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		mr_toad on Nov 7, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 2018 Mac Mini Review > A TV can play movies directly from a NAS. An iPad can’t though. And NAS’s don’t generally support transcoding. A DLNA compatible media server can stream content to any device on the network.

muro on Nov 8, 2018 [–]

Many NAS have that built in. My Synology can stream to an iPad with VLC just fine.

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