[Tfug] Western DIgital MyCloud

[Timothy D. Lenz]

On the VDR list awhile back there was someone that modded one of these, 
Don't recall what brand, to run VDR and use it as a DVR. But I they had 
a problem with cpu not being good enough to decode the HD video stream.

With newer versions of VDR you can load it with a dummy output and use 
it sort of as a server. Klaus has mentioned that there are plans to make 
VDR more client/server setup friendly. Then you can use a simple 
computer for the client and stick tuners and drives else where. Right 
now it is only possible with a 3rd party plugin.

On 1/7/2014 8:54 AM, JD Rogers wrote:
>
> Anyone else played with these? I just bought a 4TB MyCloud because I
> wanted cheap NAS with low power consumption. I confess, in an
> uncharacteristic impulse buy, I didn't really 'read up' very thoroughly
> before ordering. So when I started getting annoyed with the web
> interface after 30s, I was pleased to find I could ssh to it (as root)
> and use rsync.
>
> Then I started poking around and was surprised when I found a
> /etc/apt/sources.list that points to debian wheezy. An ARM processor
> running debian out of the box. Sweet. When you enable ssh, you have to
> acknowledge that "modifying" the system voids the warranty, but I figure
> it is worth it.
>
> Has anyone here done anything cool with one of these? I was thinking of
> trying to get dmcrypt/luks working, or maybe just encfs and some cron
> tweaks.
> JDR
>
>
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