No, not some gender studies question!
I've often seen reviews of Synology products, slating them for their lack of Trans-coding abilities.
Why? Who needs it? Every, video capable, device I've got just plays the raw video file just fine. I've just pointed my phone at my NAS. With VLC player and viewed a selection of movies. .ts, .mkv, .mp4 and they all play just fine, in the highest resolution that my phone can display.
Am I missing something? Or am I being thick?
I've often seen reviews of Synology products, slating them for their lack of Trans-coding abilities.
Why? Who needs it? Every, video capable, device I've got just plays the raw video file just fine. I've just pointed my phone at my NAS. With VLC player and viewed a selection of movies. .ts, .mkv, .mp4 and they all play just fine, in the highest resolution that my phone can display.
Am I missing something? Or am I being thick?