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Originally Posted by noodlecat
I have a flash drive plugged into the USB port on my router. I then use VLC downloaded to my Fire Stick to access and play my videos. Very easy, and works great.
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OMG, you just saved me $200 on getting a newer dedicated media player. I just got a new Chromecast with Google Tv device and it's only been installed a couple days, so I haven't done much with it. I've been trying to find a way to play 4k HDR movie files, and so far I've just been using my laptop's Windows 10 DLNA server, and Roku Media Player to play them. Works perfectly, but I don't want to do it that way.
Anyway, I saw your post, downloaded VLC from Google Play to the Chromecast, and sure enough, it can see everything on my network, including the Readyshare drive plugged into my router. So, I put a movie on there, and VLC plays it through the Chromecast perfectly, full 4k HDR!
Yee Haw!
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