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Thought about posting this in the WDTV Live thread, but I really would like some opinions on other media players from people who might not check the WDTV thread... My first gen wdtv live is starting to go on the fritz, random reboots, telling me mkvs aren't a supported file type (until I unplug it and reboot it), other small problems.
Do I want to buy the newest version of the WDTV Live or is there something better? Compared to when I first bought the WDTV my setup has changed, I just purchased a Synology NAS and have started streaming MKVs instead of playing them off a local hdd. Other then streaming MKVs from the NAS, I don't care about any other streaming features. I just want a media player that plays as many video/audio formats as possible (a strong quality of the WDTV). I've never used the Youtube, facebook, Netflix apps on the WDTV, so I don't care how well a media player does any of that stuff.
The reason I'm wondering about a different media player is because the WDTV seemed to have a few quirks with the NAS (although it may still be better than alternatives). Covers (that were stored in a cache locally) loaded much slower and couldn't keep up with scrolling sometimes with the WDTV network share option. And recently when my WDTV really started to go crazy, I haven't been able to use the network share option at all forcing me to have no covers with the media server mode.
So is a new WDTV my best option still or is there something better?
TL;DR: What's the best media player for streaming MKVs from a NAS?
Do I want to buy the newest version of the WDTV Live or is there something better? Compared to when I first bought the WDTV my setup has changed, I just purchased a Synology NAS and have started streaming MKVs instead of playing them off a local hdd. Other then streaming MKVs from the NAS, I don't care about any other streaming features. I just want a media player that plays as many video/audio formats as possible (a strong quality of the WDTV). I've never used the Youtube, facebook, Netflix apps on the WDTV, so I don't care how well a media player does any of that stuff.
The reason I'm wondering about a different media player is because the WDTV seemed to have a few quirks with the NAS (although it may still be better than alternatives). Covers (that were stored in a cache locally) loaded much slower and couldn't keep up with scrolling sometimes with the WDTV network share option. And recently when my WDTV really started to go crazy, I haven't been able to use the network share option at all forcing me to have no covers with the media server mode.
So is a new WDTV my best option still or is there something better?
TL;DR: What's the best media player for streaming MKVs from a NAS?