igrgic 0 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 When can we expect server on WD My Cloud NAS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Hi, it's a great idea and something we'd love to do in the future. In the meantime, the manual linux install steps will work: http://emby.media/linux-server.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthammer 80 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 I highly wouldn't recommend this unless you're doing it almost exclusively as a thought experiment / learning experience. I tried this idea in the past a few years back before I built out my server technology. It worked, but it was really bad. The problem is the WD NAS is so underpowered that, at maximum, you can run a mere two streams at once and so much of the backend network topology relies on this.I had much better luck investing in building an ATOM based NAS, but once I got above 6 TB, that poor thing couldn't keep up. If you're looking for the cheapest way to get your foot in the door and what you need to to feel confident to build something much stronger, I'd highly recommend picking up a mid range Z-Box. They'll set you back $200 but its much more powerful then the WD NASes will ever be; unles you get WD's high end NAS in which case you may as well build a computer.The problem with consumer grade NASes is you can always build a Linux or Windows machine to do the task cheaper and with higher quality. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igrgic 0 Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 Is it possible to put the server on Android TV, that will replace Windows server, so I'll have one less device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14903 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Is it possible to put the server on Android TV, that will replace Windows server, so I'll have one less device. Possible, yes and something we'd like to do. However, you will still be limited by whatever hardware you are trying to utilize. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex@fadata.bg 0 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I highly wouldn't recommend this unless you're doing it almost exclusively as a thought experiment / learning experience. I tried this idea in the past a few years back before I built out my server technology. It worked, but it was really bad. The problem is the WD NAS is so underpowered that, at maximum, you can run a mere two streams at once and so much of the backend network topology relies on this. I had much better luck investing in building an ATOM based NAS, but once I got above 6 TB, that poor thing couldn't keep up. If you're looking for the cheapest way to get your foot in the door and what you need to to feel confident to build something much stronger, I'd highly recommend picking up a mid range Z-Box. They'll set you back $200 but its much more powerful then the WD NASes will ever be; unles you get WD's high end NAS in which case you may as well build a computer. The problem with consumer grade NASes is you can always build a Linux or Windows machine to do the task cheaper and with higher quality. . I have WD NAS PR2100 with preinstalled PLEX and the power is more than enough for supporting of 3 and more parallel streams with parallel recording of 2-3 TV channels from TVButler. Lack of release for WD NAS is the only reason for me to avoid using Emby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 @@igrgic @@Lighthammer @@alex@fadata.bg We now have Emby Server for Western Digital NAS in testing: https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/59597-emby-server-for-western-digital-nas Please try it out and report your experience. Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthammer 80 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Sorry Luke, I haven't used a WD NAS in a VERY long time. Besides having the PCB laying around some place, I have no one way to really test it.Perhaps if someone wants the PCB, I might be willing to donate it to your testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igrgic 0 Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 I do not use WD anymore. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brannonb 1 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Plan on installing server on WDMyCloud Gen 1/ Firmware v4/ Kernal 3.28.62/ Will post how it goes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Which install package are you going to try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordo 0 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 having issues. have a mycloud 3tb and there isnt a good file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 We now have Emby Server packages for additional Western Digital NAS devices: Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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