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Drivers for USB HDDs... [message #62902]

Wed, 11 January 2006 15:02

Kim
Messages: 1246
Registered: October 2005

Senior Member

I wasn't sure how to describe this in the subject heading...

I've been on a bit of a project to get myself a DVD player to use as an MP3
player for the main stereo. To save myself the trouble of setting up a media
computer. Anyhow I was going to just buy a cheapo DVD player and be done
with it...

....but I got to the store and this DVD recorder caught my eye. It was only
$180 (no doubt that's not the cheap in the states but it's pretty good here)
and what I particularily liked was that it has a firewire and a USB port
on the front. Unfortunately nowhere in the manual does it tell you what you
can plug in to the USB port. I think the firewire only works with DV cameras.
I already tested the USB port with a USB memory stick and it worked perfectly.

What I'm wondering is, is there a difference between the driver for a USB
memory stick and a USB hdd. I had a feeling that I'd heard somewhere that
they both appear on your computer as the same device type.

I'm trying to work out whether the fact that the USB stick works means inherantly
that a USB hdd will work, or whether I'm going to have to try one.

If I can get this box to play MP3's off a USB hdd I'll be stoked.

Maybe I'm just going to have to buy an external USB case and try my luck...

Cheers,
Kim.

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Re: Drivers for USB HDDs... [message #62947 is a reply to message #62902]

Thu, 12 January 2006 08:18

Messages: 61
Registered: July 2005

Member

FWIW; I have a usb card reader for a digital camera that appears as a drive
on my computer. I can read and write files to it.

"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:43c5808c$1@linux...
>
> I wasn't sure how to describe this in the subject heading...
>
> I've been on a bit of a project to get myself a DVD player to use as an
> MP3
> player for the main stereo. To save myself the trouble of setting up a
> media
> computer. Anyhow I was going to just buy a cheapo DVD player and be done
> with it...
>
> ...but I got to the store and this DVD recorder caught my eye. It was only
> $180 (no doubt that's not the cheap in the states but it's pretty good
> here)
> and what I particularily liked was that it has a firewire and a USB port
> on the front. Unfortunately nowhere in the manual does it tell you what
> you
> can plug in to the USB port. I think the firewire only works with DV
> cameras.
> I already tested the USB port with a USB memory stick and it worked
> perfectly.
>
> What I'm wondering is, is there a difference between the driver for a USB
> memory stick and a USB hdd. I had a feeling that I'd heard somewhere that
> they both appear on your computer as the same device type.
>
> I'm trying to work out whether the fact that the USB stick works means
> inherantly
> that a USB hdd will work, or whether I'm going to have to try one.
>
> If I can get this box to play MP3's off a USB hdd I'll be stoked.
>
> Maybe I'm just going to have to buy an external USB case and try my
> luck...
>
> Cheers,
> Kim.

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Re: Drivers for USB HDDs... [message #62998 is a reply to message #62947]

Fri, 13 January 2006 02:13

Don Nafe

Messages: 1206
Registered: July 2005

Senior Member

Both my stick and external HDD show up as the same thing on all my computers

Don

"RZ" <pearlmusic@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:43c681e0@linux...
> FWIW; I have a usb card reader for a digital camera that appears as a
> drive on my computer. I can read and write files to it.
>
> "Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:43c5808c$1@linux...
>>
>> I wasn't sure how to describe this in the subject heading...
>>
>> I've been on a bit of a project to get myself a DVD player to use as an
>> MP3
>> player for the main stereo. To save myself the trouble of setting up a
>> media
>> computer. Anyhow I was going to just buy a cheapo DVD player and be done
>> with it...
>>
>> ...but I got to the store and this DVD recorder caught my eye. It was
>> only
>> $180 (no doubt that's not the cheap in the states but it's pretty good
>> here)
>> and what I particularily liked was that it has a firewire and a USB port
>> on the front. Unfortunately nowhere in the manual does it tell you what
>> you
>> can plug in to the USB port. I think the firewire only works with DV
>> cameras.
>> I already tested the USB port with a USB memory stick and it worked
>> perfectly.
>>
>> What I'm wondering is, is there a difference between the driver for a USB
>> memory stick and a USB hdd. I had a feeling that I'd heard somewhere that
>> they both appear on your computer as the same device type.
>>
>> I'm trying to work out whether the fact that the USB stick works means
>> inherantly
>> that a USB hdd will work, or whether I'm going to have to try one.
>>
>> If I can get this box to play MP3's off a USB hdd I'll be stoked.
>>
>> Maybe I'm just going to have to buy an external USB case and try my
>> luck...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kim.
>
>

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