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I was wondering (hard to find any info on the OSD product pages or the wiki) if it will be possible to hook up the OSD to your computer (either via usb or ethernet) and have it able to access files from your computer?

If so (or if it can be hacked to do so) I think that the OSD will be a must have for anyone that has a large media collection on their computer and would like a gateway to connect it to their home theater setup. Doubly so, as if it can access the files on the computer via some sort of 'virtual external harddrive' system or from network shares it would not tie up the computer from other use (not counting the bandwidth/harddrive accesses).

Personally speaking. It would be amazing for my setup as I already have dual monitors and it is a PITA to switch to TV-out mode to watch a movie. Not to mention being able to browse through your content on the TV with a remote control vs setting it up on the computer.

Martin

This will absolutely be a primary use of the device for many folks.  The OSD can already do this with Linux shares, but not yet windows (SMB) shares, I'd expect it's at least a good month or more out though.  We're still fixing basic stuff right now.

Very Very Awesome. I was just worried that I would have to meddle with flash cards or psuedo external harddrives as on teh wiki and the main product page where it says what it can connect to, when the PC is listed there is a little * on the end which says "Card reader required"

Thank you for clearing this up. If this works well, and I can browse to my media on my computer from the OSD, You have at least 1 more guaranteed customer.  :D

I noticed on the 21st it was said about a month later there would be support for windows (SMB) shares. Not making a nuisance of myself, but is this still a few days off? My media files are on a windows machine and would hate to have to move them to my linux machine to be able to use them... 500 gigs is too much to move over. Any updates on this?

Not even close, I'm afraid, if the current firmware is any indication.  Not to be antagonistic or critical in any way, but there haven't been any significant updates (from the end-user perspective) since the beta units shipped.  No EPG (a top priority according to the wiki), no usable USB, extremely basic IR learning, limited network connectivity. 

As of right now, the OSD can't really do any of the things it advertises.  That's not to say that there aren't people working hard to get it there, but the honest truth is that I can neither watch nor record TV/video (except to memory cards that at best hold one hour of video), I can't access music, movies, or photos on my network (Linux or Windows), and I can't access any content of any type downloaded from the Internet.  The only "capability at launch" that actually delivers is the ability to capture video game clips.  But that's certainly not what I bought it to do.  It will one day do everything it claims and more, and there are many talented people working on it, but it's not there yet.

Well, this puts me in quite a quandry... hoping I used the word in the right context, just had half a bottle of some great Peterson Merlot</shameless plug>.  I have been looking for an economical expandable alternative to building a full PVR PC. I even pulled out my old Ipaq to use with one system, then I saw this, and thought it could be expanded to do anything I could imagine. Seems like the betas were snatched up very fast and there seemed to be lots of hype for a few days, but I am really hoping it has not died down, I hope people realize that if they make some effective addons and what not that they will be instant heroes once this thing takes off. I just hope it will take off soon, me personally, I am waiting for the EPG with XMLTV import option and the winsha browse options, then I will grab onefaster than you can say 'he.....' whoops, got it that fast, you couldn't even say it. anyway, hope to hear of some new options soon, I am really amped for a great PVR alternative...

We definately ran into more trouble than we anticipated with the basic multimedia functioning, which really set schedule back.  This has been especially troublesome because it comes from an external vendor and it's proprietary code so we have to go back to the vendor to get it fixed.  From what I understand 3.20-0.21 (not yet released) will put that behind us and we should be on the road to implementing all this other essential functionality.  The proirities are basic multimedia, USB/media issues and then on to all the rest.