Planex' new NAS

It's said Planex is going to unveil a new NAS device on May 1. (Model: MZK-NAS02SG1T) It processes a new feature which is not found in its former model, MZK-NAS01SG. The new feature enables youtube downloading and could save it to other format for a variety of devices, Wii (FLV format), PSP & iPod (MPEG-4 format).

If I do not misunderstand that, it should be a kind of transcoding. I wonder if it is done be SW or HW. If it's SW, could its performance be acceptable? Besides transcoding youtube format to others, would it permit other possibilities? Does it save the youtube video as two files, one as the original and the other as the transcoded one?

If everything comes as it is said, I think this new feature make the NAS' media server's role more attractive. And making use of youtube must give itself more entertaining.

Planex DigiJuke NAS snags YouTube and BitTorrent video -- jams it down the Wii, Xbox 360, iPod... and throat of MPAA

MZK-NAS01SG

還不到妥協的時候

感謝K給的肯定，對我來說就像是把盞燈打開一般。這樣我也比較有信心去嘗試如何更好。以為只有一個人努力和多了一個人是很不一樣。希望與mr6人生的妥協藝術 內的態度共勉。

Using NAS as a TV Program Recorder

There are some ways to use NAS, as for backup, as a media server(iTune, media streaming). Here is a NAS used as a recording device, where specific TV/STB could send programs to. It extends the typical way to record programs in TV/STB's internal disks.

I am curious about how do the programs transfer to disks. Is samba/cifs capable of delevering the traffic, especially when the the programs come to HD? Or if it uses some open protocols, like RTCP(Real Time Streaming Protocol)? Moreove it said the NAS could accept programs wrapped in DTCP(Digital Transmission Content Protection) DRM, which may slightly ease the content providers' nerve.

Reference:
IO Data unveils DiXiM HVL4-G2.0 NAS for Regza HDTVs

Toshiba's 10 new REGZA LCDs: 3x Ethernet, built-in DVR, and much much more

Digital Transmission Content Protection