Make a Media Server

[Indira]

I have following devices

- 2 TB USB 3.0 Seagate External Harddrive

 

- One Modem cum Router 150MBPS (https://www.tp-link.com/in/home-networking/wifi-router/tl-wr720n/)

 

- One Modem cum Router 300MBPS (https://www.tp-link.com/in/home-networking/dsl-modem-router/td-w8960n/?utm_medium=select-local)

 

- One android 8.1 smartphone (https://www.smartprix.com/mobiles/tenor-10-or-e-p1101vt2wbyg)

 

- One android 4.4 smartphone (https://www.smartprix.com/mobiles/asus-zenfone-5-a501cg-8gb-p1101sg3oh23)

 

I want to set up media server.

So i can access media in the portable harddisk wirelessly via wifi with my other devices in home.

 

So what should i do or buy to setup such requirement?

[Jarsky]

Neither of your routers is setup for sharing, and im guessing you dont want to do something complicated like using Droid NAS and UMS to set a smartphone up as a server, I assume theyre your phones you use. 

 

So you need something to plug your hard drive into to act as the NAS.

You can do something as simple as a Raspberry Pi or an ODroid to setup your filesharing software, plug your USB drive into it as storage, and connect it via ethernet to one of your routers. 

 

You could make sure your files are encoded in an appropriate format you'll be using so you don't have to transcode, and use Plex or Emby on Raspberry Pi / ODroid

[Donut417]

12 hours ago, Indira said:

I have following devices

- 2 TB USB 3.0 Seagate External Harddrive

 

- One Modem cum Router 150MBPS (https://www.tp-link.com/in/home-networking/wifi-router/tl-wr720n/)

 

- One Modem cum Router 300MBPS (https://www.tp-link.com/in/home-networking/dsl-modem-router/td-w8960n/?utm_medium=select-local)

 

- One android 8.1 smartphone (https://www.smartprix.com/mobiles/tenor-10-or-e-p1101vt2wbyg)

 

- One android 4.4 smartphone (https://www.smartprix.com/mobiles/asus-zenfone-5-a501cg-8gb-p1101sg3oh23)

 

I want to set up media server.

So i can access media in the portable harddisk wirelessly via wifi with my other devices in home.

 

So what should i do or buy to setup such requirement?

The best solution is Plex. Though you will need something to act as your Plex server. Then you just stream your media via the Plex app on you phone, tablets and TV streaming boxes. Plex can be stremed on PC and MAC via a web browser.