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[hv]

Hi,

 I have a Philips DVD Player (that can playback DivX/XviD) content and I was wondering if I can hook up the DNS-323 NAS box to this player via the USB port? If that works, I can avoid buying a network media player.

Best Regards,
HV

[CurtisLing]

Best answer you'll get on these forums is "no".  Any other answer will be deleted.

[Rara Avis]

And the reason that is the answer you will get is because it is absolutely true.

For firstsees there is no communication protocol which could allow such a communication to my knowledge.

For secondsees unless I missed something I have never seen a DVD drive that had anything but a Host type USB port, even if we wanted to have a DVD player capable of looking through a mass storage device for media (which is possible I guess) the DNS-323 also takes that Host mode and there is no way for it to switch from Host to Device based on what is connected.  Connecting 2 Host mode USB devices causes a fire usually (unless there is a special modem cable between the two [which is technically a Device mode device on both sides of the cable making an ugly chain]).  So you would have to choose in firmware between being able to connect USB drives and being able to connect your DVD player with chance of fire if they set it wrong!

For Thirdsees D-Link could make a new communication standard, however they would need DVD drive manufacturers to hop on the band wagon.

[ECF]

No, This is not a function of the DNS-323.