WiFi external hard drives

[Rickety Cricket]

Am I right in thinking that once I connect it my router, I can stream films direct to my smart tv?

 

[Sam Handwich]

Yup

 

[beezer]

Am I right in thinking that once I connect it my router, I can stream films direct to my smart tv?

I’ve got a WD Mycloud I think it’s called connected to my router. My Samsung smart TV just picks it up as an external disk drive so I can browse and play from it with the tv remote. Works well doesn’t seem to lag or buffer, but transferring files from the computer to it isn’t the fastest.

 

[Rickety Cricket]

I’ve got a WD Mycloud I think it’s called connected to my router. My Samsung smart TV just picks it up as an external disk drive so I can browse and play from it with the tv remote. Works well doesn’t seem to lag or buffer, but transferring files from the computer to it isn’t the fastest.

Can’t I just download the files direct to the hard drive?

 

[beezer]

Can’t I just download the files direct to the hard drive?

Yeah I think it shows as a network drive so you should be able to save directly to it. I’ve never tried it but tbh that’s probably faster. I usually just download files to my pc, check they work, then move them over.

 

[alexander]

These thingies are lost on me.

 

[BigPete]

Get a NAS Drive if want to do that

 

[errant]

These thingies are lost on me.

they'll have wifi enabled pipes in the next year or two man...

 

[alexander]

they'll have wifi enabled pipes in the next year or two man...

Will probably confuse me as well.

Almost tagged you into the Last Person to Post fred in Parsnip earlier on.

 

[houst69]

How do you play em on phone?

 

[ontap]

Need to check that the TV supports different video formats, I have an LG and it won’t play MKV,

 

[Roger]

Get a NAS Drive if want to do that

This, a cheap network drive attached directly to your router is what I would go for.

 

[bonsai]

If say most people don't have routers though just the hub their providers give them.

 

[Roger]

If say most people don't have routers though just the hub their providers give them.

and what is that if it isn't a router?

 

[Rickety Cricket]

and what is that if it isn't a router?

Someone is stealing WiFi

 

[Sleepy]

If say most people don't have routers though just the hub their providers give them.

Typical mag

 

[bonnylad]

Need to check that the TV supports different video formats, I have an LG and it won’t play MKV,

My LG TV does and I've had it years. HDMI media players are funny about MKV files though, my media player will play some MKV files and not others(plays sound only sometimes).

 

[Spot]

Need to check that the TV supports different video formats, I have an LG and it won’t play MKV,

Don't think it will be because it's mkv more likely the codec compression

 

[bowers2]

Why would you want to do it this way when you’re smart tv of iptv has a million films anyway?
Serious question not a smart arse one.
To me it’s like coupling up your CD player?

I’m a missing something?

 

[BigPete]

Why would you want to do it this way when you’re smart tv of iptv has a million films anyway?
Serious question not a smart arse one.
To me it’s like coupling up your CD player?

I’m a missing something?

If you don't have a really fast internet connection and want to watch 4k films without nailing your bandwith.