If you've a standard android device that can run vlc, why not just push the
files to sd there and play?  I've done this for movies on my phone or
android tablet, vlc is always good about resuming when used.  Kodi as
well.  If apple lover, who knows, they want you to buy it all from them,
and I don't.

I've looked into portable (wifi) media servers, but nothing ever works too
well without compromise.  Most use local wifi with some local storage,
typically sd-based.  You can't connect to both it and internet wifi ssid's
at same time, and usually the devices are spotty at best.  Better sticking
to internal flash for media files and using an adequate player to remember
where you left off.

Example: I bought a full-size Toshiba SD card with a wifi chip built into
it to use it on my 3d printer, to feed files at it, in theory.  Seemed
nifty, but it was so janky it wasn't worth using.  Ymmv using mobile
clients with something like that, but I'm usually trying to push from linux
or worst-case a windoze vm, and just remember it was hokey to use in any
standard fashion.

Chinese crap gadgets mostly these sorts of "sharing" devices, they exist,
but usage is always iffy.

-mb


On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 2:04 PM David Schwartz <newsletters@thetoolwiz.com>
wrote:

> I recently purchased a course online, and I need to go through all of the
> materials. It’s hosted online, but is also available for download.
>
> So I just downloaded a bunch of files. They’re a combination of audio
> (MP3), video (MP4), some PDF files, and slides (PPT/PPTX).
>
> The total size exceeds my monthly data plan, and I don’t like having to
> stop and restart long videos when I have to take a break for some reason,
> because they invariably lose track of where they are and end up having to
> restart from the beginning.
>
> I’d like to be able to load them onto a small pocket-sized device that
> runs as a simple media server so I can access them from whatever device I
> have handy, without having to worry about uploading them to each device.
> There are some WiFi thumb drives, but their batteries don’t last very long,
> and I’d like to be able to put stuff on MicroSD cards that I can swap in
> and out rather than doing the whole backup/restore thing to swap files.
>
> There’s a ton of software available to run, but what hardware options are
> there?
>
> Think something like a phone or tablet with a MicroSD slot, that lets me
> run some server software and act like a media server that I could connect
> to from my phone or iPad or other mobile devices. It should have enough
> battery to run for 6 hours or so without a recharge.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> -David Schwartz
>
>
>
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