<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://100/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">If you want to watch movies without having to convert them to an iTunes-friendly format, get Plex<div><a href="http://www.plexapp.com/">http://www.plexapp.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div>To use it, install the free Plex Media Server on your Windows machine and then buy the (reasonably priced) Plex app for your iPad.</div><div><br></div><div>If you sign up for a free myPlex account you can access your library from anywhere.</div><div><br></div><div>/Micke</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 26 dec 2012, at 16:30, punkdISCO <<a href="mailto:forums@punkdisco.co.uk">forums@punkdisco.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas..<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">So, we now have a iTouch and iPad and I have zero knowledge of Apple..<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">My Windows based iTunes is on a network share (Netgear Stora) and I want to just point the iPad at this share.. Sure, I could just sync it but I don’t want to duplicate the 30Gb library just for the sake of it. Im not bothered about not having access to my library when out of home Wifi range.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">So, should I:<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt; "><span>1)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>Try and get the iPad to see the Netgear store (Im thinking this is my first choice??)<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt; "><span>2)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>Subscribe to some Cloud service (assuming the iPad can then play my iTunes library via the Cloud?) This would also give me anywhere access providing I had WiFi..<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt; "><span>3)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>Non of the above is possible and need to just do a conventional iTunes sync..<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Ive googled this stuff but for something so simple, there seem to be a lot of confused people out there!!<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Thanks for any pointers,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Paul<br>London<br><a href="http://www.punkdisco.co.uk/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; ">www.punkdisco.co.uk</span></a><br>Text SLUT to: 29 7 29 7<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Here’s the video: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.youtu.be/Zl0PTZKy7fg" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; ">www.youtu.be/Zl0PTZKy7fg</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>music-bar mailing list<br><a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">music-bar@lists.music-bar.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>