Can I use a Western Dig MyBook as NAS Plex Server?

[antneed]

I have an older 4TB Western Digital MyBook network back up drive and I was wondering if I can use it as a NAS Plex server for my videos and pictures and integrate into C4?

 

Thanks in advance.

[SMHarman]

You can use it as a file store but unless it has an Intel processor and a NAS OS yiu can't use it to run plex server and conect it to plex client.

[antneed]

5 minutes ago, SMHarman said:

You can use it as a file store but unless it has an Intel processor and a NAS OS yiu can't use it to run plex server and conect it to plex client.

Thanks.

what over ways can I utilize this drive to view my pictures and videos and integrate with C4?

[BuffaloC4]

Buffalo brand NAS drives are cheap and work well. I have my movie server on one. 

[ekohn00]

1 hour ago, antneed said:

Thanks.

what over ways can I utilize this drive to view my pictures and videos and integrate with C4?

Everyone has their preferences..... but look for a NAS that can run PLEX. Google is your friend.

Synology & QNAP are nice solutions for small to large collections.

Remember, a PLEX is very dependent on the server, so if you have 4K video, take note of better processors (more expensive), or another solution is a cheap plex server and run Infuse 6 as your client (quite honestly I like this way better).

[Matt Lowe]

you could get a shield tv and use the nas a storage for plex. just run the server on the shield.