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how can I watch my media content from the hard disk attached in the router to my smart tv
i have a netgear n600 router (WNDR3400) in which i have connected a portable hard disk. now I would like to access the hard disk from my samsung j5500? is there any way for it? i want to access it di...
It looks like your Samsung can stream from a DLNA server. Unfortunately, the WNDR3400 doesn't support DLNA. Some of the newer Netgear routers do.
Try connecting the hard disk directly to the TV's USB port.
It looks like your Samsung can stream from a DLNA server. Unfortunately, the WNDR3400 doesn't support DLNA. Some of the newer Netgear routers do.
Try connecting the hard disk directly to the TV's USB port.
TheEther wrote:Try connecting the hard disk directly to the TV's USB port.
That's the best way to do it. Even if your router supports DLNA it can be a pig to configure on a TV. And USB will always be faster, especially if your TV uses wifi anywhere in the chain.
USB is best for streaming to the TV but it'll be a pain to move the hard disk back and forth between the TV and a PC in order to put more movies onto it. The next best thing is to get real NAS with a built-in DLNA server.
TheEther wrote:USB is best for streaming to the TV but it'll be a pain to move the hard disk back and forth between the TV and a PC in order to put more movies onto it.
Depends on how often you need to move the USB drive, and if you are prepared to pay >£100 to buy an empty NAS enclosure. Add another £100 or so for drives and that would buy plenty of USB space.
