USB Hard Drive

[Halifax81]

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?

[f1vefour]

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.

[Halifax81]

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

[IriDium]

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.