Chrome cast question

[willie2020]

hey guys i was wondering.

i have my computer connected to our router via ethanet and the rest of the house is on the wifi now. on my pc i have a hard drive with all our movies and tv shows etc on it.

 

now is there a way that i can plug a chrome cast into my mum and dads tv upstarts then on my mums tablet access my hard drive that has all the movies ect on it some how set up that folder up as shared or something then they can send watch the movies etc on the tablet or beam it the the tv via chrome cast. 

 

pretty much i have all the movies in my computer and they want an easy way and cheap way to do it. there tv in tehre room is a little bit old so they crnt just have an external hdd with everything on it pluged in all the time like i do. 

 

any ideas

[TheSLSAMG]

If the content can be accessed through Plex or RealPlayer Cloud, then yes.

[willie2020]

If the content can be accessed through Plex or RealPlayer Cloud, then yes.

how do i do that. can you elaborate 

[TheSLSAMG]

how do i do that. can you elaborate 

Plex: http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/14/setting-up-a-plex-environment/

The instructions are similar for Windows once you get past installing Ubuntu.

 

Forget about RealPlayer Cloud. It's all cloud based and only comes with 2GB free storage.

[willie2020]

can i do taht all for free. would love it if the only thing i had to by was the chrome cast

[willie2020]

just installed airstream for android and its great. is this compatabul with chrome cast

[Hecknologist]

What modem/router (assuming nz) do you have, because some of the new-ish ones such as my netgear dgnd4000 support network accessible storage plugged straight into router via usb. I have an external hdd with media on it and anyone on the network can view it. Could be a potential solution if your tv has wifi or supports wifi adaptors