I brought one recently to exactly do this. I got super confused why something that cost me well into 5 figures, still lagged and buffered while playing, then I won an Intel Nuc on eBay, connected it to Ethernet via a switch, installed Plex on it, and pointed it toward my DS1821+ and it solved my problems. The DS1821+ to me just seems like backup and storage rather than streaming at this stage.
I brought one recently to exactly do this. I got super confused why something that cost me well into 5 figures, still lagged and buffered while playing, then I won an Intel Nuc on eBay, connected it to Ethernet via a switch, installed Plex on it, and pointed it toward my DS1821+ and it solved my problems. The DS1821+ to me just seems like backup and storage rather than streaming at this stage.