Verbatim 98243 MediaShare Wireless

This is a great little device. I bought it to use with my new phone- a Vodafone Smart ultra 6 running Android Lollipop 5.0.2. It hasn't taken me very long to get my head around how to use it and I have found it to be a little more capable than I was led to believe from both Verbatim's website and the reviews I have read before deciding to purchase. If I have any criticisms these are down to the Android app "Mediashare". From what I now know, if my experience is typical of what most people will find albeit with other phones, nobody should be put off buying one.The first thing to do is charge it fully. This took about an hour and a half using my phone's charger. The next thing is to switch it on after first connecting either an SD card or a suitable USB device (hard drive or memory stick (pen drive) and allow it a minute or two to establish its own wireless network then connect your phone to it. At this point you need to open apps. You can set a password to allow connection to the app but this isn't strictly necessary. I opened Mediashare and I soon found that if the phone screen times out, on going back in I get a prompt saying log in to the network. Follow that and it goes to a screen where you are offered the chance to set or input a password. If, instead you click on the top corner widget you get the option of either not using the network or using it AS IS. I chose the latter. Once you have done this you should find that it and all other apps will connect immediately- if not you will get a message saying it couldn't connect to Mediashare. It's a minor niggle that sometimes you have to let the screen time out in order to activate a connection to the app this way. What was really disappointing about the Mediashare app (I am using the January 2015 version) was that having navigated to the directory containing the film files I could choose from, on selecting one it should have offered me a choice of apps to open it with, instead I got a message saying there were no apps installed to open the files with- when I know damn well there are several! However, rather than uninstall the app I have left it on my phone as the options for changing various settings are contained within it and these work well enough- and they're not found on other apps. All was not lost by any means, as I had read other people's reviews which stated that ES File Manager works well with this device. I found this to be true. After installing ES File Manager (free from Google Play) I opened the app and my first task was to find out how to link it to the Mediashare device. There is a widget/ menu at the top left which opens to give you a huge list of options. I chose LAN. It was a case of entering the address 10.10.10.254. It then creates an icon which you click. This gives you a folder icon for either a card or USB device depending on what you have attached. From there you navigate to the file you want. You will find that if the file is compatible with ES File Manager's player (ES Player) it will offer you an option to use that otherwise the options you get depend on which player apps are present on your phone. I tend to have 3 different HD files on my media- MP4, M2TS and TS formats. ES Player loves MP4s. If you select M2Ts or TS files you will need something like VLC Player but even then there can be playback problems but fortunately I have found a way round this. Many of my MP4 files were created using my Hauppauge HD PVR2 and have a variable bitrate of 10MB/s. ES Player played these PERFECTLY when streamed by the Mediashare device. The very same file will stutter when using VLC for Android or something based on VLC so I tried an experiment: There have been quite a number of times when I converted an MP4 file (created by the HDPVR2 using Arcsoft Showbiz) to M2TS or TS format using Video to Video Converter because there appeared to be a timing issue preventing it from streaming to my TV using Nero Mediahome 4 (DLNA server). Doing this gave me a TV- compatible file of visual quality virtually identical to the original MP4. But I was now in a position where ES Player didn't like those files so the obvious thing was to convert them back to MP4. I chose the option to convert to H.264 MP4 on Video to Video. I noticed that when I did the original conversion to M2TS or TS from MP4 the file size and bitrate often decreased, and now I was getting a further bitrate reduction on converting back to MP4. To my delight I found the quality was just as good and best of all these MP4s ran perfectly on both ES Player and VLC!! The issue, therefore was that VLC is more sensitive to bitrate than ES Player and when cut enough, both work as well as the other. I have yet to try cutting an M2TS or TS bitrate as such and seeing if these will stream or not.Another thing worthy of note is that I have found that when using SDXC cards, although Verbatim's website says that the maximum capacity is 64GB, the 128MB Qumox SDXC cards work well, and also whereas Verbatim say that these should be formatted with ExFAT, they actually work just as well for me formatted with NTFS!!One other thing I found is that there is a Chromecast plugin available for ES Player. I installed it but found I couldn't cast from the Mediashare with it. Presumably this was because the Mediashare is on its own network and the Chromecast is on my own local router network. I did read somewhere that someone had succeeded in connecting them but have yet to explore this.In conclusion, hopefully my experiences as detailed here will help you enjoy the use of what is an excellent device.UPDATE 12/10/15: To my surprise the Mediashare app has suddenly started allowing me to select players from a list, as it should do. It's a mystery as to why it didn't do it in the first place, after all I haven't updated the app or even just reinstalled it. What I did note once it started working more correctly is that it will change the icon it displays if it knows which apps it can offer access to, but not if it doesn't know what apps the file type corresponds to. Thus, MP4's have one type of icon, but M2TS etc. have another. If you click on the latter it still says no app installed. However, this still doesn't explain why it is now telling me that it can offer options to play MP4s whereas previously it didn't, and MP4s were there from the start! Weird...The other thing I'm finding now is that as soon as I connect my phone to the Mediashare I'm not having to log in to its network in the manner I previously described, the Mediashare app seems much happier about it. ES file manager needs to log in but only needs a user name - admin and not a password, when going in via a saved network icon. Seems a lot easier now.UPDATE 24/10/15 Having played around in various ways I have made a few further discoveries which could help others get the best out of this device using their Android phone. Firstly, there is an easier way to get VLC media player to stop stuttering- on VLC for Android, go to Preferences, then Advanced and set Network caching Value to at least 600. I have it at 1400. I also have Hardware acceleration disabled. You should find your movies will now play smoothly- and not only will .mp4 stream but so should .ts and .m2ts movies- they certainly have done for me. The other thing I have found is that, if instead you use XBMC media player for Android (now called Kodi)- I installed the latest version (dated 20/10/15), this will play (stream) .mp4, .ts and .m2ts files AND also .iso dvd disc image files from the mediashare!! As previously, just connect the mediashare to your phone wirelessly and if necessary log in to the network as I have previously described.Trust me- it's been brilliant in my experience lately. XBMC played my usual file types without any stutter right from the beginning, no quibbles or questions asked. It didn't like Windows Media Videos though, so there is still a place for other players.There is one slight complication with XBMC- which is that it's not available via Google Play, but there are full instructions on what to do to install it given on pcadvisor.co.uk- easily found if you google for them. All that is otherwise necessary is that you are able to change the security setting which allows you to download from sources other than Google Play. I have done all this and it works a treat for me.

I had a few problems initially. These were a combination of my misunderstanding how to set it up and because the instructions are so poor that they led to my misunderstqanding.I have now been using it for about a month and, for the price, think that his is actually pretty good value for money. Using it with my iPad it is of limited use. Streaming video or music or browsing photos it is fine and I was impressed by it. One test involved streaming three different videos, one to my iPad, one to my Moto G android phone and one to a Nexus 7 tablet. Faultless. I then tried streaming the same video to all three devices, again faultless. Transferring photos was ok on all devices but if I transferred a video to the iPad I can only watch it via MediaShare. This is more to do with IOS than anything else. The device sets up some directories on the target devices. Not a problem on Android as you can browse to them and either view the files or move them to else where such as a video directory. Not so on Apple.Using it as an Internet Bridge was eventually very successful. The WiFi in our kitchen is very weak, almost impossible to use unless you stand in the doorway, still weak but just about useable. I can now start up the mediashare with internet bridge enabled, place it in the breakfast room and get as good a signal as if I was in the living room next to the router.The apps for both IOS and Android are very flaky. After repeated attempts to turn the Internet Bridge via the apps I had to resort to using a browser and the URL 10.10.10.254 to enable this. Reason the popup box in the apps repeatedly closed as I was trying to set the various settings. This was on both IOS and Android. I at one stage had mad etwenty attempts to use the app Settings from the menu and not one attempt was succesful.So pretty good value for money. More or less does what it says on the box. Dreadful instructions and very poor software.*******Update 12/05/2015I bought this on the 26th December 2013. It has worked very well, I am very pleased with it as a good bit of kit, until last week when it suddenly stopped reading SD cards. The USB still works but I rarely use USB as they stick out so much that it is not as portable as with an SD card which is completely inserted into the Mediashare. It just slips into a pocket. I have emailed Verbatim as it is still within the two year warranty. I shall report back on here any result.*******Update 30/05/2015A new Verbatim Mediashare was delivered today, free of charge including all shipping costs. Excellent customer service. In particular one person was very good and led me through possible fixes until finally he admitted that it needed a full inspection. A return label was supplied.I cannot fault the warranty arrangements and the attention to me as a customer. Well done!.Additionally the new device was put to a fairly stern test almost immediately. Six of the family had a week in a cottage on the Northumbrland/Cumbria border. The cottage had two foot thick walls (at least) and the router was in the dining room with two of these walls between that and the lounge. The WiFi was very weak in the lounge. The Mediashare was quickly set up as an access point and at one point there was two people streaming video from an SD card and three others surfing the internet with absolutely no problem.. Fantastic performance.I have changed my rating to a five star because of all of the above.

This Wireless Adapter is fantastic.. It works with Windows,Macs and Android devices.. (Have to Download the Companion Apps from the the Play Or App Store... This thing (at only $17+/-) is great.. You can Stream Music or Videos stored on the SD-card, (Not Included).. Add or Transfer Files to and from your Devices... Backup your Devices to this Device.. Really You've got to check this thing Out.... Every Other Device that does what this does costs about 4-5 times the cost of this Wireless Adapter..

Resulta muy práctico. Se pueden llevar los archivos en un disco duro en el bolsillo y consultarlos con el teléfono o el tablet

worth the money!

Das Verbatim MesiaShare™ Wireless ist von der Konzeption her ein sehr nützliches Gerät, um externe Speichermedien kabellos via WiFi mit bis zu fünf Geräten zu verbinden. Diese Geräte können Smartphones (Handys), Tablets oder Computer mit WLAN-Schnittstelle sein. Für die Verbindung mit externen Speichermedien hat das Wireless zwei Zugänge, die gleichzeitig verwendet werden können: Einen Steckplatz für SD-Karten in normaler Größe und einen USB-Anschluss, der entweder mit einer externen Festplatte oder einem gewöhnlichen USB-Stick bestückt werden kann.Zur Bedienung des Wireless vom Smartphone aus benötigt man eine App, die jedoch für Android im Play Store NICHT erhältlich ist (Stand Mai 2020). Der Verbatim-Support schickt allerdings auf Anfrage die entsprechende APK-Datei als Download an die eigene Mail-Adresse, so dass man die App bequem auf sein Smartphone herunterladen und von dort aus durch bloßes Antippen installieren kann. Die von der App eingeforderten Berechtigungen sind zwar nicht im vollen Umfang einsichtig, aber ohne sie alle zu akzeptieren startet die App nicht.Daten und Dateien können dann mit dem in der App integrierten Dateimanager von den verbundenen Geräten auf die angeschlossenen Speichermedien hin und in umgekehrter Richtung auch her kopiert werden. Zugriff auf externe Speicherinhalte ist aber auch direkt möglich, so dass verschiedene Endgeräte etwa auf Musik- oder Videodateien zugreifen können. So kann man die ganze Familie mit audiovisueller Unterhaltung versorgen, ohne dafür die begrenzten Handy- oder Tabletspeicher belegen zu müssen.Anschaffungsgrund war in meinem Fall, ein Backup für digitale Fotografie außer Haus bzw. auf Reisen zu erhalten. Diesen Zweck erfüllt das System voll und ganz. Bilder, die die Kamera per WiFi ans Smartphone sendet, kann ich nun umgehend auf externen Speichern sichern. Ältere Kameras verbinde ich über den USB-Anschluss und sichere die Aufnahmen auf der SD-Karte. Für mich besteht der Vorteil gerade darin, dass ich die externen Festplatten bzw. SD-Karten immer wieder austauschen kann. So ist das Backup schon fertig, bevor ich wieder nach Hause zurückkehre. Die lange Akkulaufzeit (nominell 9 Studen) reicht für einen Fototag in freier Wildbahn gut aus.Einige Schattenseiten hat das System natürlich auch. Vor allem handelt es sich um einen bereits veralteten Stand der Technik. USB 2.0 und SD-Karten bis maximal 128GB (laut Benutzerhandbuch, S. 3) wirken gegenwärtig überholt und langsam. Für mich reicht das jedoch vollkommen aus, und die alte Technik tut verlässlich ihren Dienst. Deshalb sehe ich keinen Grund zur Beanstandung und kann guten Gewissens die volle Punktzahl vergeben.

Ho ordinato l'articolo su Amazon Warehousedeals dove veniva descritto come nuovo: è arrivato davvero PERFETTO, come nuovo/uguale a nuovo (confezione compresa). OTTIMO SERVIZIO AMAZON, complimenti per la veridicità della descrizione!Circa il prodotto, beh è FENOMENALE!! Immaginate di avere sempre con voi un piccolo server da cui "attingere" file senza collegare cavi di sorta! Il MediaShare è un micro NAS a cui è possibile collegare chiavette usb/hard disk esterni usb/microSD/SD con adattatore (non inclusi, come dice esplicitamente la descrizione) per CONDIVIDERE QUALSIASI TIPO DI FILE VIA WiFi!!!! Ha anche funzione di powerbank per caricare i vostri device.In un oggetto così leggero e piccolo (dimensione inferiori ad un hard disk esterno portatile) avrete:- funzione di media sharing (dovete SCARICARE L'APP e possedere chiavette usb o schede di memoria SD o hard disk esterni dato che non è presente nessuna memoria interna)- funzione di salvataggio in WiFi dei file in esubero sui vostri dispositivi sulla memoria che avete collegato al Verbatim (dovete SCARICARE L'APP e possedere chiavette usb o schede di memoria SD o hard disk esterni dato che non è presente nessuna memoria interna)- funzione caricabatterie per ricaricare il vostro telefono o tablet se siete in giro (il Verbatim riesce a caricare al 100% qualsiasi cellulare e circa 25-30% l'iPad a seconda dei modelli)- la comodità e la libertà di avere quanti giga volete (avendo la memoria esterna che preferite) senza essere limitati a soluzioni simili con memoria interna non espandibileUn PRODOTTO INCREDIBILE!!!!!!!!!!!!Il MediaShare presenta un suo router interno con una sua rete WiFi privata che vedrete apparire sul vostro device e a cui ci si dovrà collegare per godersi i file via WiFi (la password è impressa nella parte posteriore, proprio come sui normali router e si può ovviamente anche personalizzare: BISOGNA SCARICARE L'APP APPOSITA PER ACCEDERE AL DISPOSITIVO).Ha un tasto di reset (per resettare eventuali personalizzazioni come password ed altro).CONSIGLIO di inserire una memoria esterna alla volta (o un usb o una SD tramite l'apposito slot): nel manuale viene chiaramente descritto che più memorie si collegano più batteria si consuma.Inoltre, CONSIGLIO di togliere eventuali chiavette usb collegate dopo l'uso o dopo lo spegnimento. Il manuale spiega che la porta usb è stata ideata soprattutto per ricaricare i device collegati: quindi, se non la si estrae, il device continuerà a consumare batteria (infatti anche spegnendolo, dopo pochi secondi si riaccende con la piccola spia verde...quindi togliete l'usb). Questa situazione non accade con le SD (che potete lasciare comodamente nello slot senza consumo di batteria dopo lo spegnimento).UNICA AVVERTENZA IMPORTANTE che mi sento di condividere: dato che il MediaShare è dotato di sua scheda WiFi interna e dato che ci si dovrà connettere ad essa con il proprio device, considerate che è come se vi connetteste ad un'altra rete WiFi. Apparentemente vi sembrerà di non poter più navigare su internet (il 3G/4G/WiFi della vostra rete domestica/del vostro telefono sembreranno non funzionare fino a quando non vi sganciate dal Verbatim o non lo spegnete). Non vi preoccupate!!! C'E' UNA SOLUZIONE SEMPLICE! Il Verbatim è talmente evoluto che, tramite la funzione internet bridge (leggete su internet se non sapete di cosa si tratta) vi permette comunque di restare connessi ad internet (agganciandosi ad esempio alla rete domestica) e di usufruire del suo streaming/WiFi personale. In sostanza vi connettete si a lui sia al router di casa. GRANDIOSO!!.LO SCENARIO DI UTILIZZO IDEALE E' QUELLO DI MEDIA SERVER PER CONDIVIDERE FILE (COME FILM O MUSICA MA ANCHE PDF, DOCUMENTI DI TESTO, FOTO, ETC...) SU UN TABLET/TELEFONO/COMPUTER (POSSIBILE COLLEGARE FINO A 5 DEVICE).FATE ATTENZIONE A QUESTO DETTAGLIO: QUANDO VI CONNETTETE AL VERBATIM MEDIASHARE (TRAMITE LA SUA RETE WiFi INTERNA E SOLO SE AVETE SCARICATO LA SUA APP) NON POTRETE APPARENTEMENTE PIU’ CONNETTERVI (TEMPORANEAMENTE) AD INTERNET. ANDATE QUINDI TRA LE IMPOSTAZIONI DEL DEVICE E SCEGLIETE L’OPZIONE “BRIDGE”: IN SOSTANZA SI AGGANCERA’ ALLA VOSTRA RETE WiFi DOMESTICA E VI CONSENTIRA’ DI USUFRUIRE DELLO STREAMING DALLE USB/SD COLLEGATE + DEL WiFi domestisco (UTILIZZANDO LA SUA CONNESSIONE WiFi PERSONALIZZATA CHE NON INTEREFERISCE CON LA RETE DOMESTICA). E’ una sorta di router con due reti/password: un prodotto eccelllente (basta saperlo usare, NON VI LAMENTATE SE NON SAPETE IMPOSTARLO.Il PRODOTTO E' OTTIMO, UNICO NEL SUO GENERE!! GENIALE! Considerate quindi di possedere delle memorie di massa da collegarci e attenzione al discorso internet. LO AMERETE E SARA' COME AVERE UN NAS/SERVER A PORTATA DI ZAINO.Bellissimo!