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USB Hard Drive - Halifax81 - 14th Aug, 2013 06:38 AM
Not bought a Pi yet but its next on my list along with downloading this software, am I right in thinking I could just plug in my Hard Drive and then just play the videos through the Pi? I assuming there aren't any major issues doing it that way?
Re: USB Hard Drive - f1vefour - 14th Aug, 2013 07:42 AM
This works fine, occasionally a strangely encoded file may cause problems but rarely.
If you have mpeg2 encoded video (.ts,.vob) you will need the additional mpeg2 license for the Raspberry Pi.
RE: USB Hard Drive - Halifax81 - 14th Aug, 2013 07:46 AM
Thanks
I think most the files are either .mkv .mp4 & .avi
I'm planning on building a FreeNAS server at some point but it's nice to know I can use what I want to for now until I get around to that, time to buy a Pi
RE: USB Hard Drive - IriDium - 14th Aug, 2013 04:11 PM
Make sure the Hard Drive is a powered Hard Drive if you use it in the RPi USB port. Otherwise a powered Hub will be required.