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Question for Nvidia shield owners

  • 27-12-2021 07:25PM
    #1
    OU812
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,099 ✭✭✭


    I'm looking to get a streaming device for my elderly in-laws. They're not very techy (often get confused using more than one remote).

    They currently have a now stick & Netflix logged in through their tv, so far so good. However they also have a very old media player which reads an external hard drive or memory key for offline content which I sometimes give them. This is about 10 years old & can only read fat16, which mean small file sizes.

    I'm thinking of getting them a shield, but don't know if it can read an external drive. Does anyone know if this impossible ?

    Thanks in advance.



Comments

  • #2
    banie01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,508 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    Works fine with both USB powered and network drives. For more exotic types of file share such as remote NAS on a different network? Easily mapped via Kodi, Plex or your preferred File Explorer app



  • #3
    OU812
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,099 ✭✭✭OU812


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118378806#Comment_118378806

    Thanks for that. Would it work with an unpowered device? Or is it capable of powering one from it - thinking small external



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