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Question

I have a external had disk i want to share it on wifi.

by Jan 16, 2014 1:38AM PST

I have a external had disk i want to share it on wifi. and want to access it from my laptop and my tv with usb port.

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Too many options.
by Forum moderator Jan 16, 2014 1:42AM PST

Let's say you share it via the dozens of many methods only to discover your TV doesn't work with Windows Shares. Or that the TV only understands content encoded using a very very short list.

Did you check on that before you go down this road?
Bob

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Well your TV doesn't have a real OS
by Jan 16, 2014 9:37PM PST

or at least one like your PC. No if you want to store videos on this external drive I recommend that you connect the drive to your laptop and connect the external drive to your laptop using a HDMI cable.

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