Can an ipad recognise a network hard disk

I have saved many films movies and photos onto my Buffalo network HDD so that i can stream the media to any PC and our smart TV.
I can seem to find any method  to get our iphones and ipads or Apple TVs to recognise the existance of the network drive.
Is there some way of mapping network drives or file locations on the Ipad or Iphones?
Thanks for any advice that may help

File Browser might do the job.
https://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/filebrowser-access-files-on/id364738545?mt=8

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