Doesn't installing the pogoplug software on a pc and Iphone do exactly the same thing? You can access any/all files on your pc/hard drives from Iphone/Ipad etc without buying this hardware and it works quite well! What does this device do over and above that?
divyangmd
Loyal Member
posted: Aug. 22, 2012 @ 8:39a
lilewis said: Doesn't installing the pogoplug software on a pc and Iphone do exactly the same thing? You can access any/all files on your pc/hard drives from Iphone/Ipad etc without buying this hardware and it works quite well! What does this device do over and above that?
This is a great little device if you hack it a little. Many have hacked it to turn a Pogoplug into a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) web server. http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2010/09/turn-a-pogoplug-into-a-full... I personally installed optware (preserves my.pogoplug.com access), which has multiple packages you can install. http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Optware/HomePage I personally only needed Samba to allow all the drives to communicate with my home network media tanks and smart tv's.
But for those who would like a lower power consuming device that can do so many things if you install optware, $20 is a serious deal. Look, you can install asterix and run your own VOIP service with google voice number to get free phone service. Or use xmail to run your own mail server or apache to run your own website. For $20. Just have to install optware. Very low power consumption, so it'll cost 1/8 of what it would to leave a PC on. Plus you can attach as big an external drive as you want.
lilewis
Member
posted: Aug. 22, 2012 @ 8:59a
I appreciate the quick reply. I understand now, and some of those uses are pretty interesting. Thanx!
kami333
Senior Member
posted: Aug. 22, 2012 @ 9:16a
lilewis said: Doesn't installing the pogoplug software on a pc and Iphone do exactly the same thing? You can access any/all files on your pc/hard drives from Iphone/Ipad etc without buying this hardware and it works quite well! What does this device do over and above that?
Like divyangmd said, it just depends on what you want to do. I have the desktop version installed on my server for file access (though I'm thinking of getting rid of it, bit of a resource hog) as well as 1 Pogoplug with the default software for backups and 2 others with ArchLinux with webservers. For $20 there's a lot of legitimate uses and as well as development/messing around.
ParatoOptimal
Senior Member
posted: Aug. 22, 2012 @ 12:42p
Does the classic do all this or is the Pro required?
divyangmd
Loyal Member
posted: Aug. 22, 2012 @ 1:56p
ParatoOptimal said: Does the classic do all this or is the Pro required?
The optware site has the instructions for setting up the pogoplug for optware. The instructions are for: Pogoplugs (V1, V2, Pogoplug Pro/Video/V3(P21) I think the Pink and Gray are V1/V2. So to answer your question, the classic (I'm assuming you mean Pink) is hackable.
Anyone know the best hack to get it to work with Logitech Revue Google TV?
rashed
Member
posted: Aug. 22, 2012 @ 4:25p
Can I run DLNA server and attach USB HD? Will it stream well for 1080p mkv files? thanks
abscess
Nerdy Member
posted: Aug. 22, 2012 @ 4:35p
the stock firmware has a built-in upnp server but your upnp client has to support streaming the source video over http. so for example you can stream dvd rips to a ps3 just fine, but xbox is very picky about what it will play. it really depends on your upnp client. i don't recommend it if you have an xbox, works a lot better with ps3
orthros
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posted: Aug. 22, 2012 @ 4:36p
Anyone else getting Error 500 - Internal Server Error - when they try to checkout?
rashed
Member
posted: Aug. 22, 2012 @ 5:22p
Thanks for the reply. I have Panasonic viera TV that has DLNA. TV DLNA works great when I share media from windows 7. Do you think TV DLNA will work from pogoplug? I do not want to run my windows 7 pc 24/7.
Yes, I'm using PogoPlug to stream my network on my TV. It works perfect.
abscess
Nerdy Member
posted: Aug. 22, 2012 @ 5:32p
it may or may not... it depends how well the tv plays back the video format you try to stream. if your tv has a usb port, you can try plugging in the hard drive and playing the files directly. if that works, there is a good chance streaming the file from the pogoplug will work. one important thing windows media player does is transcode the videos on-the-fly into a high-quality format that is very compatible with various media players. with the pogoplug you need to have the video content already in the right format for your player. the pogoplug does have some offline transcoding capabilities, but it takes a long time and generates low-quality video that should play on most upnp players.
ForSpud
Ancient Member
posted: Aug. 22, 2012 @ 6:00p
For those who just want to keep it simple, you can use this thing (at least a Seagate GoFlex STAK-100, which is the same?) stock out of the box similar to having your own Dropbox.
I have one at a relatives house 300 miles away, with a 1.5TB drive in it. Using the pogoplug companion software that is free with this thing, I can have a 1.5TB drive that simply shows up as a drive letter on any of my computers, but is actually sitting 300 miles away. It can do automatic backups of my computer, or just be used as a huge, internet accessible drive, or both. Again, it is like having a Dropbox that you own and control.
Easy to setup, very stable and reliable. Works great with tiny SSD's on my netbook, because as long as I have internet I have access to all the 1.5TB of content on the drive on this thing.
Love it.
divyangmd
Loyal Member
posted: Aug. 22, 2012 @ 7:35p
skibum43 said: Anyone know the best hack to get it to work with Logitech Revue Google TV?
I use GTV Box app on google tv revue. I think it was $2.99 on google play store. With that app you can browse all your network shared drives and play video from them. On the pogoplug I have installed Samba optware. That will make all the attached drives available to your local network and findable by gtv box. Basically the pogo can be a $20 NAS plus more.
stevelion said: Looks like you can get this free with a one year subscription to Pogoplug backup service for $19.95/year: http://pogoplug.com/promo/introfamily
plus $9.95 shipping for the device!
rashed
Member
posted: Aug. 22, 2012 @ 10:55p
thanks. Bought one.
rashed
Member
posted: Aug. 23, 2012 @ 10:18a
TightOnDollar said: Yes, I'm using PogoPlug to stream my network on my TV. It works perfect.
out of the box?
SaZam
Member
posted: Aug. 24, 2012 @ 3:12p
Thanks op,
I ordered one. Hopefully I'll be able to turn it into a LAMP server.
rashed
Member
posted: Sep. 1, 2012 @ 3:27p
abscess said: the stock firmware has a built-in upnp server but your upnp client has to support streaming the source video over http. so for example you can stream dvd rips to a ps3 just fine, but xbox is very picky about what it will play. it really depends on your upnp client. i don't recommend it if you have an xbox, works a lot better with ps3
Hi I tried to load ushare but getting error when loading directory. Can you give a link how you did yours suing shock firmware? thanks
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