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Ok so I tried it but couldn’t get the usb drive to read despite it mounting successfully and an hour of fettling. Might be a formatting issue (possibly Apple FAT32 ≠ Windows FAT32) but I don’t have a PC to hand to test that. The usb drive is getting quite hot for some reason, and I suspect you’ll need a reasonably decent processor in the router to cast to several devices simultaneously if you do go down this route. DLNA from my NAS to CCA works fine using mConnect in case that’s helpful.
Edit: I’d be tempted to try upgrading the router it and if it doesn’t work out I’d add a headless micro pc (or a Mac mini) to the mix as a dedicated server.
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Might be a formatting issue (possibly Apple FAT32 ≠ Windows FAT32)
More likely the difference between FAT32 and exFAT.
FAT32 has a 4GiB filesize which exFAT doesn't. FAT32 is limited to 2TiB partition sizes, exFAT recommended max 512TiB but 128PiB theoretical maximum. exFAT is the default for SDXC cards size 32GiB+.
exFAT was introduced by Microsoft in 2006 for embedded systems using solid-state storage and the spec was published summer 2019 so cheaper devices that are over a year old are unlikely to have licensed the spec from MS. OSX has had full support for exFAT since Snow Leopard (10.6.5)
Emyr
Good tips, cheers. I’m a fan of the CCA, maybe the router upgrade might be the way to go. Don’t want to have to keep plugging the SSD into my laptop, or even to have my laptop on.