Thanks, but I’m looking for HARDWARE suggestions, not advice on how to reinvent 
my work habits.


I did find one thing that looks promising: Asus Travelair N Wireless 1TB Hard 
Disk

Does anybody know if RPi's have enough horesepower to stream a video? Can I fit 
one in a case with a battery that fits in your pocket?

-David Schwartz



> On Nov 16, 2018, at 2:09 PM, Aaron Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Go to your local library, mcdonalds, or anywhere with free wifi. Use a laptop 
> to download the entire archive. Place on a thumb drive that also supports 
> your phone. Look them up on amazon. They can do full size usb or type c or 
> whatever as a combo. 
> 
> Why buy a phone to support your phone so you can phone while your phone acts 
> as a server for the other phone?
> 
>> On Nov 16, 2018, at 1:55 PM, David Schwartz <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I recently purchased a course online, and I need to go through all of the 
>> materials. It’s hosted online, but is also available for download.
>> 
>> So I just downloaded a bunch of files. They’re a combination of audio (MP3), 
>> video (MP4), some PDF files, and slides (PPT/PPTX).
>> 
>> The total size exceeds my monthly data plan, and I don’t like having to stop 
>> and restart long videos when I have to take a break for some reason, because 
>> they invariably lose track of where they are and end up having to restart 
>> from the beginning.
>> 
>> I’d like to be able to load them onto a small pocket-sized device that runs 
>> as a simple media server so I can access them from whatever device I have 
>> handy, without having to worry about uploading them to each device. There 
>> are some WiFi thumb drives, but their batteries don’t last very long, and 
>> I’d like to be able to put stuff on MicroSD cards that I can swap in and out 
>> rather than doing the whole backup/restore thing to swap files.
>> 
>> There’s a ton of software available to run, but what hardware options are 
>> there?
>> 
>> Think something like a phone or tablet with a MicroSD slot, that lets me run 
>> some server software and act like a media server that I could connect to 
>> from my phone or iPad or other mobile devices. It should have enough battery 
>> to run for 6 hours or so without a recharge.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>> 
>> -David Schwartz
>> 
>> 
>> 
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