Synology, subtitles, Media Server and Network Share

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Hello,

I have bought a WDTV Play today, and I am trying to use it with my Synology DS112j station. 

The videos play quite fine. However, I cannot manage to see the subtitles.

Looking in this forums, or on other forums on internet, I see many people pretending that playing the subtitles will not work via the Media Server. However, they will play fine via Network Share.

The problem is, I am such a dummy that I don’t even know whether I am playing my videos via a Media Server or via a Network Share. How do I know? And how can I change this?

Currently, my configuration is the following:

  • my videos are stored on my Synology DS112j station. There are many videos in various formats (avi, mpeg, mkv, etc).

  • The DS112j station is connected to my router via a LAN cable.

  • WDTV Play is connected to the same router via another LAN cable, and to the TV via an HDMI cable.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

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You are playing via a media server. I know this because the WD Play does not do network shares.

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If your DLNA server does not show external subs you might try muxing them into mkv/mp4 files to see if it makes a difference.

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Hello,

Many thanks to both of you for your answers. Muxing to an mkv file seems to be the best way indeed.

Cheers!

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And in case of having a NAS such as WD My Book Live connected to the network by ethernet and also connected to the WDTV Play by USB will the WDTV Play read it as a media server os as a local connected drive?

You see, I need subtitles and also need the capacity to reach the disk on the network. If I cant get both then the WDTV is of no use to me… It makes no sense at all to have a wifi (or ethernet) connected player if you have always to connect by usb  to the hard drive to upload files…

I am on the mood to go to the store, spend another 100 buck and by a network enabled HD but only if I know it works…

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You can’t connect a mybook live to the player via USB.