Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Sat Jul 14 07:15:41 CDT 2012
John, One word: WOW! T Tina Norris Fields tinanfields at torchlake.com 231-322-2787 On 7/14/2012 12:25 AM, jwcolby wrote: > I bought a Seagate Satellite to pack with videos to stream to tablets > / phones for the kids on the vacation this summer. > > http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Satellite-Wireless-External-STBF500101/dp/B004Z0S7K6 > > > It works though the interface is pretty stone-age. I am using DVD > Catalyst to convert the movies on my server at the house to MP4s which > can be played by the droids. So far I have converted and pushed 73 > movies at about 80 gigabytes total. > > This beast basically creates a wireless network which any wireless > capable device can request data from. Using the Kindle fire, I open > the Dolphin browser, go to 192.168.0.1 and hit the wireless created by > the Satellite. Select Videos and it displays a alpha list of every > video that it found on the disk, sorted in alpha order. Double click > on any .MP4 and it starts to play the video. > > Likewise with my Droid II or Droid Razor smart phones. > > The Satellite can (theoretically) stream to three different devices > independently - different movies etc. In fact with the latest > software, possibly as many as 7 devices. Of course that all depends > on the bandwidth each device requires. > > It does in fact work. I have simultaneously streamed two different > videos to two devices (the Kindle Fire and my Droid II phone). > > In years past we have used the typical DVD player with multiple > display heads, with all the attendant "It's my turn to pick the movie" > whiney stuff that kids are famous for. > > If this works... > 100 or so videos to select from... > A private WiFi right inside the car... > A private WiFi in the hotel... > A private WiFi at Aunt Janices house... > > Plus the Kindle at least can play a ton of games. >