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 >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
