Help with my current set up

[CSJXX]

Hey,

Just wondering if anyone can help me with my current set up. At the moment I have-

Living Room:
Samsung UE40C6530U TV
Sony Playstation 3
Amstrad Sky HD Box
2x LaCie 1tb External HD

Bedroom:
SAMSUNG LE32B450C
Samsung BD-C5500 Blu-ray Disc Player

Just wondering if anyone can help me on how I can incorporate my 2 external hard drives onto a network system so I can watch the movies on both tv's?
Also if theres a way to connect them to my network so i can just move files from my macbook onto the hard drives without having to plug them in?
At the moment the hard drives are plugged into the Samsung TV USB.

Thanks in advance.

Edited by CSJXX on Wednesday 9th June 13:01

[live ade]

don't know if this in anyway helpful....
have your H/drives got a network port ?
do you have a wireless router

[CSJXX]

live ade said:

don't know if this in anyway helpful....
have your H/drives got a network port ?
do you have a wireless router

No the Hard drives only have usb ports, thats why I have plugged them directly into the TV and the Sky TV router only has ethernet connections...

The blue ray player has ethernet connection and usb if that helps?

Edited by CSJXX on Wednesday 9th June 13:35

[goldblum]

Do you mean watch movies simultaneously?..not sure it's possible.You'll have to plug the ex hd's into PS3 and stream from pc to that.Then copy to ex hd.

[Thudd]

You need a NAS.

[CSJXX]

goldblum said:

Do you mean watch movies simultaneously?..not sure it's possible.You'll have to plug the ex hd's into PS3 and stream from pc to that.Then copy to ex hd.

No just so I have the option to watch movies on either TV?

[CSJXX]

Thudd said:

You need a NAS.

Yeah I know this would easily fix the problem but it would be an expensive fix and i would be left with 2TB hard drives unused.

Is there anyway i could transform these into 'NAS'? Maybe an Apples Airport Express or something similar??

[goldblum]

Do you have a router?

[CSJXX]

goldblum said:

Do you have a router?

Yeah the router supplied by SKY TV. It only has ethernet connections, no usb.

[tankplanker]

Bet option for me would be to run a Atom/ION based little desktop in the bedroom running Ubuntu or XBMC with the drives plugged into that, then use UPNP to stream to the PS3 via homeplugs or similar. Would cost around £250 ~ £300.

Other option would be to get a new router that will allow you to plug USB HDs into it, but that will still require a playback device in the bedroom so you are looking at saving £100~£150 at best, I'd not consider that worth doing over the loss in flexibility from not having a PC.

[goldblum]

Install PS3 media server.Stream from pc to PS3.Watch or copy file to PS3 hard drive.Copy from PS3 to ex hd.Repeat process for bedroom or any number of rooms.Of course you'll need another Playstation!But...It would be less time consuming just to copy from pc to ex hd to PS3!