We have a vacation/weekend place that we are too cheap to hook up internet for. However, we have lots of movies on a hard drive that we would like to
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This will work as long as the video files dont have DTS audio. You can plug an external hard drive into the usb port on the side.
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The end of your question was cut off but I think I have enough to answer. The WDTv Play has a USB port. I use it to connect directly to an external drive with movies on it. It plays most of the movies I have but not all. I haven't looked into it in more detail to see why some play and some do not. My current guess is the format. I have AVI, MP4, MPG, MKV, and WMV formats. I believe it will play AVI, MP4 and WMV. I think it doesn't play MKV. If we pick one it doesn't play we always just try another one.
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Probably won't be able to. As others have said you can try searching online and loading onto a USB device or simply installing directly from the web if that's possible. There are several inexpensive external DVD / CD-Roms out there that will do the job nicely. And the good news is the external drive can be used on other PCs/laptops.
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You would access through the drive. Make the drive access your Internet then you access the drive as your access point.
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You can either download them via the web or buy a DVD drive. I bought a USB DVD drive for about $35 and it works great!
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Hi Ryan, No you can't. This is not an overly intelligent device. It essentially acts as a gateway between whatever hard drive you plug into it and the net, allowing you to access your content remotely through pogoplug.com.
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Conrad, There is a way actually. Amazon allows you to rent movies for just a couple of bucks. You just download it and you are able to watch it for about a 24 hour period. Also, if you have another computer you can use the disk drive to put it on the computer and then transfer it via usb. A great software to use for this is (Xilisoft DVD Ripper Platinum 4). You just put in the DVD you own, run this software and choose witch format you'd like to convert it to and your done. Simple as pie!
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Get an USB DVD drive or copy your DVDs in another computer to an ISO file and load them with a virtual drive like Virtual Clone Drive.
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Yes u can if u run all the power and video cords u would need a dvd player ps3 etc.
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Yes, if you are familiar with what is required, you can retrieve the information and make connections to use this as an external harddrive.
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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.
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can you download movies to this and be able to watch the movie without being on wifi?
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I download movies on-line and convert them to mpeg. if necessary. I then put them on flash drive\thump drive and play them through my blu-ray player. Only thing I miss is closed captioning.
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You can also plug a USB HDD in and do a content drag and drop from explorer, or use something like the free versions of EASUS, Paragon, Free sync etc., set up a back up and let it run overnight, but you have to be willing to become an active participant in your data backup routine, at least once. The plus is that you can back up what's important to you and not the fluff that might accumulate like TV shows you aren't going to watch again.
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Yes this is possible. I have connected my hard drive to wd router and is able to play the movies from my sony blu ray player and logitech revue. This is not certified dlna but it supports upnp which is the actual protocal behind DLNA. Please also remember that the files will play only if your tv/player supports the codecs
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I'm not sure. Interesting application, so the whole network could access the drive, but I think you'd have to reach out to the manufacturer for that one.
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If the movie is located on a USB device plugged in to the pogoplug unit, you can access it through your wireless router without using the internet.
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Attaching a Roku, Sony Internet Player, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV would do the trick.