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linksalu
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‎12-27-2010 09:39 AM

 

I just have a quick question. I do not currently own the Theater+, but I am on the verge of purchasing it. All the video features sound great, but I'm more interested in using it as a network storage device. I can't really find much information when it comes to this, though. Here's my questions: does the Theater+ allow you to store non-media files on it? I'm talking .RARs, .ZIPS, archived files, ISOs, etc. Also, what file system does it use? I own an older external HD that can only support FAT32 -- since most of the files I'm looking to backup are over 4 gigs, the file system simply won't allow it. Will this be an issue with the Theater+?

 

Anyway, thanks in advance. Happy holidays.

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‎12-27-2010 06:00 PM

Hello, welcome to the board. There is no actual hard drive in the FAT+. You attach external drives to it, so if you have .iso's the FAT+ will recognize them as movies, if you have .rar's it won't do anything as they are not supported. It should just find the supported movies. Any reason why you don't just format the drive ntfs? Happy holidays to you too.
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‎12-28-2010 12:56 PM

You need to know a drive attached to FAT+ does not serve as a network attached storage.  FAT+ can read other drives attached in the other PC's or other NAS, but drives attached to FAT+ cannot be read or written by other PC's.  The attached FAT+ drives can only be read by FAT+ itself.

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‎12-28-2010 03:38 PM

 

DoubleT wrote:

You need to know a drive attached to FAT+ does not serve as a network attached storage.  FAT+ can read other drives attached in the other PC's or other NAS, but drives attached to FAT+ cannot be read or written by other PC's.  The attached FAT+ drives can only be read by FAT+ itself.

Thanks DoubleT, I seemed to not really answer that vital question in my followup, the FAT+ cannot act as a NAS.

 

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‎12-28-2010 08:58 PM

There is a way to store and retrieve files from it, but it is a bit convoluted one. It supports NTFS, and linux ext2 and I think ext3, as well. However, if your primary purpose is a NAS-like media player, the WD Live (or Asus O Play) may be a far better option.

 

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