Hello. Though I read several reviews and did 'some' research before I purchased anything, I was a bit too foolish and quick to do so. What I mean is, I recently purchased a Ximeta (or Klegg) NetDisk NDAS 500GB external drive as well as a D-Link DSM-520 Wireless media receiver. My intentions were to connect the 500GB NAS to my network and put a bunch of movies, music, and photos on it and wireless stream those to the DSM-520 which would be connected to my TV. It was only until after I received the NAS that I noticed it wasn't media streaming capable nor was it even IP capable. I have to install software on my PC to even be able to see the drive (and I wanted to bypass using my PC altogether for the actual streaming). I guess the only bright side is that the NAS also has a USB port that I could use.

I am wondering if there is a way that anyone knows about that I could use my current setup (NAS with Ethernet and USB, DSM-520, Linksys wireless router) to actually make things work as I want, or would there at least be a way where I could purchase some sort of adapter or some other device to help make it all work? I can't seem to find any viable solutions yet. Thanks for your help. :)

This isn't the answer you are looking for, of course, but you could pull the drive out of the NAS and buy a media (DNLA compliant) NAS enclosure (I think DLink sells them).

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=902541

See post #2.

Thank you for the info. Someone else mentioned to me to try this:


Not without buying some extra kit, but depending on how technically able you are you might not have to spend too much money.

Linksys make a device (or used to: you should be able to get them cheap second-hand) called the NSLU2, aka the Slug. This is a tiny thing that can share USB drives over a network. You can re-flash the firmware with a customised version called Unslung which lets you add various optional things like TwonkyVision which turns it into a UPnP media server.

The Slug has two USB ports and an ethernet port so if you went down this route you could cheaply add another USB hard drive later.


What are your thoughts on that? Thanks. :)

Thank you for the info. Someone else mentioned to me to try this:

What are your thoughts on that? Thanks. :)

I thought about NSLU2's for cheap solution, but I was worried about the media server compatibility with my PS3. I didn't want to end up with 'just some more storage".

If it runs Twonkyvision, then it might work great. I used Twonky and it worked well, but it did NOT support some HD video formats that I really needed... so I was using TVersity instead.

In the end, I paid a little more for a guaranteed streaming solution. I got a Buffalo Terastation Live (1TB). I was streaming 5GB movies from it (to my PS3) within about 1 hour of first powering it up. It cost me < $600 from Newegg. BTW, you can daisy-chain a standard USB HDD off the back of this thing - it has two USB2 ports on the back of it. It does a bunch of other cool stuff, but maybe that's a different subject.

Well, since my budget it so tight, I can't afford to necessarily get a dedicated device like you did for $600. I 'may' try the NSLU2 with different firmware and stuff, but for now, I may just try leaving my laptop on a lot (my main system) and use TVersity and see how that goes. Then I can make a better informed decision, especially since I'll be streaming the video all wirelessly. Thanks for your input. :)

I had a NSLU2 at one point, I had to reboot it about every two weeks, otherwise it worked well. Being a Lunix newbie, it took me a while to re-flash the unit and get the add-ons working properly. You'll need to reformat the external drive in EXT_3 though (Linux format).

Eventually I needed more storage and migrated to a ReadyNAS - before Netgear bought them and jacked up the prices.

Well, the latest firmware of Unslung allows for good NTFS access and such, so I don't think that would be the problem. The problem is just still cost and how fast it really does media streaming if I went that route. I'll just have to wait and see I guess. If I do go that route, I'll re-post here to let everyone know my results. :)

Hello. Though I read several reviews and did 'some' research before I purchased anything, I was a bit too foolish and quick to do so. What I mean is, I recently purchased a Ximeta (or Klegg) NetDisk NDAS 500GB external drive as well as a D-Link DSM-520 Wireless media receiver. My intentions were to connect the 500GB NAS to my network and put a bunch of movies, music, and photos on it and wireless stream those to the DSM-520 which would be connected to my TV. It was only until after I received the NAS that I noticed it wasn't media streaming capable nor was it even IP capable. I have to install software on my PC to even be able to see the drive (and I wanted to bypass using my PC altogether for the actual streaming). I guess the only bright side is that the NAS also has a USB port that I could use.

I am wondering if there is a way that anyone knows about that I could use my current setup (NAS with Ethernet and USB, DSM-520, Linksys wireless router) to actually make things work as I want, or would there at least be a way where I could purchase some sort of adapter or some other device to help make it all work? I can't seem to find any viable solutions yet. Thanks for your help. :)

If your NAS is SMB compliant (I can't tell from your posting), then any of several media players which support SMB can access it directly.

I found a cheap solution plus a great product that allows me to reuse old hardware. Check out this product by Server Elements w ww.serverelements.com This product currently support NFS, SMB, FTP as well as others. It does not answer your question about an adapter but it would let you reuse the old hardware.