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July 29th, 2011
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XBMC & External Drive
You are able to install it to USB or External Hard Drives. What I am wondering and can't find information on (and can't test till its too late) is if I plug that XMBC equipped drive into a fairly new TV (through USB) (2 years or less) will it work, or will the tv just see nothing, or normal files and data. Will XBMC pop up? |
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July 30th, 2011
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Michaelsoft Systems CEO
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Re: XBMC & External Drive
No it won't. The USB port is just for media files and doesn't support any kind of executable or booting from such a device.
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July 30th, 2011
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Re: XBMC & External Drive
Any suggestions, ideas that would make it work that does not include buying a whole set top box?
I guess not that would defeat the reason behind settop boxes right. lol What if XBMC is installed onto the drive, then plugged into a Xbox360, would it work then? |
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July 30th, 2011
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Michaelsoft Systems CEO
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Re: XBMC & External Drive
Nope, sorry. There is no way. The cheapest way is to buy an Apple TV 2, jailbreak it and install XBMC on it.
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