Like a number of people on this forum, I've formatted a USB HDD in Ext3 so I can pull off Humax PVR recordings onto it that are larger than 4Gb. I got Western Digital's WDTV Live network media streamer for Christmas and I was surprised to find that I can connect the Ext3-formatted HDD to it via the USB port and read/write to/from any of the Windows PCs in my network. As well as streaming to my adjacent TV, the WDTV acts as a network streamer from the HDD to any of the PCs. I've put in a USB switch to easily change between the Humax to the WDTV, so now I can easily pull off a recorded programme to the external HDD to watch somewhere else on my network.
I thought it would be useful to post this as it isn't publicised that WDTV Live will allow viewing of Ext3 formats via a local network.
I thought it would be useful to post this as it isn't publicised that WDTV Live will allow viewing of Ext3 formats via a local network.