Shipping info received today for a sweet looking router!
quote:Me too! BOOM!
Just got a notification from FedEx for my Nighthawk router! Pretty pumped!
quote:From what I've seen it won't work since the ReadyNAS doesn't support transcoding, at all. I can understand that since there isn't a lot of processing power in this NAS. However, I am pretty bummed about the lack of HTML 5 playback in web browsers. I do wish there was a crashplan, or other online backup app available.
ReadyNAS question for fellow testers regarding Plex...
We know it won't do HTML5 streaming. Does streaming video work through the Plex app on mobile devices? If so, does it work well? I don't want to buy the app if it is not going to work.
quote:You can manually install crashplan via command line, but because the 104 doesn't have a ton of memory and the crashplan client is a memory intensive app, I don't know how successful it would be.quote:From what I've seen it won't work since the ReadyNAS doesn't support transcoding, at all. I can understand that since there isn't a lot of processing power in this NAS. However, I am pretty bummed about the lack of HTML 5 playback in web browsers. I do wish there was a crashplan, or other online backup app available.
ReadyNAS question for fellow testers regarding Plex...
We know it won't do HTML5 streaming. Does streaming video work through the Plex app on mobile devices? If so, does it work well? I don't want to buy the app if it is not going to work.
quote:Let me see if I can get an answer for you guys.
I also got the same errors for plex when trying to watch through the browser. The server version is 0.9.7.xx, but HTML5 streaming wasn't supported until 0.9.8.6.xx
quote:Not really...quote:Is this allowed?quote:Send it my way! (See post above)
Just got an email to test a cable modem! Unfortunately it requires Comcast XFINITY or Time Warner Cable. So no dice on this one. Maybe next time... still bummed I missed the NAS
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I guess DLNA doesn't transcode then? I wonder what the point of having Plex on the ReadyNAS is...just music and photos?
quote:there is no comparison.
I guess is didn't get selected for the router... I am trying to compare these Netgear devices to Apple's offering of TimeCapsules, Airport Extremes and AirPort Expresses as this is what i currently use on my side jobs for home networking/automation.
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From NETGEAR's product manager regarding your questions on Plex and streaming...
"The Plex version available for ReadyNAS 102 and 104 is still 0.9.7.x. (Just as FYI: the Plex version on 300- series is 0.9.9.x which has the HTML5 fix).
Plex is working on releasing a newer app. It is not ready for general release yet.
ReadyNAS supports ReadyNAS Vault, Dropbox, and ReadyNAS Replicate as solutions to backup data offsite.
ReadyNAS Vault has a free plan for 2GB of storage plus various paid plans.
ReadyNAS Replicate can backup all your data offsite to another ReadyNAS without any monthly subscriptions.
You candefinitely stream video from ReadyNAS to your Plex mobile app without issue.
There is no transcoding available on the ReadyNAS 100 series, so the file format being streamed needs to be supported by the client."
quote:Yes
Is it still possible to sign up to be a part of this program?
quote:Your router was not transcoding anything, don't be ridiculous. The NeoTV can play .mkv files, so transcoding isn't necessary. Secondly, transcoding is a very CPU intensive operation, a consumer grade router doesn't have a CPU capable of doing it (I don't that any consumer grade router has a type of processor that even supports the instructions required to do transcoding, much less to do it real time for a video stream). I would venture to say your setup was that the shared drive was accessed by the NeoTV and it played the videos just fine. In the case of the ReadyNAS, people are not referring to a video player accessing the files directly, we are referring to streaming them from a plex media server to a browser player. This feature of plex uses HTML5 to stream, an action that will most likely require some transcoding. If you have the NeoTV accessing the files directly, and it isn't able to play them, something else is wrong
I wish you could work around the transcoding issue by having the router perform the transcoding.
For example, I have a number of video files in .mkv format that can not be played directly or from the ReadyNAS by my Netgear NeoTV. However, if the same files are on a drive attached to my Nighthawk R7000 they can be played flawlessly. The same applied even with my WNDR3400 router previously.
Surely if a 3 year old N600 router can transcode a brand new NAS should be able to as well.
quote:if you go with a larger drive you lose the additional space. The RAID will base of whatever the smaller drive is.
I have a question about setting up as a raid. In doing so, would each hard drive have to be identical or only one other drive? I am looking to order an additional drive and was debating on going with 1tb or larger just so it was already in there. Would it cause any issues if I went with a larger drive? Does it slow it down compared to speeding up set up as a raid system?
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if you have a 1TB drive and a 3TB drive in RAID0 you will have 2TB usable, because it will only use 1TB from the larger drive.
quote:your 2 benefits from RAID are redundancy and speed.
What are the benefits of going with the raid vs just adding a 4tb drive in for additional storage? Sorry, new to all of this and want to make sure that I am setting myself up the right way.
I can either go with a 4 tb drive and leave 2 bays open for more storage later, or go with (3) 1tb drives and put them taking up all of the rest of the bays and using the RAID. What is everyone else doing?