Networking two cs-918 rev t-r42's together to share local storage on master box

[mxport25]

Hello all. I have read many posts on this forum and have found it very useful. But ow I run into a issue where I need a hint. I have two android boxes. One is the master and one is the slave. The master has a 1TB external HD with the library. I want the slave to use the internal network to access the masters hard drive so that they can both watch videos and update automatically.

I know this is easily fixed by moving all data to a computer and creating a share but this is not possible. It is just these two units.

Can someone please help me. My wife gets back tomorrow and I would love to have this finished by then..

Thanks in advance.


james

[tim1]

Plenty of media-type apps available

Hello all. I have read many posts on this forum and have found it very useful. But ow I run into a issue where I need a hint. I have two android boxes. One is the master and one is the slave. The master has a 1TB external HD with the library. I want the slave to use the internal network to access the masters hard drive so that they can both watch videos and update automatically.

I know this is easily fixed by moving all data to a computer and creating a share but this is not possible. It is just these two units.

Can someone please help me. My wife gets back tomorrow and I would love to have this finished by then..

Thanks in advance.


james

Hey James - did you try apps like DLNA Server or Media Server? Those should fit the bill.

[mxport25]

THANK YOU FOR REPLY

I was under the impression that XBMC had a built in DNLA server. My windows computer see's it on the network but the second android box does not. I like ICE COLD APPS software, and I tried their SMB server but still with no luck. it seems like it would be a breeze if the HD was a NAS, but it isnt.

Here is a text from the firmware builder. Check out the NFS share mount. I dont know if that is what I need or not. It looks like that is just to give the box itself access to a share so that it can find videos for itself. Not help a box with no HD directly attached.
THanks a bunch for your help, this has been kicking my but for days now.


James

HFW by lewy20041


v1.2.0 Final
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-K-R42 720p/1080p
-root
-spoofed as Galaxy SIII
-gamepad button on statusbar opens "Tincore Key Mapper" (you can play games like bad pieggies with mouse)
-build.prop tweaks
-gameloft fix
-2gb app space
-changed bootanimation
-deleted usles apps
-youtube for gtv ver downgraded to 1.6
-better webcam support (logitech webcams like c525 wasnt working before, now it works like a charm)
-bootsound suport (put any .mp3 into system/media and rename it to android_audio.mp3 it will be played at bootanimation screen.)
-auto install advancedsettings.xml for smooth 1080p videa playback in XBMC
-Default launcher option under HFW settings>Special (Chouse which launcher you want to use as default)
-nfs support
-init.d support
-added HFW version under settings>about device
-added some nice apps:
*ES Explorer (ver. before layaut change)
*Wallbase
*Youtube for GTV 1.6 (due to login problems on 1.7.1)
-new settings (HFW Settings)
*Special
*Performance (you can change CPU clocks)
*Equalizer (need some testing)
*SuperSU (now it wil show here insted of app drawer)
*Terminal (//-//-//-)
*Xbmc Installer (//-//-//-)
-unlocked hiden options:
*Bluetooth
*Accessibility
-new modules:
*ntfs.ko added
*md4.ko
*pl2303.ko
*crc-itu-t.ko
*isofs.ko
*cdrom.ko
*udf.ko
*isofs.ko
*btusb.ko
*tun.ko
*virtual touchscreen.ko (720p)
-some visual changes
-modules package [provided with the rom package]
-disabled hdmi check for apps like "Xfinity, HBO GO"
-new visual (system bar etc.)
-power button on system bar
-clean home screen from usles shourtcats and widgets and google search
-new wallpaper
-ic_sysbar_highlight changed to cyan
-ic_sysbar_lights_out_dot changed to transparent (no dots on status bar when waching movie on mx player etc.)
-deleted search bar from home


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#NFS Share mount

#mount your share using terminal with this command (edit to mach your share) or edit 05NFS script in init.d folder:

su
mkdir /mnt/nfs
busybox mount -o rw,intr,soft,nolock 192.168.1.102:/mnt/HD/HD_a2 /mnt/nfs