> Why not just have a NFS server on your more powerful computer for the Pi to stream the file from? The “more powerful computer” is a laptop, and it is only be

> Why not just have a NFS server on your more powerful computer for the Pi to stream the file from? The “more powerful computer” is a laptop, and it is only being used for torrenting the films because it has gigabit ethernet. I don’t want to have to leave it on all the time, and sometimes it is still packed in its case when I want to sit down and watch a film. Storing the films on a hard drive attached to the Pi is a lot more convenient.