Comments on: Infrant ReadyNAS + TwonkyVision

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:18:40 +0000

I read your above posts hoping to solve a frustrating issue. I have a QNAP TS101 running Twonky… I have major issues trying to connect my Sony KDL40W5500 TV. It plays for 50 seconds and then stops… Any thoughts would be greatly received…

By: divemaul

divemaul — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:59:57 +0000

Both of these programs work great! They are both free!

DVD to MP4 Converter
http://handbrake.m0k.org

Media Server
http://www.tversity.com

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:51:17 +0000

Twonky is a separate product, $40 I believe… which sucks because the ReadyNAS is suppose to do what Twonky does already, but doesn’t do it right for some reason. There is some hope that they fix the issues with the new RAIDiator 4.0 firmware coming out, but that seems to have been delayed forever and now with the Netgear buyout, who knows what is coming or not coming from Infrant anymore.

Honestly if you wanted media streaming, I’d just say buy Twonky and be done with it.

Also twonky offers a 30-day trial, so just download it and install it and see if it works and remove it if it doesn’t.

I tried it on my laptop for a few weeks, but haven’t tried it on the NAS yet. I will probably get around to doing that soon… one of the reasons I haven’t tried it on the NAS yet is I have yet to find a good program that can convert my videos to PS3-friendly format so I *can* stream them in the first place… so I gotta figure that issue out first.

By: jmirabil

jmirabil — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:30:24 +0000

I have a ReadyNAS NV+ and was debating installing the Twonkyvision Add-On. Do you need to have a purchased Twonkyvision licnese to use it or is it a “free benefit” if you load the add-on binfile into the NV+. How would I remove the binfile if I did not want it for some reason… I am currently using EzlinkNG from http://www.ezlinkng.com (got a free license for that, hence the interest in a free Twonky+NV+ license), and would like to have the mediaserver software INSIDE my NAS, not on another computer—so Twonkyvision would be ideal, assuming it suppported all my KISS DP-50x and DP-600 devices I use.
Any advice/input to help? Do I have to pay 30 euros to try thr NV+ Twonky solution? I’m not even sure of it’s compatibility with my KISS DP-500/508/600 (now linksys)media devices…
Advice/amswers? thx much!

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 24 May 2007 18:04:22 +0000

Grant,

Yes supporting arrays larger than 2TB has become a necessity for many. I’m really looking forward to see what other new features are in store with RAIDiator 4, let’s hope it’s not a let down! I’m holding out on getting an ReadyNAS NV+ until I see what changes with the update! Again I’d really like to see iSCSI support or AoE (ATA over Ethernet).

By: Grant Gochnauer

Grant Gochnauer — Thu, 24 May 2007 12:06:18 +0000

Riyad,
Great post. I believe RAIDiator 4 will support arrays larger than 2TB. Right now if you have 4 750GB drives or 4 1TB drives, you have an issue where it will only give you 2TB of space total. This will be fixed in version 4.0. I’m waiting to add my 4th 750GB drive until this is released.

-Grant

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Thu, 24 May 2007 02:13:01 +0000

Mark,
That’s great news, thanks for the heads up. Sounds like 4.3 is out, and looking good then.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 24 May 2007 00:57:58 +0000

TwonkyVision 4.3 has already been fixed regarding the “ordering and listing of media in seemingly random order”. I believe this was affecting Xbox 360 owners anyway, I don’t know about the PS3. The fix is in the current download of TwonkyVision 4.3 from what I’ve read on either the Infrant or Twonky forums.

I’d really like to see support for iSCSI in RAIDiator, it’d be sweet to have NAS data accessible as a local drive!