How do you store your downloads?

Fayk40 · 09-17-17, 03:47 PM

I'm late to the party and just started purchasing downloads but not sure how to view them on my TV. I'm thinking putting them on a portable hard drive but can you hock them up to your TV to view? Or would it be better to store them on flash drives? Thanks for any input!

MomOf2Gremlins · 09-17-17, 04:38 PM

External drive

ellaenchanted · 09-17-17, 04:54 PM

Cloud storage, hard drive, external drive. I like having them in multiple places. I also upload onto my youtube as private videos because it is easy to play them at the gym using the YT app.

Fayk40 · 09-17-17, 05:13 PM

How do you view your downloads off a external drive can you hock them straight up to your TV and if so how do you choose which workout you want to do is there some kind of menu? I'm not very techy. Thankful for a help!

Sollamyn · 09-18-17, 09:15 AM

I use a flash drive that inserts into a USB port on my TV. Then I have to use my TV remote to go to the USB drive where I can see a menu of my flash drive's contents. My TV remote has arrow keys for moving through the list and an enter key to select. It also has Pause, Play, etc. It's not as easy to maneuver as a DVD or VHS, but still pretty decent.

Donna

Demeris · 09-18-17, 01:59 PM

I have them in a folder on my PC, in a folder on my iMac, in THREE different thumbdrives, and I keep them on my external hard drive.

dmlarue1 · 09-20-17, 05:54 PM

I keep mine on flash drives. I have a roku 3 attached to my tv that will play usb drives

ncl · 09-20-17, 06:52 PM

I have mine on an external cloud drive. I should probably have other copies of them too but I guess I still mostly have DVDs at this point.

pgun3 · 09-23-17, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sollamyn

I use a flash drive that inserts into a USB port on my TV. Then I have to use my TV remote to go to the USB drive where I can see a menu of my flash drive's contents. My TV remote has arrow keys for moving through the list and an enter key to select. It also has Pause, Play, etc. It's not as easy to maneuver as a DVD or VHS, but still pretty decent.

Donna

what size is the usb use use?

FitBoop · 09-24-17, 08:11 AM

I use an external hard drive. There are different ways to stream wirelessly from the external hard drive to a TV. Toshiba makes an adapter and app for its external hard drive to be able to stream wirelessly.

With Apple TV, you can also stream wirelessly from your computer using home sharing through iTunes. Your videos have to be stored in iTunes to do that.

I recently used the Toshiba external hard drive with the wireless adapter and the app
on my iPad to stream the videos into my iPad, and then used Airplay to stream from the iPad to the TV. It didn't work well, so I bought the Apple adapter to connect my iPad directly to the TV to see if it would stream better. I haven't tried it yet.

If you want to use a wired connection, you can hook up the computer with the drive attached, directly to your TV.

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09-17-17, 03:47 PM
Fayk40 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Pennsylvania	How do you store your downloads? I'm late to the party and just started purchasing downloads but not sure how to view them on my TV. I'm thinking putting them on a portable hard drive but can you hock them up to your TV to view? Or would it be better to store them on flash drives? Thanks for any input!

09-17-17, 04:38 PM
MomOf2Gremlins Join Date: May 2010 Location: PA	External drive __________________ *~Val~* "Change what you can. Accept what you can't. Live peacefully with all that's left."

09-17-17, 04:54 PM
ellaenchanted Join Date: Aug 2005	Cloud storage, hard drive, external drive. I like having them in multiple places. I also upload onto my youtube as private videos because it is easy to play them at the gym using the YT app.

09-17-17, 05:13 PM
Fayk40 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Pennsylvania	How do you view your downloads off a external drive can you hock them straight up to your TV and if so how do you choose which workout you want to do is there some kind of menu? I'm not very techy. Thankful for a help!

09-18-17, 09:15 AM
Sollamyn Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: S. Illinois	I use a flash drive that inserts into a USB port on my TV. Then I have to use my TV remote to go to the USB drive where I can see a menu of my flash drive's contents. My TV remote has arrow keys for moving through the list and an enter key to select. It also has Pause, Play, etc. It's not as easy to maneuver as a DVD or VHS, but still pretty decent. Donna __________________ Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world. unknown

09-18-17, 01:59 PM
Demeris Join Date: Dec 2006	I have them in a folder on my PC, in a folder on my iMac, in THREE different thumbdrives, and I keep them on my external hard drive.

09-20-17, 05:54 PM
dmlarue1 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: SC	I keep mine on flash drives. I have a roku 3 attached to my tv that will play usb drives

09-20-17, 06:52 PM
ncl Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Western North Carolina	I have mine on an external cloud drive. I should probably have other copies of them too but I guess I still mostly have DVDs at this point.

09-24-17, 08:11 AM
FitBoop VF Supporter Join Date: Nov 2001	I use an external hard drive. There are different ways to stream wirelessly from the external hard drive to a TV. Toshiba makes an adapter and app for its external hard drive to be able to stream wirelessly. With Apple TV, you can also stream wirelessly from your computer using home sharing through iTunes. Your videos have to be stored in iTunes to do that. I recently used the Toshiba external hard drive with the wireless adapter and the app on my iPad to stream the videos into my iPad, and then used Airplay to stream from the iPad to the TV. It didn't work well, so I bought the Apple adapter to connect my iPad directly to the TV to see if it would stream better. I haven't tried it yet. If you want to use a wired connection, you can hook up the computer with the drive attached, directly to your TV.