Homebrew Video Player that reads usb?

[klenx]

Hi sorry if this has been asked before but I'm trying to find out if theres a video player that'll play off of a usb stick or external hdd? I saw NX-Shell has a good video player but I cant find anywhere if it does what I'm asking.

Thanks!

 

[Taorn]

No, there is none. There is currently no openly available way to read from usb media. Until then devs will not start implementing for it.

 

[klenx]

Thank you for the response. Sorry another question then - Would it be possible (using NX Shell I guess?) to transfer files from the USB to the switch/SD card directly without having to reboot each time I want to transfer the media files?

 

[natkoden]

Thank you for the response. Sorry another question then - Would it be possible (using NX Shell I guess?) to transfer files from the USB to the switch/SD card directly without having to reboot each time I want to transfer the media files?

no, you cant

if the files are not that big, try ftp
EDIT: ok, apparently you can, but instructions are not clear

https://hackinformer.com/2018/11/16/transfer-files-to-the-pc-or-nintendo-switch-via-nxusb/

better instructions:

https://github.com/ischeinkman/Nx-Usb/

 

[Taorn]

You can also use nxmtp to transfer files from your pc directly to your Switch: https://github.com/liuervehc/nxmtp/releases.

Be aware that you can't transfer files bigger than 4 GB like that.