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TWONKY MEDI MOVIE
TWONKY MEDI INSTALL

Whereas with Twonky if you were to just rip your DVD and place the file on your server, it will do just that, which in 99.9% of the cases that’s all we really want.

TWONKY MEDI MOVIE

It has a much prettier interface that does all the decorating for you in terms of retrieving all the metadata, movie covers etc…all for you. (In the event you’re in an area that doesn’t have LTE and your stuck on 3G for example…you can decrease the Mbps accordingly to accommodate for the crappy signal, in hopes to prevent buffering…) On the mobile app, you can also select the quality to maximum and or as low as 1Mbps and it looks great even on the lowest setting. mkv file to your server, Plex will then do it’s magic in converting that to whatever it needs to for it to play on your device. If you are a casual user who wants to just stream media from your Computer or NAS (you can choose your server) to your Mobile Devices / Phablets etc… with the ease of not having to worry about any file conversion, Plex is a great choice as it does all the transcoding for you. (Without the metadata) But most don’t care about having all the info about the DVD as if you’re watching “Avatar,” you’ll probably know that well…you’re about to watch “Avatar.” LOL If you are like mike27oct with Roku, WDTV and other goodies set up, Twonky is a great choice as it’s very straight forward and does the job.

Once saved, the Twonky module needed to be disabled and enabled again.This is a great question and like a lot of things, it is very subjective. I made a similar change for the Pictures container object. Opening the view-definitions.xml file, it was a simple matter of replacing the “bydate” container configuration under the video container configuration, with this: raid0/data/module/Twonkymedia/twonky/X86/resources/views In my case, I wanted to edit the device configuration for all devices, so I navigated to the following path: Warning! Before you attempt to make any changes to any module files, I highly recommend making backup copies of any files or folders you want to modify. Once you’ve authenticated, you’ll find the main module files under the path: If you are running a version of Microsoft Windows, these SSH clients are worth a look:įor this article, I’ll be using winSCP as it has a nice Explorer-style User Interface and allows the use of interaction with your clipboard for copy/cut and paste operations. Personally, I disabled the SSH module after I was finished accessing the NAS. Use an SSH client to connect to the NAS (using user: root).Activate the HiSSH module (by default it is configured to use your admin account’s password).

TWONKY MEDI INSTALL

Install and start HiSSH module on your Thecus NAS.

Here’s an easy to follow guide on configuring and using the Thecus SSH module, or see below This means you’ll need to employ a different approach – namely secure shell (SSH) – in order to get at the Twonky configuration files. Accessing Twonky configurationĪs would be no surprise to many network gurus, the Thecus module files aren’t directly accessible via a Samba or NFS mount. To make changes you’ll need to hand edit the various Twonky configuration files – a warning up front – if you aren’t confident in messing with configuration files, this might not be a step you want to entertain. In my case, I wanted to change the way Twonky displays Pictures and Videos when viewing by date (to sort by most recent, and by Day instead of Year./Month). The majority of functionality Twonky exposes is fine out-of-the-box, but there might be some cases where you’d want to modify or augment functionality. The server has device profiles for a range of media receivers, and is pretty easy to configure. Twonky is a DLNA ( Digital Living Network Alliance) compliant media server which broadcasts (via UPnP) to media receivers on your local network. The Thecus features an OS which accommodates pluggable “modules”, one of which is a licensed copy of Twonky Media Server. It is a Thecus N5200XXX 5-bay Network Attached Storage device, and it sits on my home gigabit network. As you’ll no doubt recall from my earlier 2012 article, I have a NAS in my home office.