How to stream .MKV format movies on Ipad

WD Legacy Products My Book Live
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I use MyBookLive latest firmware.

I use My Cloud.
I have a few players installed on my IPad that can play .mkv movies.
But when I start playing a .mkv movie it doesn’t start the movie, it starts downloading the movie, when downloaded I can select a player to show the movie.
Only movies with .mp4 will start immediately

Question: is it possible to start the stream without downloading first?

Any suggestions?

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Megazip wrote:
Question: is it possible to start the stream without downloading first?

Not on Apple.  Apple’s app architecture doesn’t allow files to be directly streamed from one app to another (at least that I have ever seen.)  The Android platform does allow that, thus so does the app.

However, there’s other apps that allow access directly to remote devices thru FTP, for example, such as Azul and Buzz Player.  That might do a better job, though I’ve not actually tried.

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Thanks TonyPh12345 for your information.

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