal issues though. But, yes, this box can stream via Plex. I stream to my iPad in bed each night using the Plex app. Keeps me nice and lazy.
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I have not used it streaming from computer , but used my iPod,iPhone no lag, also have used Netfix with no problem
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I went with the Brite-View CinemaTube instead and I am very happy with it. The only problem is you can't use the bittorrent feature with an HFS+ drive. But that's a non-issue for me. Otherwise it works great. And with the new firmware due out any day now you will be able to copy files from you mac to the HD connected to the CinemaTube. I haven't yet used the streaming but it's a cool feature th Asus doesn't have. I use it to play avi and mkv files mostly. Cool device and mac compatible. Hope this helps.
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I am using this device since an year. Never faced an issue. VOD is always good, of course I have very good internet connection.
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It all depends on the network...on my 3mbps home wifi, netflix works fine, very minimal loading time, no pauses for buffering and good quality...but if I'm on a public network or trying to piggyback on my next door neighbors' wifi (they gave me the password! sometimes at&t; goes down and they have comcast.) then it can be a struggle to get videos to load at all, much less play smoothly. But I don't think the device itself has any particular limitations as to what videos it can stream.
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It depends on your needs. I've been using mine with Android for almost a year. When viewing the cameras over the Internet, the picture is not smooth -- I probably get less than one frame per second. It's fine for checking in to see what's going on at the house, but if you're expecting to see something like a streaming HD movie, then you'll be disappointed.
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I have my Apple TV connected directly to the range extender and works well with it. Air play works fine (I.e. Watching an Amazon Prime video streamed from my IPad). The only time I had some issues was when I tried to use everything through wifi. The connection, was kinda slow, I guess Ethernet will always beat wifi when it comes to video streaming.
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No. It will only scream to iOS devices. And at this time it will only stream in the home network not outside the home network.
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I don't have an iPad but I do have several android devices and with the free software available in the app store, you can watch/view media directly from the device as well as transfer/download things from the drive to the device and back.
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PS3, or WDTV will Stream with no problem from your PC. That's if you have a good router and or PC. With cheap routers it might stutter or freeze just like any HD files. I've successfully streamed through networking with Ethernet wire attached with both 1080i and 1080 60p video from this camcorder with no freezing or stuttering. A flash drive or a hard drive attached to WDTV or any Media player will work also. Wireless streaming doesn't work well on HD contents like 1080.
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TiVo has just started a partial rollout of the update on the Stream that allows out of home streaming. It should be released to all Streams soon, probably by the new year. Still no firm date on when streaming to android will be supported.
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Not all services work with the IPad so if it's not working chances are it won't. Just verify that the source is setting correctly on the TV. Also if you're looking to stream go w/ an Apple TV device. It works very nicely. Again not EVERYTHING will work with it but most of what I have tried other than Amazon Video has worked.
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It's just a streamer for your storage. If your device can play .mov files, you should be fine.
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You can see and browse, but so far I always get corrupt video errors when trying to stream anything. Works fine on my PS3, but would still like to see it work on the BluRay downstairs too!