Aside from copyright issues which are your obligation to resolve - the video files on a DVD (VOB, etc) are not easily viewable outside of a DVD player. VLC (Videolan) is the only player I can think of that handles that. The easiest method would be to convert to MP4 using DVDFab or Handbrake and then you could easily stream to most devices. I believe that would be most compatible with Android/Apple/Windows/Linux.

Sure. However, But, caveat emptor! (Read my review.)

Yes. I am an over the road truck driver and use it for just that purpose.

My understanding is that you can access any and all data stored on your Seagate personal cloud by remotely accessing it from their website, then inputting your password. I didn't try a DVD file, but I did access a Word file from my computer while away from home on someone else's wi-fi. My understanding is you can access it from any device as long as you know your password and their website address (which they provide you).

Yes, it would work accessing video/music over any WiFi attached device.

you can go to their website and there is an app you can download. I am only familiar with mac products. I can download movies to my ipad with the app.
Hope that helps

Yes, that's exactly what I did. I can view my movies on my iPad, blue ray players,, Samsung TV and game consoles. FINALLY !

Yes a 4tb drive

This IS a drive 8)

yes, but you don't need anything, it will connect just like any other usb drive

No

Yes

Yes. You can optionally turn on encryption as well.

Yes, you assign log in and passwords during setup

Yes it has login and password protection. it´s a great device

Very secure password / user levels.

You can have up to five users and each user can have their own personal folder. All users have access to the Public folder. Users cannot access each other's folders, not even the administrator can see them. You must set up a username and password when you create your user folder. You must log in whenever you access your folder.

Yes, you must enter a password every time your either logoff, or reboot your computer. There are two 'partitions', if you will, a Public one and a Private one. ANYONE can access the Public folder(s), but only you, the administrator, can access the Private folder(s), but you MUST ENTER A PASSWORD. Passwords are secure and unless you give it out, you should't have any security issues.

yes

Yes.....

yes this NAS device does support external drive expansion. you can also use the extra HDD to backup the NAS device.

Yes it does

In my experience it may help to move the drive to another computer and it should be recognized and reset the drive to run state. Even if you choose to remove or unmount the USB drives they sometimes mark the filesystems as crashed. I have this issue sometimes with an NTFS formatted drive that is used on Linux or Mac and it needs to reconnected to another windows machine to make the NTFS filesystem clean. You will not lose data.

Mine did not work that long. After one backup (it took four days) I could not access any of the backup files and their tech support could not tell me how, they just said clear all and do another backup. I took that as my que to take the lousy thing back to Best Buy.

I suggest you return it to BB for warranty repair or replacement. This happened to me once and I think it was due to a power outage here. I had to disconnect it from the AC and reconnect it again. It started working and I was able to find it with both my PC and Mac.

Turn the unit over and there is a reset button. Give it a little time and it should come back up.

Did you turn off the unit then power it back on after reboot? If not, make sure you do that.

FYI - I DID find the Seagate customer support to be responsive. Try emailing Seagate Support <discsupport@seagate.com> with your question.

Slow WiFi (read my review!)

Problem could be your wi-fi speed. Remember, you are playing them on a wireless computer from a wireless source. Just a thought. Try upgrading to a higher internet speed.

It probably is your home network that is causing the problem.

Two different protocols! Make sure the protocol you save them in is the same protocol you trying to play them with.