I'm currently running my main PC as a plex media server, which isn't perfect but its functional across the Chinese tellys we have in the house. I couldnt get xbmc or plex on the TVs but there's a basic app on them as default that does the job and I kinda gave up trying to make it work as I'd like once the wife had been silenced by having access to her shite tv shows. The app uses DLNA, no idea what that means but it usually works.
My father in law has seen this in action and wants me to set up something similar, which I managed to put him off initially when I told him you needed a PC, but he's been 'somewhere' and seen someones set up running what I assume was some sort of small NAS box which worked 'the same'.
I think the set up he saw may have been some DIY solution, but he's absolutely clueless so I am looking at one of the all in one 2 bay solutions like the cheap qnap / synology boxes which seem to cost around 200 quid.
So, my basic question is, can I get him one of these boxes, dump it next to his router and he'll be able to do the exact same thing as he's seen the wife doing?
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