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Mertin

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22nd Mar 11 at 22:16

Wanting to connect my hard drive to my dvd player for when offshore so I can watch films, is this possible?
Is there a cable I can get to go from usb to scart /av or something similar? Some dvd players may have a usb port would they? Doubt the ones offshore would

pow

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22nd Mar 11 at 22:17

You can't interface USB and SCART/AV

Your hard drive is a storage devices, needs a 'player' to access the data.

There are DVD players on the market that do this

Mertin

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22nd Mar 11 at 22:27

So it depends on the dvd player then? Highly unlikely that the dvd players in the rooms offshore will have the capability

and cant be arsed carrying my laptop

moka

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23rd Mar 11 at 10:10

It might be worth checking to see if
A. the dvd player has a usb port.
B. the dvd player supports DIVX... in which case you can burn 5-7 films on a single DVD disc.

Mertin

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23rd Mar 11 at 11:05

quote:
Originally posted by moka
It might be worth checking to see if
A. the dvd player has a usb port.
B. the dvd player supports DIVX... in which case you can burn 5-7 films on a single DVD disc.

Im at different locations all the time though. Il burn some onto a disc though just incase, just like you would do with mp3 files but with films instead?

baz2003uk

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26th Mar 11 at 22:52

u need ones of theses mate
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Live-Media-Player/dp/B002LZUHMI
easiest way roudnd it (its about twice the size of the hd i sent you
may be able to sort you out with one if intrested

Toby

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27th Mar 11 at 07:29

Yeah WDTV is your best bet and its deffo best sub 100 pound media player

sumner2k3

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29th Mar 11 at 12:11

quote:
Originally posted by baz2003uk
u need ones of theses mate
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Live-Media-Player/dp/B002LZUHMI
easiest way roudnd it (its about twice the size of the hd i sent you
may be able to sort you out with one if intrested

with that, do you need to unplug your hard drive from the pc and plug it into that every time you want to use it then or do you just plug your hard drive into that, then that into the pc?

noshua

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29th Mar 11 at 13:02

It doesn't hold a hard drive. You can either connect one via USB if you have an external hard drive, or share the folder on your computer, then leave your computer on and you can pick the shared folder (with all the videos/music/photos) in and stream them.

Liam

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29th Mar 11 at 15:34

quote:
Originally posted by baz2003uk
u need ones of theses mate
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Live-Media-Player/dp/B002LZUHMI
easiest way roudnd it (its about twice the size of the hd i sent you
may be able to sort you out with one if intrested

Do these need the HDD to be formatted to NTFS or FAT32? or will it read both types?

Mertin

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29th Mar 11 at 20:04

I think I'll just carry my laptop offshore

baz2003uk

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30th Mar 11 at 19:26

quote:
Originally posted by Liam

quote:
Originally posted by baz2003uk
u need ones of theses mate
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Live-Media-Player/dp/B002LZUHMI
easiest way roudnd it (its about twice the size of the hd i sent you
may be able to sort you out with one if intrested

Do these need the HDD to be formatted to NTFS or FAT32? or will it read both types?

im sure it reads both m8

Liam

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30th Mar 11 at 20:20

May bribe the rents into buying one then, as it's quicker/easier than messing about connecting a laptop all the time.

_Allan_

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30th Mar 11 at 22:43

I have one of these and it's great. Can hook it up to a portable 2.5" drive or use a flash drive with dvd rips/MKV's etc.. HDMI port, upscales, plays everything you can throw at it and is tiny enough to carry it about.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/242215

[Edited on 30-03-2011 by _Allan_]

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