2014-03-07, 00:32
Hi
I am very delighted about the new "play using" feature in Gotham that allows playing to any connected UPnP device on the network, such as my SmartTV.
I have one general question:
Videos are on the SAN
XBMC runs on a WLAN Laptop in the living Room
SmartTV and all other devices connected on the same network.
When the TV itself can render the native video format stored on the NAS (e.g. MPEG) can XBMC "initiate streaming" directly between the SAN and the TV - bypassing XBMC for the stream itself - and only use XMBC when transcoding is needed?
(If I am not mistaken, this is a function that is supported on Plex - i.e. what I want to say it should be technically possible using UPnP/DLNA mechanisms)
thanks for comments
I am very delighted about the new "play using" feature in Gotham that allows playing to any connected UPnP device on the network, such as my SmartTV.
I have one general question:
Videos are on the SAN
XBMC runs on a WLAN Laptop in the living Room
SmartTV and all other devices connected on the same network.
When the TV itself can render the native video format stored on the NAS (e.g. MPEG) can XBMC "initiate streaming" directly between the SAN and the TV - bypassing XBMC for the stream itself - and only use XMBC when transcoding is needed?
(If I am not mistaken, this is a function that is supported on Plex - i.e. what I want to say it should be technically possible using UPnP/DLNA mechanisms)
thanks for comments