Media streaming at home

[admin_exported]

Help please!

Im looking for a set up which will allow me to store my music, videos and photos and also provide back up.

I would like to stream these to my sonos, iPad, galaxy s3 and laptop.

I was looking at the Synology DS212Jwith a couple of 2 tb drives. Will this do the job? What are the merits of he 213 over the 212?

Thanks in advance,

ASMA

 

[jjbomber]

DS213Air has Wi-Fi if that is important for you.

 

[john1000000boy]

Do you know the difference between this and the 212j by synology??

Thanks

 

[bigboss]

DS213Air has Wi-Fi if that is important for you.

Wifi connection can be flaky for streaming movies. Ethernet is better. Besides, you can purchase an optional wifi adapter for the 212J.

I use Synology's own DS audio & DS video apps to watch movies / listen to music (when I'm not listening to my Sonos), & DS Photo+ app for viewing photos. I've installed OPlayer lite HD app on my iPad to enable the video playback.

 

[bigboss]

And yes, your Sonos will work perfectly with it. For home use, 212J is more than enough.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the advice guys...

Pardon my ignorance but how can the NAS stream without wifi or is the wifi purely for copying files across to the NAS?

 

[daveh75]

Thanks for the advice guys...

Pardon my ignorance but how can the NAS stream without wifi

Ethernet

 

[Andrew Everard]

Pardon my ignorance but how can the NAS stream without wifi or is the wifi purely for copying files across to the NAS?

It would stream over a wired Ethernet connection rather than Wi-FI radio. A wired connection's also more reliable, and usually faster, when uploading files onto the NAS, too. Few NAS units have Wi-Fi built-in: the majority have Ethernet, and are designed to be connected via cable to a network router, which can then connect to other devices via Ethernet or Wi-Fi.