Update on using Mi Box with external hard drive and torrent client

by eduardo088

Hi,

I've been browsing through this sub because I'm thinking about buying a Mi Box but I haven't found any clear explanation on wether you can actually connect an external hard drive and make it work with a torrent client (hopefully one with rss support). Does anyone have any update on the subject? Should I be looking for another android tv box? Does anyone recommend something in the same price range that can do the same?

Thanks in advance!

ProgrammerPlus

Bad idea. It can be done but you will enter a rabbit hole trying to fix issues that pop up everyother day. Just use torrent client on your PC or setup a NAS.

dontgetaddicted

I'd probably just use a Raspberry Pi myself.

rhymeswithgumbox

Yeah, I just use the Kodi app on my mi box to pick up the Emby server from my pc. But a bit of Googling picked up [this.] ( https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/bittorrent-inc/µtorrent/ ) I haven't used it so results may vary. Good luck though.

SerpentDrago

I dont' see any reason why Kodi + Quasar cant' do this . as long as the Mi Box can "see" the external drive it shouldn't be a issue . But i'd really just suggest running a torrent client on your pc and use a android app to control that client and then stream your movies with Plex , its a better setup honestly