Simulate flash drive

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Hi,

I was just wondering if there was any way to simulate somehow a flashdrive, so that I could connect for example the computer with a DVD player to play the movies directly from my computer through an USB port. Is it possible? I tried looking everywhere but I haven't found a single article, so I guess nobody has ever tried to do this before.

Here's the concept: I create somehow a "2 way usb" so that both end will be an IN end (well that is another story how), and plug one of its ends to the computer and the other one to the DVD player. The dvd player would detect it as a flash drive therefore show the files I have on it, or I send the signals themself about the directories and files.

Thanks for your answers in advance.

Posted 30-Mar-13 4:32am

velvet7

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[no name] 30-Mar-13 11:47am

Answer to what? Seems like more of a hardware problem than software. What is the specific problem related to a specific program code that you have a question about?

velvet7 30-Mar-13 11:54am

Only if you read what I wrote you would know. All I was asking if this was possible, and if so, how? There you go, this is the question. :) Yes, this may be a hardware problem, but hey, a hardware isn't going to solve the whole problem, it needs to be coded, right? I don't have any program code, I don't even know if this is possible. I don't think it is, but I asked because I was curious.

[no name] 30-Mar-13 13:11pm

Oh I assure you, I read your non-question very carefully. Not only is your non-question off topic but it does not conform to the posting guideline IMO. If you do not have any program code, then why are you posting on a technical forum dedicated to answering programming questions?

velvet7 30-Mar-13 13:14pm

Ok, look, if you can't say anything about the topic why did you even take time to comment? You are just being rude. That's it for me, thanks for commenting.

[no name] 30-Mar-13 13:21pm

Me being rude? How so? You are the one making inappropriate postings? Am I being as rude as, oh say, someone wanting someone else to do their research for them? If you do not like people commenting, don't post on public forums.

Matthew Faithfull 30-Mar-13 12:27pm

Although this is almost certainly possible it is even more certainly a bad idea.
You would need to hijack the host end of USB which is normally handled by the operating system of your computer. Given that it took Microsoft 8 years and more updates than even they can keep track of to get this to work reliably the chances of being able to hack it in any way that will just work are about zero, never mind invalidating your license and setting off any and every bit of worthwhile security software in the known universe. It would probably be easier and safer to hack your DVD player to be able to pull data from a UPNP media device, then your Windows PC will happily do what you want.

velvet7 30-Mar-13 13:16pm

I thought so, thanks for confirming!:)

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CPallini · Answer 1 · 2013-03-30T06:13:00

Solution 1

I suppose you cannot use the PC as a USB On-The-Go device[^].

Posted 30-Mar-13 6:13am

CPallini