Can you stream and play files from a NAS drive?
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No. The HAP-Z1ES works like an iPod. Files must be transferred from your computer to its internal hard drive, or to a hard drive attached to the HAP-Z1ES by USB. Sony provides a utility to install on your computer for this purpose. It can be set to transfer files automatically.
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Scott, I don't have an NAS so I don't have any experience with them. I suspect that it should be possible to use files on an NAS, but I don't think you can stream from one. You would need to tell the HAPZ1 music transfer program to look on the NAS drive for music files (wav, flac, etc). The files will need to be transferred to the HAPZ1 internal (or a dedicated USB connected external) hard drive. I would suggest that you call Sony support for a definitive answer. It will take a few minutes to get through the various departments to get connected with the ES support staff. My experience with them is that they are very knowledgeable. Scott, I don't have an NAS so I don't have any experience with them. I suspect that it should be possible to use files on an NAS, but I don't think you can stream from one. You would need to tell the HAPZ1 music transfer program to look on the NAS drive for music files (wav, flac, etc). The files will need to be transferred to the HAPZ1 internal (or a dedicated USB connected external) hard drive. I would suggest that you call Sony support for a definitive answer. It will take a few minutes to get through the various departments to get connected with the ES support staff. My experience with... » Read More Scott, I don't have an NAS so I don't have any experience with them. I suspect that it should be possible to use files on an NAS, but I don't think you can stream from one. You would need to tell the HAPZ1 music transfer program to look on the NAS drive for music files (wav, flac, etc). The files will need to be transferred to the HAPZ1 internal (or a dedicated USB connected external) hard drive. I would suggest that you call Sony support for a definitive answer. It will take a few minutes to get through the various departments to get connected with the ES support staff. My experience with them is that they are very knowledgeable. « Show Less
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No. You must first transfer files to the players internal drive, or drive connected to player by USB. It cannot play tracks directly from a NAS.
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It will play all media file types.... As far as the gb capacity, I have mine hooked up to a 1.5TB external hard drive full of audio/video/photo files and it's never had any trouble streaming any of it.
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I dont believe this enclosure is meant to be use as NAS. It can be configured while connoted to a computer.
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I have not tried that but I stream from a home server with no problems.I hope this helps.
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I don't think so but I have never worked with NAS. I use 2 ea 4TB external hard drives. It has two USB 2.0 ports for inputs. The DOS is rather old style and clunky. I can't see anything in the menu for anything but playing files from a HD. I would buy a better device than this one if I need to replace it.
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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.
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This will support a VMware image over a LAN connection, I would suggest using the aggregated ethernet option which this also supports. DO NOT do anything funky like running encrypted RAID 0/1/5 etc. Run an ext3 (limit 16GB file size) with what ever flavor of raid you like. This will not be fast but will work. Have the VMplayer on a desktop / Laptop and point the player / workstation to the file located on the NAS box.
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I used to have this device and it's very good for the price, I played 1080p movies without issues, netflix and such. I have also used VLC to play video and music files from a shared drive on a PC, I understand it's not the same as streaming movies from a NAS, however I do think VLC has that capability, so I don't see why it would not work.
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No this is not a NAS. This is simply a USB NIC which requires a PC to operate.
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If your Synology NAS can use rsync, it looks to be absolutely doable. But I of course don't have a Synology to test this.
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It's not listed as compatible, your best bet is to use a drive listed as compatible from the NAS category of drives, purpose built for use in a NAS.
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I havent tried it with an on line streaming service such as hulu - however i saw a significant improvement in performance in streaming hd movies from my NAS.
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Yes you can. There's multiple options at your disposal, such as Synology Data Replicator.
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You can rSync to do it. Or have QNAP's RTRR keep pulling data from synology over FTP that should work too.
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Can you plug an HD Antenna into the back with a USB dongle & watch local over-the-air channels? - I have not tried it, but I don't believe so. Can it see/browse video files on a network NAS? - Yes. It was able to see my SaMBa share without any problems and play the videos there.
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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.
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I know this is an old question but I'll answer this for everyone asking the same question.Yes it can... but you need to run a DLNA / Mediashare server app on your NAS or PC. Win XP, 7, 8: needs Windows Media Connect. Linux: you'll need to install MiniDLNA or Rygel or similar.After the server app is installed and configured, you can browse and play the shared media files from the TV through the "Media Share" app on the LG TV.I recently bought this TV and haven't found concise how-to info anywhere so I've researched and figured it out on my own. I hope I've provided helpful info. I know this is an old question but I'll answer this for everyone asking the same question.Yes it can... but you need to run a DLNA / Mediashare server app on your NAS or PC. Win XP, 7, 8: needs Windows Media Connect. Linux: you'll need to install MiniDLNA or Rygel or similar.After the server app is installed and configured, you can browse and play the shared media files from the TV through the "Media Share" app on the LG TV.I recently bought this TV and haven't found concise how-to info anywhere so I've researched and figured it out on my own. I hope I've... » Read More I know this is an old question but I'll answer this for everyone asking the same question.Yes it can... but you need to run a DLNA / Mediashare server app on your NAS or PC. Win XP, 7, 8: needs Windows Media Connect. Linux: you'll need to install MiniDLNA or Rygel or similar.After the server app is installed and configured, you can browse and play the shared media files from the TV through the "Media Share" app on the LG TV.I recently bought this TV and haven't found concise how-to info anywhere so I've researched and figured it out on my own. I hope I've provided helpful info. « Show Less