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My TV can record to USB-storage, which is quite common. What I would like was to record to my NAS instead, where there's plenty of room and recordings can be shared and managed better. So I'm looking for an adapter-thingy (hw/sw) that will make my NAS appear to the TV as a USB block storage device. Any ideas? Googling has turned up nothing.
Please note that this is the exact opposite of the very common scenario of making a USB device available as a networked drive. There are tons of solutions for that, so let me stress that I'm looking for the opposite: make my NAS appear as a physical USB drive that can plug straight into my TV, like so:
[NAS] ——— Ethernet ——— [adapter] ——— USB ——— [TV]
The simplest solution would be to buy instead a usb stick. These go today up to 512 gb. – harrymc – 2015-02-16T07:07:51.597
2Another note on the bounty: answers that require buying an entire desktop PC to implement aren't particularly helpful either. Ideally I'd like a small, dedicated device for this. – detly – 2015-02-16T22:43:45.677
@detly: A usb stick fits exactly that requirement. – harrymc – 2015-02-18T21:13:45.087
2@harrymc I thought it was pretty clear that both I and the OP don't want to constantly, manually shuffle files across from one storage device to another. But if you know of a USB stick that can access an SMB share while providing access to it via the USB, post that as an answer. – detly – 2015-02-18T21:50:02.440
Usb sticks exist that are accessible over wifi as network disk storage, so accessible from the PC as an external disk, if that interests you. – harrymc – 2015-02-19T08:21:29.493
Have you found a good device, yet? I'm looking, too - and I'd prefer a device with cable bound LAN for better performance. – BlaM – 2011-09-01T16:12:06.663