Hi all, first post, bit confused, head starting to hurt.
I was all set to build my new home theatre around a Mac Mini running Plex Home Theatre (I want to retain access to iTunes which is why I chose the Mac). However now that Plex is imminent on the new Apple TV I'm thinking it might be better to replace the Mini with an Apple TV and NAS (I haven't purchased anything yet).
If I went this way would the NAS be doing the transcoding grunt work or will the Plex app on the Apple TV take the load?
Am I right in saying I don't need to install Plex on the NAS? The Plex app would just see the NAS as a normal drive?
Does this mean the streaming capabilities of the NAS aren't important? I was looking at WD's EX2 but a review noted the inbuilt app's playback capabilities were poor. Am I correct in thinking this is irrelevant as the Plex app will be taking care of the playback function?
thanks in advance