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Hey there,
So I recently set up XBMC with my network drive so I can access my movie collection from anywhere in my house using multiple computers, xbmc boxes etc...
For this, I believe I used SMB. Now, this only allows me to access my collection when I'm at home. Is there an option that's equally as good, but allows me to access my collection from outside my home. I want to be able to open my laptop when away from home, run XBMC and play my collection from my network drive at home.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
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Set up a vpn and you will have the same experience as at home, network speed allowing.
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Thanks. What exactly is that? Any idea how I would go about doing that? And is that the only option for what I want to do?
Much appreciated.
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A vpn is a virtual private network. It creates a secure tunnel through the internet to your home lan, and the result is that your remote computer appears network-wise to be at home. However bandwidth is probably going to be an issue for you.
How you set it up depends on what OS your laptop runs.
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Hmm...
I'm running OS X on my laptop.
What do you mean by bandwidth will be an issue?
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I mean your network speeds over the internet may be insufficient to stream video successfully.
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Hmm, I'm also thinking of using PLEXBMC inside of XBMC. Seems to work. My only concern would be if Plex has access to my computer and information.
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Who would know with closed source software. Take a look at mediabrowser 3.
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Presently under development I believe.
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Do you know what info Plex reports back to HQ?
No I didn't think so.
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I think it's pretty doubtful that Plex would do something nefarious with such data. Either way, there are laws regarding privacy policies being disclosed that they would have to follow if they did something funky. (I think. Unless Plex is HQ'ed in some random island nation in the middle of no where.)