![]() I use this approach for videos, using an Android media box running Kodi, accessing via SMB. Kodi will then index your media directories via SMB, and create a media library. Your Amazon Fire Stick should be able to run Kodi, and access the M圜loud via SMB (rather than DLNA, which Kodi will also support, along with a number of other network protocols). So, you will need a media player client, as above. The M圜loud is not it is merely a NAS, and has no media-playing facilities built in. Your WDTVLiveHub was a media server/player. It just may not be very good, either in basic function, or in the user interface experience… I’m sure there will be a DLNA client on the Samsung smart TV. Your TV will need a DLNA Digital Media client, which combines the functions of Digital Media Controller and Digital Media Renderer. The Twonky DLNA Media Server (which is a Digital Media Server, or DMS) provides a DLNA media library you point Twonky at your media directories on the M圜loud, and it goes off and creates a library of music, pictures and video, using various bits of metadata in your media files. ![]() ![]() I wonder if there is any other native Samsung App that will work as a media library? I also want to have an Android app that interfaces with both the cloud server and Whatsapp - actually downloads and embeds the picture and not just sends a link to the cloud location. Or is it best to go down the even more expensive Synology route and forget WD altogether? do a background backup of all my WDTV files to the RAID? Set it going on a tablet and then remove the tablet and leave it chugging away in the background for however many days it takes? If I bought e.g a mirror drive can I do things like back up from one external nas to the WD mirror nas on the same Ethernet network without leaving a computer connected, using a server app? e.g. Your idea of a separate media server - I guess I could install Plex on the Firestick and point it at the M圜loud without using Kodi? Looks like I need a more expensive RAID system. I don’t really want to do modifications or fudge it to get it to run apps. I wish WD had made these limitations clearer, their online blurb implies the unit runs apps. ![]() Down side is one would have another device running rather than having the Plex media server hosted on the My Cloud. With the My Cloud one can configure the Plex media server to use the My Cloud as its media library. Its what I did for a while before using the My Cloud. See the following past discussions on installing Plex to first gen and second gen single bay/single drive My Cloud devices:Īnother option is to have a secondary device/computer running a Plex media server. As such that limitation isn’t much of an issue. If all your media is in a streaming client supported format the Plex media server does not have to perform transcoding. The low end My Cloud units can handle Plex in general, where they struggle is with the “transcoding” aspect. I did a bit of research on here and it seems the M圜loud processor can’t handle Plex. It is also advisable to read through the following discussion to get the most out of the Twonky media server embedded within the My Cloud. You may also want to see the other recent thread discussing Samsung TV"s and the My Cloud as it may be relevant. ![]() One should check to see if there TV or device supports a different DLNA media client that can be installed to the device. Generally the My Cloud relies on the device client (in your case your Samsung TV) to display the content on the TV. Or one can setup Kodi on a Kodi supported media device that is connected to their TV. The multi bay My Cloud units that support third party apps generally have Plex add on module support. You can use the forum search feature, magnifying glass icon upper right, to find past discussions on how to try and add Plex to either the first gen or second gen single bay My Cloud units. It is NOT like Plex media server/client or the Kodi client. The My Cloud’s embedded media server (Twonky) is a basic media sever. ![]()
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