Re: portable streaming media hardware question

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Author: Bob Elzer
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: portable streaming media hardware question
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
>
>
>
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