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Has anyone set their NAS up over the internet to stream to Kodi clients?
I have a Qnap NAS in another location that I would like to connect to, whats the best protocol to use?
Samba? VPN? FTP?
Any advice would be appreciated.
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In theory, WebDAV or "plain" HTTP directory should preform fairly well over the internet. I've done SMB via a VPN before, and the overhead was huge so I wouldn't recommend it :)
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2016-11-23, 22:49
(This post was last modified: 2016-11-23, 22:50 by DarrenHill.)
I can pull stuff from my NAS at home via WebDAV if I want, but normally the hotel WiFi I tend to end up on is so dire that it's a weak link that breaks. Just carrying a portable HDD is much simpler, albeit requiring data duplication (which in itself is not so bad as it's a secondary backup to my local one at home).
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2016-11-23, 22:58
(This post was last modified: 2016-11-23, 22:59 by bry.)
I have an almost 10yo qnap nas that runs. on the network I have a mac-mini 2011 that runs Emby. I then use emby for all media internally as well as externally. even works really well for livetv with my hdhomerun prime. the emby for kodi add-on works really well to unify everything.