I have dumped my £57 per month Sky subscription in favour of a Roku box
and a Freesat recorder. I am slowly getting used to it and have pretty
well the same functionality, although I have never found anything as good
as the Sky EPG.
I am streaming more and more stuff from my NAS (QNAP TS 451+) and always
get a bit confused because it doesn't navigate directly to the various
files but offers options like Artiste, Album, Genre etc. which I don't
know because if I like a video or piece of music I just like it, I don't categorise it.
I though I'd look at the file layout on the QNAP. I have one directory
called "Mediashare" with sub-directories Music, Pictures and Video which
in turn have their own sub-directories. If I look at the QNAP in Windows Explorer I see that layout. If I go the the QNAP (via a browser) and look
in that directory I see the same thing but also an empty "Multimedia" directory. If, however, I look at the QNAP in its DNLA guise in Windows Explorer there are different categories all seeming to contain the files
in my "Mediashare" directory. I assume they must be links of some sort despite looking like files otherwise everything is hexuplicated.
I use the QNAP's own multimedia server (which works fine), nothing complex like Plex.
Sorry, long explanation simple questions:
Are these actually links rather than copies of files?
Is there a benefit in putting my media in the QNAP's Multimedia directory rather than slavishly following the setup on my PC?
At the end of the day you need to find something that works for you. This sissue is caused by good old captialist competion. Add more features to help sell your model. The end result is then something so complex that it is
left to history.
Are these actually links rather than copies of files?
Is there a benefit in putting my media in the QNAP's Multimedia directory rather than slavishly following the setup on my PC?
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