Airport Extreme & "remote streaming" to Plex - is this possible?

[NazgulRR]

This:

1.) I'd put the Airport Extreme with USB external hard drive (movies, tv shows) in location1 (20Mb/20Mb internet connection 24/7).

2.) I'd set up Plex/XMBC on my Macbook in location2 (say, 200km away from location1) to connect to that drive and use it as a source for all the movies, tv shows etc. (Location2 has 100Mb/10Mb internet speed).

Basically, the external drive in location1 would act as a "remote file server" feeding the Plex/XMBC on my Macbook in location2 (or anywhere in the world, theoretically atleast) which would then play what I wanted.

Would this be possible? Or is it too sci-fi?

IMO internet speeds are ok (20Mb up from loc1 and 100Mb down to loc2), but I'm not sure whether direct streaming from a shared drive over the internet is possible. And if you can use such drive with Plex or XMBC.

 

[mulo]

yeah you can do this.
I do this myself.

 

[NazgulRR]

Cool, that is awesome. How does it work in real life? Is navigating/scanning for new media in Plex/XMBC nice and smooth? Theoretically, you could access it and watch the movies from anywhere in the world, right?

 

[mulo]

I just connect with AFP and play the movies in VLC. nothing fancy but gets the job done.

and yes, I watched a 1080p movie from my AEBS in europe, when I was in the US

 

[NazgulRR]

Thank you very much. Just what I wanted to know .