I just purchased a Qnap TS-873 AMD and planning to add a Nvidia 1030 graphics card for transcoding into 4k support. I wanted to get your thoughts on this server and if you had any suggests for me. I just purchased it from amazon. I am going to start with 5 hard drives at […]
QNAP Transcoding + SAS Drives Selection I love your nascompares.com endeavour. It has been informative in choosing the NAS for my small business. I’ve chosen the QNAP TVS-872XT for a variety of reasons but I have couple of questions I can’t find an answer to… Maybe you can help? 1. Video Transcoding: Can I transcode […]
UltraHD transcoding Looking at buying my first and last NAS box, and looking at the HS453DX. However, the NAS specs seem to lag the AV market specs. The standard HDMI is now 2.0b, but the latest NAS boxes seem to be 2.0a. From the previous history, how long will it be for them to switch […]
4k multi 2.0a and super powerful processor I need to download movies, pictures and music from iphones and ipads and play them on all devices including smart tv’s. I also download all of the above from the internet. Everything I own is newer so it plays all HDR. I own a hi res music system […]
NAS 8k support I have a Samsung Smart TV QLED 8K 900Q 65 inch And I want to have videos at maximum performance of the TV I looking for NAS That have also 8K support Have a surveillance Station. And I think the best way for have max performance and max speed for video (movie) […]
High res audio – Can NAS take 24 bit/96 kHz audio and convert it or transcode it to 16 bit/44.1 kHz for Sonos I’m still new to NAS and understand a bit about video transcoding. Is a NAS able to take a music file that is a 24 bit/96 kHz and convert it or transcode […]
Apple TV & NAS I am looking to purchase a NAS mostly for the purpose to taking my movies and TV shows that are purchased in iTunes offline. I use an Apple TV to watch this content. Do I even need something like Plex or Emby or can I just direct the Apple TV to […]
Perhaps i don’t grasp yet all the concepts: Direct play means the player does the hard work if there is format compatibility, stream (local or remote) means the server will transcode accordingly to player’s capabilities (format compatibility and bandwidth) A player, capable of direct play might fallback to stream if the media is incompatible or […]
music streaming I’m looking for a NAS that is able to stream flac files through usb cable to my USB dac (Cambridge CXN). Is that possible, and if so, what software to use? Is Logitech server an option with orange squeeze as remote an my phone? It would be recommended to connect your NAS via […]
Buying the Right NAS – Asustor or QNAP? I watch a bunch of your videos and read the reviews in this site which helped me a lot as I am new to NAS world. I am looking for a backup solution for my family to backup photos/videos mainly. I am a power user with IT […]
So, can you tell me if I can plug directly a nas to my smart TV with ethernet to watch movies? Because I don’t have an ethernet network at my home… If I can do that it will be great. If I can’t, I was thinking about a device like QNAP TBS-453DX but it’s very […]
Plex transcoding Hi, Just watched your Dummies Guide to Plex video. I use Plex quite a bit, I have a HDHomeRun box which records TV – but it records enormous .TS files. Some things I record are not that important quality wise. I am a bit techie and I have created a batch file which […]
I am wondering if the new DS 1620xs xeon processor will do plex transcoding. I currently have a DS 218+ it is a nice small nas but. I want do do more. I am also thinking of future proofing as well. New DS1620xs will transcode even 4K media just like its brother ds3018xs. But it […]
My Dune HD player has just ended life and I want to replace it. At the same time my old QNAP-212 is reaching end of life with one of disks failing. I first thought of replacing the media player with something like: https://www.zidoo.tv/Product/index/model/X20/target/Z2udcaQLJpZKKmVViAFMcQ%3D%3D.html and then after a while replace QNAP T-212. Having watched some of […]
“Dual SSD would cope with 4K editing on 453dx and TBS model, but again the CPU will max out at 500-700MB/s and you need 10G upgrade.” 1a_ And what would the CUP max out on the TS453bt3 with SSD installed? 1b_ You think it could run smoothly editing 1080p from Sony’s XAVC, gopro, etc? 1c_ […]
I have a High-End Audio Business that I run out of my home. I have systems in six different locations and would like to be able to stream to different electronics in the different locations. I have been reading a lot about Synology but a lot of reviews that I have read people have had […]
1st NAS choice. I’m looking to buy my first NAS, primarily as a source for digital music files in FLAC format ripped from CDs, but also to store digital photos (JPEG & RAW), and of course to store MS Office files and the like. I’ve a Win10 desktop and an aging Win7 laptop and a […]
Hi, I like to find out more about Synology NAS Digital Audio. I’m reading conflicting information about its ability to play lossless audio. Can it play loseless audio via the ios app and via the DSM on the(Chrome) browser? My music is in Apple Lossless format. Yes, there will always be conflicting information, because different […]
I’m looking for a NAS that’ll stream my FLAC-Music-Collection without problems. I just stumbled upon Plex a few months ago, looking for music players and started running it on my PC. What really sold me was the ability to sync music with my phone, so that I could listen to it offline as well. Up […]
I am using an Amazon fire stick with Kodi on it to watch movies on my netgear wndr4700. This has been working great, I’m able to drag and drop files via file explorer from either my win 10 or win 7 machine, and can watch everything on my TV. My wndr no longer seems to […]