Apple TV Jailbreak and use USB flash drive?

[ckurt25]

I have a 1st gen TV and like it very much. Biggest thing that kept me from jumping on the TV 2 bandwagon was the lack of storage. I love the ability to sync my itunes library with the TV so I don't have to worry about making sure my iMac is up in order to stream. With all the new features with airplay and using the TV 2 as a screen while playing games on the ipad and/or iPhone I thought it might be worth looking more seriously at upgrading.

Now that the jailbreak has been out for a while I was searching here to see if anyone had been using a USB flash drive as their external storage source for the TV 2. I only have the 40 GB TV so I'd probably only get a 32 GB drive to use. I can put a dozen or so movies on their and just re sync with itunes as needed. I'm looking to keep this as simple and cheap as possible.

Thanks!
Chris

 

[itickings]

Short answer: Not possible.

If you want the long answer as to why, there are plenty of existing threads dealing with that for you to find.

 

[ckurt25]

Short answer: Not possible.

If you want the long answer as to why, there are plenty of existing threads dealing with that for you to find.

Actually, when I search "usb flash drive" there isn't one relevant post that comes up. Short answers are fine though.

 

[itickings]

Actually, when I search "usb flash drive" there isn't one relevant post that comes up.

True, there are many variations of the name. Flash drive, thumb drive, USB stick, external drive, etc... Additionally - From a practical point of view, the flash part is unimportant, it is equivalent to an USB HDD.

In any case, no external drive for the ATV2