Search the Community

Hi, Hope you're all well! Just a quick question. Long-time lurker, first-time poster, so go easy on me! For a long time, I was using Emby with my Macbook Air M2 as the server, then usually streaming from my server to my OLED (with my SSD full of movies plugged into the laptop). That worked flawlessly - and it still does. But the issue is that - as said - I need my laptop on, SSD plugged in, server on. I also own an Nvidia Shield Pro and Apple TV 4K. I've never had as much luck with the Mac version of Emby, so for now, it's the Shield I'm using. Now for the question - I recently bought 3x TP-Link Deco wifi mesh units. There is one at where the ISP point is, next to the OLED. There's another in each bedroom. The connection and speeds are flawless, but this is the thing - I just realised that they all have a USB A 3.0 input on the rear, next to the WAN/LAN ports. Does anyone know, or think, whether it would be possible to plug my SSD into e.g. the mesh node next to the OLED, then somehow direct a new library via Emby towards said mesh node/SSD? I've installed the latest Shield version, of Emby, so that's sorted, but I'm not having too much luck getting Emby to work with with the BE65. On my Macbook, I can easily navigate to the SSD and stream things flawlessly (as in, purely going through Finder, finding the mesh node + SSD, finding a movie, and playing it via VLC). But on the Shield... sometimes it works, often it will log itself out, or I can't log into its settings on my Macbook, so often the server itself barely works... but most importantly, I'm still not in the place I want to be. I want to get home from work, take off my shoes, collapse on the couch, turn on the Shield, and stream away via Emby. No need to touch my damn Macbook, I just want it to work. Thanks so much for any help, and apologies to the mods if this has been posted in the wrong sub! Please let me know if any of you have any experience or advice about this.