So I use a synology filer at home (two, actually), and replicate data using their cloud sync app on there on my androids. I do this mostly for books as I add new things I queue to read. At some point I intend to do the same for music. I do this on my local lan right now, so when it *can* hit the synology, it syncs and adds new stuff from my /books dir. I mentioned ZeroTier before here for personal vpn/cloud, I use this as well to access my synology filer (and everything else at home) running a ZT client (props for them offering a synology package!) remotely from my phone or whatever, on cell or wifi anywhere. I enable the ZT network on phone/tablet, use solidexplorer on android to access a cifs share remotely over encrypted sdwan/vpn to my synology, and do my business copying what I want to the phone as if local. I use this to grab movies and stuff when on the road from my home share, books, music, work client data, whatever. I could setup sync replication over it too, but I only use zerotier on wifi or on-demand otherwise. You don't always have to carry everything with you, just have to bring the private cloud/home network to your devices securely, and ZT is great for that. I'm not comfortable pushing my media over to google/box/dropbox/etc either, particularly sensitive work data, so I like ZeroTier for this back to my home filer(s), and you can do so only when on wifi so not burning your mobile data. -mb On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 3:44 PM David Schwartz wrote: > I’ve got three mobile devices (plus my phone) with a 4th on the way, and I > use them for different things and depending on my mood. ;-) > > I want to put the data on ONE DEVICE that could, preferably, fit in my > pocket, and that would let me access the files on any of my other devices. > > If there’s an app I can run on my Android phone and use it as a media > server that doesn’t require it to be jailbroken, that would be ideal. > > I’m not aware of anything like this for either Android or iOS that works > on non-jailbroken devices. > > Anybody know of an app that would do this? > > -David Schwartz > > > > On Nov 16, 2018, at 3:22 PM, Bob Elzer wrote: > > why not just load it all on to your ipad? > > at the end of the day you're going to want a bigger screen to view all the > material and if you keep accessing it through different devices there won't > be any way to know where you left off when you switch to another device. > > tiny screens aren't really conducive to reading documents > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 2:04 PM David Schwartz 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 >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss