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Streaming and internet connection questions.

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stefmesman

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hello people!

i got an harddisc hooked up to my imac with alot of HD video content wich i normally watch on my imac itself.

my question is. can i also acces this drive over another computer on the same network? and stream the videos in HD to another pc/mac? and what would i need to do this?

is there also a way to do this directly to the television? (ofcourse i understand i need specific hardware for that.)

thanks!
 
Hellhammer said:
Just enable file sharing from System Preferences > Sharing. If you have PCs in the house, then it might be a bit more complicated

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1549
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1812?viewlocale=en_US

You can stream content to you TV but you need some device to be connected to the TV (e.g. another computer, PS3...)
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so if i would buy a mac mini and connect it to the tv with HDMI, i could acces the shared folder of the harddisc connected to my imac, and stream HD video to my mac mini? how would this impact my internet speed? and how could i be able to share to lets say a windows laptop over wifi? would that work?

EDIT: can i also plug my harddrive intothe USB port of the time capsule to not have my imac on all the time?
 
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stefmesman said:
so if i would buy a mac mini and connect it to the tv with HDMI, i could acces the shared folder of the harddisc connected to my imac, and stream HD video to my mac mini? how would this impact my internet speed? and how could i be able to share to lets say a windows laptop over wifi? would that work?

EDIT: can i also plug my harddrive intothe USB port of the time capsule to not have my imac on all the time?
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Even AppleTV might be sufficient for that, as long as the videos are in iTunes (not sure would it work if the are not). Yes, if you buy Mini, you can stream the content in your iMac to the Mini and thus to the TV.

It should not affect your internet speed since the connection is iMac-router-Mini (not iMac-router-ISP), so it does not use your internet connection, just the home network connection.

You can use a Windows laptop as well, see the links in my post above.

The USB port in TC is for printing. Only AirPort Extreme supports external HDs.
 
stefmesman said:
the apple site tells me i can connect an external HD for sharing?

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC343LL/A/Time-Capsule-1TB?fnode=MTY1NDA0Mg&mco=MTMzNzU2Mjk

or is this for other purposes?

thanks for all the info so far! you rock :D
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Hmm, looks like you can indeed do that

http://www.brighthub.com/computing/mac-platform/articles/48709.aspx

If you already have the Time Capsule, go ahead and try it. If it works, then it's great, no need to keep iMac on for 24/7.
 
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