On Tuesday 15 December 2015 11:27:51 Michal Hrusecky wrote: > Michal Hrusecky - 9:01 15.12.15 wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to enter Western Digital contest :-) Here is my proposal of > > what I would do with PiDrive. I would create openSUSE based image for it > > with ownCloud setup and few extra features. > > > > One feature I really like to have integrated in the image is movie > > playback. So you can connect your PiDrive to your TV and via web browser > > play movies stored on your drive. I have some alpha version of the > > application running at home[1], so would integrate it, maybe extend it > > and test it on PiDrive. > > > > I would also play with avahi to publish some information about the > > PiDrive on the network. I played with it long time ago, I know there is > > plenty of stuff you can publish, but not really sure what makes sense, > > so would need to reiterate on that, in theory some computers should be > > able to autodiscover the PiDrive afterwards. > > > > Other feature I would like to include is to set it up in a way that > > there will be also some other access at least to the local files. What > > I'm thinking about is ftp server sharing users database and allowing > > direct access to the files. Or maybe localhost mounted wdfs exported via > > ftp/ssh so rsync would be possible. But this needs some experimenting > > and probably some configuration via web interface. > > > > Doing some samba shares/publish name over samba would be great, but have > > only limited experience with samba and have no windows machine to test > > against, so I can try after the stuff mentioned before, but can't > > promise given limited time and experience. > > > > During the discussion, I realized I would also try to add some easy > means to configure and give the PiDrive IPv6 connectivity so it can be > optionally accessed really worldwide. It is universal solution as quite > some users nowadays no longer have public IP and it will also promote > the importance of using not obsolete technologies like IPv4 :-)
Ha, IPv6 could be very helpful for this. Thanks for your proposal, Michal! BTW I think we've met ;-) > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.owncloud.org/mailman/listinfo/devel -- Disclaimer: Everything I do and say is based on my view of the world today. I am not responsible for changes in the world, nor my view on it. Everything I say is meant in a positive and friendly way, unless explicitly stated otherwise. find me on blog.jospoortvliet.com
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