Network Attached DVD player

[TubsAlwaysWins]

So for me a DVD player is useful every now and then to burn ISO's and such. Does anyone know if its possible to make a network attached dvd player? Since the H440 has no slots and im not in the mood to spend money it would work well for me. I have another desktop with one

[ARikozuM]

You can always use another computer to burn the ISO's using Teamviewer or the like. Or you can add a DVD drive to a server/NAS to allow burning at the source. 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

My friend wanted to make a restore DVD for his Ultrabook. Being an Ultrabook, it had not have a DVD drive. I had one of these laying around as well as a spare IDE DVD writer. Worked like a charm via USB. You can almost say it's a portable DVD drive.

 

https://www.amazon.ca/SATA-5-25-Cable-Adapter-ADA-2020/dp/B000YJBL78

[TubsAlwaysWins]

Just now, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

My friend wanted to make a restore DVD for his Ultrabook. Being an Ultrabook, it had not DVD drive. I had one of these laying around as well as a spare IDE DVD writer. Worked like a charm via USB. You can almost say it's a portable DVD drive.

 

https://www.amazon.ca/SATA-5-25-Cable-Adapter-ADA-2020/dp/B000YJBL78

My goal is to not spend money

[pbx2]

Use a computer with  CD drive, You should be able to set the CD/DVD drive as a network share.

 

If not i am sure there is a program you can use to fool the computer into thinking its a HDD. then you can setup a network share.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

3 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

My goal is to not spend money

Then go for the TeamViewer method as mentioned by @ARikozuM. The only reason why I bother mentioning the adapter thing is because even if you spend 30 bucks on it, you can use it for any other system and does come in handy when trying to troubleshoot stuff. It's 30 bucks that can solve your current problem and many more down the road.

[AshleyAshes]

4 hours ago, pbx2 said:

Use a computer with  CD drive, You should be able to set the CD/DVD drive as a network share.

While you can share an optical drive as a storage device, it's WRITE functions require's access that a network share simply does not offer.  An optical drive doesn't just 'write' the same way a storage drive does.

 

This task is more into the complicated area of sharing the actual SATA device access over the network, which is not a trivial feat.

Remote desktop to the machine locally hosting the drive is the easiest way around it.

[pbx2]

7 hours ago, AshleyAshes said:

While you can share an optical drive as a storage device, it's WRITE functions require's access that a network share simply does not offer.  An optical drive doesn't just 'write' the same way a storage drive does.

 

This task is more into the complicated area of sharing the actual SATA device access over the network, which is not a trivial feat.

Remote desktop to the machine locally hosting the drive is the easiest way around it.

 

Alright, Then i will go the nub way.

Buy a nas that makes network shares for connected drives via a USB port, Buy a USB DVD drive. Plug in, Set up. (I will actually test this myself when i get the chance.)

[Mikensan]

Where-ever the sources files are, share that. Since you have to not only get out of your chair to go load the CD into the CD-Rom, but also turn on said computer - you might as well just sit there and burn you CD. Save yourself a return trip to go get the CD. Vice versa is true to, get up go insert the CD, push files from this computer to your network share - done.

[Mikensan]

Also I believe there are holes in the rear in which a SATA data and power cable could fit through - could always have the cables just hanging out the back ready to go. Connect your cd-rom as needed.

The holes I think are for old-school water cooling so they should be circular with grommets. Or snake them out the front-bottom since I also think there's an open hole for the fans to pull air in front. I have the H440 too, but can't remember everything too clearly while at work.

[samiscool51]

take the drive in windows and set it up as a share

it should be seen as a normal drive from a client

most server file sharing software doesn't check if the path is a unsupported drive type and just sends the folder information to a client and nothing else