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Old 02-03-2015, 11:54
scrabble_andrew
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Hi everyone,

Re: HDR-1000S Freesat unit 1 TB

Does anyone know if i can view video content that stored on my NAS drive with the

HDR-1000S Freesat Box?

the HDR-1000S will be connected to my home network using a cat 5e cable.
NOT any sort of wifi dongle.

the NAS drive currently provided video to my PS3 box, using Twonky Server on the NAS.


thank you.
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Old 02-03-2015, 12:20
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The Humax freetime boxes have a DLNA client so the answer is a qualified yes. However without knowing what the video files contain some may not work. Generally mpeg compressed content (eg mpeg2, h264/AVC) will work.
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Old 02-03-2015, 18:35
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thank you for that.

i shall piick one up on my way home from work tomorrow.

Yes I appreciate that only some file formats will play, same as the ps3.

if the formats i want wont play the i will have to buy another bot to add to the ssytem.

thanks again for the answer.
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Old 02-03-2015, 18:43
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thank you for that.

i shall piick one up on my way home from work tomorrow.

Yes I appreciate that only some file formats will play, same as the ps3.

if the formats i want wont play the i will have to buy another bot to add to the ssytem.

thanks again for the answer.
In many cases you can use a PC to change the file container format, in some cases you may have to recode the container contents.
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Old 02-03-2015, 19:13
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The Humax freetime boxes have a DLNA client so the answer is a qualified yes. However without knowing what the video files contain some may not work. Generally mpeg compressed content (eg mpeg2, h264/AVC) will work.
It you are using a DNLA server like Plex it should transcode on the fly however you will need a reasonable specification CPU, suggestions are for cpubenchmark.net of at least 2,000 for transcoding a HD stream.
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Old 02-03-2015, 20:47
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thanks

my NAS does transcode so i will see how it works.

i also have a tili that will chage the container.

the ps3 can't handle mkv but can handle mp4

so i will have a play when i pick it up.

thanks for the info
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