Buy it on Amazon - [ Ссылка ] (affiliate link) - The WD My Cloud PR2100 is the first NAS device I've tested that supports Plex hardware transcoding. Open a free Plex account - [ Ссылка ] (affiliate link) and subscribe! [ Ссылка ] -- index below:

VIDEO INDEX:
00:02 - Differences from other My Cloud devices
01:16 - Hardware overview
02:12 - NAS explained (see my NAS 101 video - [ Ссылка ]
02:33 - Plex overview (see Plex 101 here:[ Ссылка ] )
04:14 - Transcoding test with Blu Ray MKV
04:58 - Additional devices simultaneous transcode testing
07:28 - Conclusion and final thoughts

See a list of all the devices that appeared in this video:
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See all prior WD My Cloud videos:
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Plex servers are nothing new on NAS devices. I've cautioned folks over the years to avoid them largely because the NAS boxes didn't have enough hardware oomph to transcode videos. This NAS is the first one that can actually transcode video and do it decently.

In my testing I was able to get three relatively stable and separate streams of Blu Ray MKV files transcoded to a collection of phones and tablets. Adding a fourth transcoding stream to the mix did slow things down a bit. But given that no other NAS I've tested could even maintain one stream this is a huge improvement for a NAS box.

According to Plex's NAS spreadsheet, the PR2100 and its larger sibling the PR4100 are the only NAS devices that support hardware transcoding. See the full list here: [ Ссылка ]
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