Kodi works very well on a stand alone device and being open source and free, its strength lies in the numerous add ons. Please guide me as I feel pretty dumb that in 2020 I dont even use Windows network feature to access files within my home network and have to use thumb drives!! Tomorrow I will go ahead and try and setup following instructions from the above three videos. (v) Assuming my WD NAS option works - do I need to have a static IP - currently I dont have any static IPs from Hathway (iv) Plex is compatible with Alexa and it will be great if I can ask Alexa to play a movie - that will impress people. (iii) Whether WD NAS or Desktop - how do I access my files on other computers using home network and not via internet as my understanding is that if I access Plex on browser on other computers - I use my internet bandwidth? Why does my NAS needs to transcode? Is this a limiting factor and does that mean Plex on my NAS is useless and I stick to the Desktop Plex server? (ii) At around 10:00 min on the first video above - it talks about NAS servers being able to transcode and my WD Ex2 has NO all across. So should I use Plex on Kodi or only use Plex? I use Kodi as software to play my media files. (i) Is there a need to have Plex plug in on Kodi or can I just get rid of Kodi. While not a big deal in terms of power consumption, I know that Plex can be setup directly on my WD EX2 thereby saving few units of electricity. Use a browser on my other computers, logon to and access my media files.įor this to work, I need to have my desktop on all the time. Setup a Plex media server on my first floor desktop and point it to the Z drive for media files. Currently apart from my first floor desktop if I want to play a file from my WD drive - I use a pen drive to copy.Īlso within my home network, I want to play the media via Ethernet or Wifi and do not want to waste internet bandwidth Make sure my media files currently on the WD Ex 2 is accessible to all my computers and if possible even on mobile devices and even better if I can access it outside my home network. (iv) Various other mobile devices like phones and tablets (iii) A laptop which earlier was able to map the WD has a network drive but after I upgraded my router to a dual band - this too does not recognize (ii) A desktop at ground floor which cannot map my WD as a network drive (i) a desktop at first floor which recognizes my WD Ex 2 NAS and I am able to map it as Z drive Apparently it is also a NAS - I never tried to understand what all smart things it can do since I have a tough time using it as a dumb drive since most of the time, the damn NAS is so smart - my computers cannot identify it and map it as a network drive. ![]() When I bought the WD, I just wanted a two drive setup to auto backup for any drive failures since it included 20 years of invaluable home videos. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.My current home setup has multiple computers and currently most of my media files are on a WD My Cloud EX2 NAS. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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