must you be connected to internet/wifi to watch owned movies stored on a WD hard drive?
946573
Yes if your WD HD is connected to the wi fi . If your HD has USB. You can connect that to the WD TV play USB input and it will play from there with out Wi Fi.
946574
I'm going to say no, if you have it stored on a disk you don't need internetI primarily use it to connect to Netflix, Hulu and spotify
946575
the WD TV Media player has a usb access on the side which you can connect your hard to or you can access media on your computer through the wifi network. I have windows seven and it is not user friendly, although I got it to work it takes a while to set and not worth the head ache. So I just transfer movies on to my portable hardrive then plug it into the WD player. hope that helps. Menu is very slow though but it works.
946576
no I just transfer my movie from my computer to a usb flash drive and insert that into the usb port of the media player
946577
Not for movies that we've ripped from our own DVD's or Blu Rays, or downloaded content. We haven't tried to use any of the digital copies that sometimes come with movies we've bought. You do have to be connected to the internet if you're going to watch your movies digital copy on Vudu or those types of services.
946578
This unit has a USB port which can be used to display your photos/movies, provided they are in a format compatible with the WD player . It won't read any other external storage device such as a hard drive on your PC. If you are watching photos/movies using the USB port, you don't have to be connected to the internet.
292022
Yes but only if there is a second WIFI signal that has the internet. What happens is you connect to the drives WIFI and then you can tell the drive to connect to the Second WIFI that has the internet. The drive then acts a bridge between the two WIFI networks and allows you to browse and stream your media as well as surf the web.
1986673
Yes it Does. All your movies that you place on the drive can be uploaded from your windows computer. Now if you are asking can you stream movies on your windows computer. The answer is yes. Because of the drive has it own wifi signal. Just use your windows file explorer, and you will see your movies. There is a slight delay but it does work. This was tested on a windows 8, and 7 computer. I hope my answers help. Please feel free to ask for more information if needed.
670079
what about netflix, etc? they all still work? can you hook an hdd up to use as dvr storage since the cloud no longer functions?
716600
Try ES File Explorer,w ith it you access any hard drive (including your storage in pc and other external hard drive) in your home network via wifi.
1236437
Sure. You remove the SD card, and copy the movies on CD, DVD, other Card, etc. I backup on the shared network attached drive.
1598052
In theory, you should be able to; but in practice, I cannot say for sure since I do not have a Smart TV to test this theory out. If you already have the capability to play HD movies from your computer through the Smart TV, then the odds are more in your favor. Once you connect the external hard drives to your computer, then it should be just a matter of selecting your new NAS drives as the source.
409483
The average person will NOT be able to do this. IF you are Tech savvy, and you are okay with jumping through hoops because you really, really, want to find some alternative way to view this content for some burning reasons - then it's certainly possible. If you expect to simply unplug the drive and plug it into some random PC and view the content on a typical default video viewing program - then the answer is NO.
274067
Yes my daughter has a fire hd and is fully able to access movies from the device. Once connected to the wifi the goflex puts out you open the Internet and it automatically takes you to the seagate portal. Works awesome
2129242
for my use case it works faster that WD. I transfer files over LAN. Wifi will be slow.
428452
Yes, as long as they are the correct file types. You can either stream it from your laptop m but I store mine in an external drive. Product Description Wirelessly stream the latest movies, hit TV shows, Internet entertainment, and your personal media collection to the biggest screen in the house. With the WD TV Live streaming media player, you can enjoy it all in the comfort of your living room in Full-HD 1080p.Power Requirements AC: 100-240 V AC.Audio: MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS.Video format: AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1) MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), M2TS, FLV (h.264).
1301937
It's a wireless hard drive. If its on and transmitting, yes. I primarily use it for taking our movie library on trips. You can watch up to five different movies at a time with iPads.
615413
Actually I can copy something to a disk, but I haven't tried to watch movies on this drive. The only thing is sometimes it just can be recognized by my laptop. And I have to try several times to make it to be recognized.
1977210
No. It only will record to the internal hard drive and doesnt have any way to load a shared or network drive.
1321698
You are able to connect to the network if it is plugged into an ethernet jack. Like I am able to access movie files from wireless computer and wireless harddrive, but I am not sure about an ipad app since I don't have an ipad. I would think you wouldn't be able to if you're watching it from an app, probably if it was stored on your ipad. I would look at apple tv if you want to stream things from your ipad to your tv.
1646339
No, you cannot in the way you probably mean. You could watch movies on Netflix or other apps on the smart tv but not from a blu ray disc and you wouldn't need this player. Relatively rare and expensive products can transmit hdmi signals wirelessly, but it cannot be done over standard WiFi. There is far too much data after it has been decompressed by the blu ray player.Why do you want to do this? A low profile active hdmi cable may be the best solution for you. This is one of the smaller players out there so maybe you can find a spot near the tv and use a small hdmi cable.
683050
The interface operates through your browser using the seagate platform as a closed wireless network. I would assume that any apps that require connecting outside this network wouldn't work. But I'm not really sure.