Try to format the USB stick as FAT32, not FAT...

Sorry, I meant FAT32 - but that does not handy files larger than 4GB, thats my problem

I believe most NAS's use EXT3 format and they can handle large files and talk to DNLA devices such as BV11. Try it out. And let us know if it does the job.

sorry, cannot format a USB stick as EXT3 on my mac - but thanks for the suggestion

Has any BV11 owner tried the Homemedia via USB?

In terms of cooling fans: I have not heard any fan a single time so far ... and I did use the set quite intensively over the last days 😁

mor wrote:

sorry, cannot format a USB stick as EXT3 on my mac - but thanks for the suggestion

Has any BV11 owner tried the Homemedia via USB?

 

In terms of cooling fans: I have not heard any fan a single time so far ... and I did use the set quite intensively over the last days 😁

when I first saw that reply I checked on the EXT extension - it is Linux based

but there is an extension called FUSE that you can install on OSX to get you that capability

About fan noise. 
I hope that no one have discovered any, as there are no fans inside a BV11 🙂 

The only noise that someone might hear is coming from the HDD.

Just to clarify:

NAS = Network attached storage

-> Basically a large harddisk that can be accessed via the network

CAN include a MEDIA SERVER that MIGHT BE based on DNLA

-> a programm running on a PC or NAS that offers files to other systems (TVs etc.)

A USB stick (or external USB disk) should always be formatted NFTS (windows user, sorry) to support large fils
(sure not if USB stick is 4 GB or less).
NFTS is not recognized by all TV, though.

SO, I'd follow the advice and use a hidden box that communicates with a NAS (NOT a media server though, due to performance issues, tagging of files).

I use a Western Digital Live TV HD that accesses my files on a Synology NAS (had a Buffalo Terastation NAS as well, that was good, too).
The WD Live has a USB port, too...

Best regards
Ralf