On Dec 8, 2013, at 5:45 PM, Fernando Cassia <fcassia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 1:06 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Dedicated hardware, >> such as TVs, probably are not going to be versatile to do something >> beyond the product designer's intentions. And are highly unlikely to >> give you a way to install drivers to do anything else. > > Think outside the box for a second. What the OP asks is *in theory* > entirely doable. > Some USB controller chipsets allow switching between host and client > modes. Of course, the standard drivers do not allow this. > But some do, ie the Nokia N800 internet tablet running Linux could be > switched between USB host mode and USB client modes. > > What is needed is for the PC to emulate a "mass storage device" and > mount a FAT32 filesystem. FAT32 isn't useful for mass storage of video files because of its 4GB file size limit. And exFAT/FAT64 is not only patent encumbered, but it also uses only one FAT so it's actually less resilient in the face of any kind of corruption, and isn't intended for this use case. They should probably use NTFS instead. Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
