Storage Solutions Switching HDD between mediaplayer and Seagate Dockstar

[jijojose79]

Hi,

I have an 1TB HDD external which is connected to Seagate dockstar(USB port) and downloads all movies to HDD.I used to play files on HDD through media player, so everytime I need to disconnect the HDD from dockstar and connect to media player.

I am looking for a solution to avoid USB removal everytime and thinking of KVM switch in between. But all the KVM's are for PC sharing (for keyboard and mouse) which is not suit for my requirement.

Anyone have idea ?

 

[varkey]

Which media player are you using? If its network player then you can easily add the media player to the network and share the files from the dockstar.

 

[jijojose79]

Currently i am using my friend's asus o!player mini for the time being, and planning to buy the same, which doesn't have wifi, but support ext3. Even if I buy one with wifie( like xtreame), which is more costly and I need to upgrade my wifi router :-(, currently it's G router.

 

[varkey]

The asus mini player doesn't seem to have any wired network option either. So it would be better if you get a player having a wired network option at least so you can setup a network and share the data from the dockstar.

 

[jijojose79]

Asus O! Play HDP-R1 is out of my budget !, I am looking for another low cost player with ether net or a switch like kvm.