Thanks Doug, but I suspect this might be audio only and I'm looking for video and audio if possible. Now which NAS do you have? It is possible it could do what I want, but apparently not all NAS devices are created equal or are friendly to use. :)
Thanks, Scott On Jan 4, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: > I have a > > Sent from my iPhone > NAS box here that I can play iTunes audio from even though I don't have an > iTunes server running on it. I just access it with another machine and the > files can be played with any audio player that supports the content I am > streaming. Just make sure that the files are unprotected files and you should > be fine. > > Doug > > On 2011-01-04, at 3:53 PM, Scott Howell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> All, >> >> I have been trying to dig up information, which would enable me to stream >> movies and the like over my network to my Apple TV or other Macs on the >> network. I wanted to avoid leaving a machine up if possible, but perhaps I >> will have no options. >> I have heard there are NAS devices that will allow you to stream audio by >> having machines access the iTunes library that lives on the NAS and the NAS >> acts as an iTunes server. However, apparently this really only applies to >> audio and not video. My goal is to put all my DVDs on the network and make >> it available to my family (those in my house of course). If I have to use a >> machine, has anyone tried using Leopard to pull this off running iTunes? I >> have an iMac G5 sitting here that would do the job for the most part. I >> might even by compressing the movies get most all on the internal drive. I >> do not recall, but I also believe iTunes has to be running as well, is that >> correct? >> >> Thanks, >> Scott >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
