drb_52 said:
I have a goflex and will take a shot at addressing your questions.
First, connect the ipad to the goflex wifi.
Then, open buzz player hd.
At the bottom of the screen, tap the smb/ftp icon.
The goflex should show up as a upnp guest connection.
Tap that to connect buzz player to the goflex.
If you have the goflex password protected, you will be prompted to enter the password the first time you connect, buzz player will remember the password the next time you connect.
You should be able to see several folders. Just navigate to your movie and select it.
The goflex app will only play movies with the ipad compatible file extensions.
Hello drb_52, thanks for the advice on Buzz Player HD app. I also got the GoFlex Media app.
The GoFlex Satellite Drive arrived today. First impression, I forget how easy iPad is to setup. The GoFlex is basically a Windows device, so it is not plug and play like the iPad. August 2011 is the age of the software on the GoFlex, i had to downloaded an update from the Seagate Website. The form factor for the drive Is 3inches x 5inches long x 1 inch thick. It is less than a pound in weight.. Documentation states that there is a 20 minute charge but the battery is good for four to five hours of continuos play back. The top of the drive is a real slick black bezel that easily shows finger prints. The bottom of the drive gets very warm--much warmer than my iPad 3 generation ever got.
GoFlex Media app is from Seagate Tech. The Buzz Player app is from a third party. GoFlex Media app, plays Apple formatted files. Buzz Player can play any video formatted file. When I did media synch app for my pc, it downloaded the files that I had in my media files onto the GoFlex.
The drive itself broadcasts it's own wifi, so once you launch the iPad app GoFlex or Buzz Player, you have to go to the settings app and select the GoFlex wifi network. This means that once you are finished accessing the GoFlex, you have join/reconnect to your home wifi again. I haven't figured out how you can access your wifi and the GoFlex but so far you have to join either the GoFlex or any other wifi.
Im going to start ripping some DVDs I own onto this drive and see how it that works. My goal was to get a central location to contain all of my media files that could easily be accessed by all of my devices. I think this meets my goal. I now can access my music that was n my original iPad on the other two iPads.