Xiaomi Mi Box external storage

nukem on 04/04/2017 - 01:46

i have a mi box international version,im keen to pull the trigger on a 2 or 3tb external drive for it, but im unsure if large external drives will work? im just wanting to play video files off it in kodi. doesnt seem to be much information out there about it
can anyone with one confirm for me? thanks.

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  • frondono on 04/04/2017 - 03:34

    yes no problem. you probably want to stick to tv addons though.

    • nukem on 04/04/2017 - 13:37

      thanks,

      i already have things like exodus etc installed, but personally i have a huge archive of media on my nas that id like to copy over to an external because the box is mainly used by my grandparents who dont live with me. is there any issues or are you just saying in general its easier?

  • minksta on 04/04/2017 - 13:57

    Yep no problem, I used a powered hub between the mibox and external (wall wart powered) HDD and it meant the HDD didn't turn itself off though.. once I removed the power from the hub then no problems,the HDD went to sleep when the mibox was turned off as expected… I can play movies off it through kodi no worries. For a bus powered small HDD I would look at a powered hub to go with it, however…

    • nukem on 04/04/2017 - 13:59

      yep cool, what size drive are you using just out of curiosity?

      • minksta on 04/04/2017 - 15:01

        I think it is a 3gb wd (large external)

        • nukem on 04/04/2017 - 17:56

          thanks, ordered a 2tb wd ultra + powered hub

        • ChaLuo on 18/04/2017 - 21:34

          Hi,
          Two questions from me..
          1. Would this hub work? http://www.msy.com.au/peripherals/17601-simplecom-sd326-25-3…
          2. What format do you use on the hard disk?

        • minksta on 18/04/2017 - 21:42

          @ChaLuo: I have a similar one that is recognised just as a common drive (whatever is plugged in to it) in Windows, no drivers required. I would be pretty sure of it working the same attached to the mi box, but not 100%…
          As for format, all unattached at the moment, can't check, but whatever format that an older Seagate external hdd would have shipped with is what it is formatted with still now I think..

  • skully78 on 28/09/2017 - 10:26

    So my Mi Box arrived, I connected a Toshiba 3TB Portable hard drive.

    I had 2 options, format it as internal storage; which I did, but after it said only 736GB available. Thats not right.

    Then formatted it to NTFS on windows, then tried again. Only with ES Explorer was I able to see the files/folders. I was hoping the Plex app which use the attached hard drive as a source.

    Any thoughts?

    • Axytrix on 05/10/2017 - 13:44

      I'm considering getting a Mi Box and eager to know if this setup of Plex and portable HD is functional..

      • skully78 on 13/10/2017 - 16:12

        I have decided to keep my media server and external usb drive on my pc. Using the Mi box and plex app to connect to the pc media server.

        Plex can only browse servers on the network, not local files. I had to use Kodi for that.

        • witsa on 04/12/2017 - 21:40

          can you set up the plex server on the mi box though? Then use the plex client (on the mi box or on other devices around the home to view the videos)?

        • Axytrix on 06/12/2017 - 20:33

          @witsa: I don’t believe you can use the device as the acting server. I’ve now connected a portable HD to my router and access the content via the Kodi app. Unfortunately my router won’t work as a Plex server either..

    • Buff on 06/04/2018 - 22:51

      Yea same happened with me why is it so difficult? Do I have to format my hard drive to ntfs? Why doesn't it work like plug and play, like my old WD media player?

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