Should I play video directly off of my external HDD?

Discussion in 'Storage Devices' started by retrovertigo, Apr 4, 2006.

  1. retrovertigo

    retrovertigo Geek Trainee

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    I just put a spare 200 GB HDD into an external enclosure, and am currently using it to move over lots of audio/video media that I had taking up space on my laptop. My question, though, is this:

    Is it recommended to play video directly off the external drive, or should I copy the files to my local HDD to play them? I'm assuming that it should be OK to play files directly off the external drive, but I was just wondering if the bandwidth of a FireWire/USB 2.0 connection (I have both) is reliable enough to play video directly.

    Thanks!
     
    retrovertigo, Apr 4, 2006
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  2. ninja fetus

    ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta

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    yeah you shouldn't have any problem playing off an external hdd
     
    ninja fetus, Apr 4, 2006
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  3. retrovertigo

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    Thanks, thought so.
     
    retrovertigo, Apr 4, 2006
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  4. StimpE

    StimpE lol, Internet!

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    It's the same as an internal HDD, just with a casing and connected via usb, so you shouldn't have any issues.
     
    StimpE, Apr 4, 2006
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  5. Karanislove

    Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv

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    i m usin a USB HDD 4m 2yrs nd i ve done nearly everything on it like playing games, listening music, watchin videos.....nd i m still doingt it. I like this shit coz i can use it on any comp.
     
    Karanislove, Apr 4, 2006
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