Primarily just for ones that aren't native. The majority of mine are but wanted the ability to if needed.
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airplay directly from NAS (Diskstation DS214play)
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Primarily just for ones that aren't native. The majority of mine are but wanted the ability to if needed.
I am by no means an expert, but I landed on this page while looking for 214play reviews. My questions are in the next post, but here I wanted to share a link with you that I stumbled upon yesterday:
http://www.robvanhamersveld.nl/2012/12/17/synology-nas-as-the-ultimate-xbmc-media-backend/6/
It's a different NAS from Synology, but it will surely work with the 214play too.
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I am very interested in the 214play + ATV3 solution, because apparently I don't need to have any computers running in order to play videos. However, I have a few questions:
#1 compatibility and codec updates
A friend who has a windows based HTPC is very sceptical saying this NAS will never be as flexible as a HTPC when it comes to updating and new codecs. What is your experience in this?
#2 Remote if no iPad / iPhone
I have an iPad but when I go to work I take it with me. So what if my wife wants to play some videos for our kids? How can she browse the videos on the NAS without the iPad? Could she do that on an old Macbook (Late 2008)?
#3 Playback quality
Is playback in 720 and 1080 really fluent? I heard the ATV has hiccups sometimes, but how is this in combination with the 214play NAS?
Thanks!
sorry guys, didn't realize this topic resurfaced.
1. in my experience synology is very committed to keeping their systems up to date. and there's also a big community supporting it.
2. yes, there's a web version of the video library. she can give the NAS the command to start a video from the webbrowser. since the NAS is doing all the work, she doesn't need a fast computer.
3. i have not seen any problems yet. it probably helps that both NAS and apple tv are connected through ethernet - while apple devices usually use a wifi connection for airplay, which is bound to have more problems.
both 720 and 1080 work without hiccups.
1. in my experience synology is very committed to keeping their systems up to date. and there's also a big community supporting it.
2. yes, there's a web version of the video library. she can give the NAS the command to start a video from the webbrowser. since the NAS is doing all the work, she doesn't need a fast computer.
3. i have not seen any problems yet. it probably helps that both NAS and apple tv are connected through ethernet - while apple devices usually use a wifi connection for airplay, which is bound to have more problems.
both 720 and 1080 work without hiccups.
That is great to hear, Nozuka. It almost sounds too good to be true. All I that keeps me from immediately ordering the 214play is the power consumption. The 213j uses ⅓ power and does everything I need (except the streaming of video of course). If I go that route I'll need a different type of media player, like a Popcorn A200/300/400.
Thank you though for your info. I can now start making up my mind
What about iTunes DRM videos?
Hi, it is very cool what you managed to do with this NAS! Finally a solution to stream directly to the ATV without hacking IOS. But I have a question: If you store iTunes DRM videos on your NAS, will you be able to stream them to your ATV without a computer running iTunes? I'm talking about legally bought itunes videos, bought with the same account that you use on the ATV?
Hi, it is very cool what you managed to do with this NAS! Finally a solution to stream directly to the ATV without hacking IOS. But I have a question: If you store iTunes DRM videos on your NAS, will you be able to stream them to your ATV without a computer running iTunes? I'm talking about legally bought itunes videos, bought with the same account that you use on the ATV?
Just got a DS214play last week and I've been testing it out. I put a movie I bought in iTunes on the NAS and then, using the DS Video app on my iPhone, tried to Airplay it to my ATV 3. First DS video asks me which audio track to use, then it gives an error saying 'The video format is not supported by Apple TV'. The video won't play on my iPhone via DS video either. Ironic.
I'm using the same Apple ID on both devices.
Other than that wrinkle (not too surprising really), I'm very happy with the DS214play. I have a bunch of movie files in various formats that I've accumulated over the years, and now I can watch them on any device anywhere. Not really why I bought it but it's a nice add-on.
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