Originally Posted by
richard
I am looking for this, yes. Thank you.
The plot thickens, doesn't it? I'd love to just have the NAS do the streaming of course. I wonder if the faster newer NAS can do this without the computer?
Absolutely, but you'll need a decent processor on your NAS. Transcoding requires a good amount of horsepower.
Great article from Plex on NAS limitations when running the plex server app.
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/art...nd-Limitations
Google Docs link on transcoding levels vs. hardware (community maintained):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...#gid=314388488
Here's an article from QNAP on how to install Plex on one of their turbo NASes:
http://www.qnap.com.tw/en/index.php?lang=en&sn=8901