Until everything in the world is in the cloud this works well for getting the bits from the linux file server in the garage to the Google TV in the living room.
Plus it uses freebase.com data to enhance your content in new and interesting ways.
Plex has their own media server that can run directly on the NAS. It's a lot better than DLNA in my opinion. Luckily Plex+GoogleTV supports most codecs. The only issue you might have is if you run Plex on your phone where transcoding might be an issue..
I've run plex on my previous DroidX, my Galaxy Tab 10.1 and now my Razr without any issues at all with transcoding really. As long as the encoding formats aren't too exotic it works fantastically. I refuse to screw around with DLNA at all.
Sounds worth a shot. I've got media-tomb running now to allow access from the PS3 and Google TV. It works kinda ok. The phone clients really seem to have a hard time with it though. Twonky will kinda work, then stop... and it forgets where it was if it stops.
That looks pretty darn handy. Too bad I don't have quite enough horsepower on my Iomega 2gb nas to do transcoding.. but then everything on there is natively playable by the gtv.. maybe I should give it a go.
Jason Powers, Jan 25 2012 on 1500wordmtu.com