2013-09-02, 06:32
Hello everyone,
This is my first post.
First I would like to thank everyone for their time and dedication to this wonderful community of technical geniuses.
I have been researching the web for a couple weeks now trying to find an effective way to stream my local movie/tv files via USB cable to either a set-top box or directly through a smart TV without the need of an HTPC, NAS or a Laptop.
The only experience I have with something like this is with an old modified PS3 console system that I installed a program called Showtime on (Showtime is based on XBMC). I was able to connect my USB drive with all of my movies to my PS3 and run the Showtime program which would automatically seek and retrieve the cover art and metadata for each movie I have on the USB hard drive. I want something like this for my bedroom TV but without the need for an extra hardware i.e.; a server or laptop.
The thing is I want to set this up without running a HTPC, NAS, or other related server hardware. Is this possible yet? I read about the Apple TV jailbreak that runs XBMC but I am not sure if a HTPC, or server is required for it to run or not. I have also saw some videos about the Raspberry Pi and the OUYA, but I am not sure if I can just connect my USB drive to it and run XBMC movies on it locally. If either of these small set-top like devices plays movies via XBMC without the need for a server please let me know.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Michael
This is my first post.
First I would like to thank everyone for their time and dedication to this wonderful community of technical geniuses.
I have been researching the web for a couple weeks now trying to find an effective way to stream my local movie/tv files via USB cable to either a set-top box or directly through a smart TV without the need of an HTPC, NAS or a Laptop.
The only experience I have with something like this is with an old modified PS3 console system that I installed a program called Showtime on (Showtime is based on XBMC). I was able to connect my USB drive with all of my movies to my PS3 and run the Showtime program which would automatically seek and retrieve the cover art and metadata for each movie I have on the USB hard drive. I want something like this for my bedroom TV but without the need for an extra hardware i.e.; a server or laptop.
The thing is I want to set this up without running a HTPC, NAS, or other related server hardware. Is this possible yet? I read about the Apple TV jailbreak that runs XBMC but I am not sure if a HTPC, or server is required for it to run or not. I have also saw some videos about the Raspberry Pi and the OUYA, but I am not sure if I can just connect my USB drive to it and run XBMC movies on it locally. If either of these small set-top like devices plays movies via XBMC without the need for a server please let me know.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Michael