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Anyone Using VLC Player for DLNA Hosted Videos?

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  1. davidrew

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    Just wanted to know if anyone is using the VLC application for playing DLNA hosted content.

    I'm using VLC Player with content hosted on a QNAP NAS. I can play content comprising mostly .mp4 and .mkv files with no problem but have trouble navigating some as the video length shows as 0:00 when playing so cannot skip forward or back.

    Another thing is that none of the video files, no matter what format, show a length in the folder index, they are all 0:00.

    I had no such issues with the media player on my old 5000T which showed all this information correctly so I don't believe its an issue with the QNAP.

    I've done some Googling to no avail so any suggestions or ideas much appreciated.

    | Sun 24 Jan 2021 0:50:36 #1 |
  2. grahamlthompson

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    Plex works on the Aura. Not tried it but Kodi may work.

    | Sun 24 Jan 2021 9:48:24 #2 |
  3. davidrew

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    Thanks Graham,

    I did have a look at Plex but it does not support acting as a client to an existing DLNA server, from what I can see it can only act as a server in its own right.

    I think Kodi is probably overkill but will investigate.

    | Sun 24 Jan 2021 11:36:32 #3 |
  4. grahamlthompson

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    davidrew - 15 mins ago  » 
    Thanks Graham,
    I did have a look at Plex but it does not support acting as a client to an existing DLNA server, from what I can see it can only act as a server in its own right.
    I think Kodi is probably overkill but will investigate.

    I have a plex server on my laptop and some files on a USB Hard drive. I can play them on the Aura so it does act as a client though a 4K firestick does a better job.

    | Sun 24 Jan 2021 11:55:05 #4 |

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