Rev.Dr.Jo.

26 minutes ago, peter28 said:

I ended up using Plex Server on the Synology, and Plex app on the LG TV. It plays all MKV and MP4 without any issues, unlike LG built in video player.

My Synology is a little underpowered for that solution, but I have a PC running PLEX pointed at the Synology NAS, sorted out my streaming issues, and has the bonus that I can share my library with family and friends, they just need a PLEX account.

On 12/31/2020 at 5:44 AM, nspuser said:

Just to add to my previous post, to help further automate the fix, I bought a smart plug for the hub/switch to plug into which is controlled from my Echo Dot, and I created a routine in the Amazon Alexa app to turn off the switch, wait 10 seconds, then turn it back on.  So now if I'm sitting on the couch and if I see the cache hasn't refreshed I just say "Alexa, fix the tv" and 10 seconds later it's fixed.

Going to do something similar, tried pulling the network cable out for 10 seconds and that worked a treat, and a lot quicker than re-indexing over 15TB of content.