Am a total noob to all this. I want to use My Cloud to record TV on 2 smart TV’s
Does My Cloud have to be plugged directly into the TV I wish to record/playback on or can this be done via wifi? (ideally what i would like)
As both TV’s are a different brand would playback be limited to that of the TV it was recorded on?
Would formatting My Cloud for TV mean I could not store other file formats (docs music etc)
Ideally I want to purchase a 2TB My Cloud and use it to store all my important files, record and playback TV and text the ex wife every day on the hour an expletive! lol
I dont know of any smart tvs that support saving over LAN. some support saving over USB, but the MyCloud does not support being connected to a computer over USB.
What you might do is save onto a USB stick, then move the videos later onto the mycloud using a PC.
Most smart TVs will be able to use the DLNA server that is running on the mycloud to playback the files from that location. Just that I do not know of any smart tvs that support saving over NFS or SMB. (and DLNA is read only.)
The My Cloud is a network attached storage device. It is, at its base, a hard drive attached to the local area network from which computers and network devices can access to save/copy/delete data. It is not a “recorder” that is capable of recording from a “TV”.
Generally to record the content you watch on your TV would require a third device to record the signal coming into the TV to a NAS drive like the My Cloud device.
Now what you can do with a My Cloud device is save content to the My Cloud that you can play on a TV if that TV (or device connected to that TV) supports accessing a DLNA media server. The My Cloud includes a DLNA media server.
So I would need to attach the My Cloud with a USB to play it back or play back via the house Network? I may purchase a usb hard drive and transfere to cloud if I can play back from it via wifi.
Thank you so much for great customer support despite me as yet being a customer! wow! Impressive!
This is the side for older Mycloud units that are no longer on shelves (except maybe as a markdown item, as the devices are end of production.)
The newer MyCloud Home is a vastly different product, and works very differently. Please be sure you are asking questions from the right group of people for the device you intend to purchase.
That said-- If you are going to purchase a first or second generation MyCloud Personal Storage, and not a MyCloud Home, and you wish to use it as the data store for recorded television, you might look into setting up something like a MythTV box. Support for that kind of thing is outside the scope of this community site though. MythTV has its own community help. There are of course other options for a DIY DVR setup, but that one is pretty popular.