stream movies with time capsule?

[stefmesman]

will i be able to stream movies from an external HDD connected to the USB port of an time capsule? i know it should be possible but does it work in ''real life''?

i used to watch movies on my iMac. but sold it and traded it in for an macbook pro. its a pain to hook up external HDD's if i want to watch a movie as they are large bricks and need power supply.

anyone have experience?

thanks

 

[AppleNewton]

honestly its not as great as it may seem. i did it before and while it worked it wasnt any better than attaching an external. you can get a decent priced portable HDDs that require no external PSU. id try one of those first. or you can always upgrade your MBPs internal harddrive.

 

[rgarjr]

not all external hard drives require a seperate power supply. U can power them up using the USB.

U can stream from the built in hard drive or external air disk off the TC. Not the fastest, but it works in most cases, will certainly work with SD movies.

 

[stefmesman]

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Does it work with HD? And what do you mean by not the fastest? Needs to cache a while? Or is choppy and freezes?

 

[stefmesman]

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Is there nobody using thier time capsule or airport extreme for this?