Please help a confused newbie!
Posted: 22 Apr 2022, 16:10
Hoping some kind soul will guide me on this. I got an F5-221 NAS and I want to watch ripped DVDs from it (MKV format, since viewing full DVD folders is apparently not even a thing any more, which annoys me but that's a separate gripe!).
I'm struggling to understand what I need in terms of an HDMI-connected TV so that I can browse my media from the TV. I asked this question about a TV on Amazon:
"Will this allow access to a terramaster media server that uses upnp/dlna, over hdmi cable?"
and Panasonic responded with:
"The television will only recognize AV signals through the HDMI connection. If your media server is able to output a AV signal via HDMI into a display such as this television, it should work."
I have no clue what I need to do. Will this TV let me select and play the files, or not? Since the NAS doesn't come with a remote, there must be SOME way of choosing what to watch.
Apologies for my ignorance, but I haven't even watched TV since 2004 (I watch only DVDs and YouTube), so I'm WAY out of the loop with how TVs work
I'm struggling to understand what I need in terms of an HDMI-connected TV so that I can browse my media from the TV. I asked this question about a TV on Amazon:
"Will this allow access to a terramaster media server that uses upnp/dlna, over hdmi cable?"
and Panasonic responded with:
"The television will only recognize AV signals through the HDMI connection. If your media server is able to output a AV signal via HDMI into a display such as this television, it should work."
I have no clue what I need to do. Will this TV let me select and play the files, or not? Since the NAS doesn't come with a remote, there must be SOME way of choosing what to watch.
Apologies for my ignorance, but I haven't even watched TV since 2004 (I watch only DVDs and YouTube), so I'm WAY out of the loop with how TVs work