Hello,
I'm not really sure where to post as I am just starting out.
There are a couple of us and we each have out own Windows laptop.
I would like to stick a hard drive somewhere both of us can access wirelessly on our laptops.
I would also like the files on that hard drive (video, audio & photos) to be able to be played on the TV and a Hifi.
I think I will need some kind of 'server' or 'streamer' to plug the hard drive into to make it accessible to the laptops but that device must also have output for connection to the hifi and the TV (which are next to each other).
One problem I can see with that is that how would I browse the music files on the hard drive and get them to play on a hifi that is attached to the streamer?
If I view the files on the laptop and play them then the sound is going to come out the laptop which is not what I want as its not attached to the hifi.
Would I have to get something like the iPort Express to send it back to the amp?
Would I need a pretty hefty Wifi router to support all these connections and traffic?
How do you guys manage your setups?
Thanks!
Bit like this but output to TV too:
I'm not really sure where to post as I am just starting out.
There are a couple of us and we each have out own Windows laptop.
I would like to stick a hard drive somewhere both of us can access wirelessly on our laptops.
I would also like the files on that hard drive (video, audio & photos) to be able to be played on the TV and a Hifi.
I think I will need some kind of 'server' or 'streamer' to plug the hard drive into to make it accessible to the laptops but that device must also have output for connection to the hifi and the TV (which are next to each other).
One problem I can see with that is that how would I browse the music files on the hard drive and get them to play on a hifi that is attached to the streamer?
If I view the files on the laptop and play them then the sound is going to come out the laptop which is not what I want as its not attached to the hifi.
Would I have to get something like the iPort Express to send it back to the amp?
Would I need a pretty hefty Wifi router to support all these connections and traffic?
How do you guys manage your setups?
Thanks!
Bit like this but output to TV too:

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