@AlramEast: External Hard Drives should be pretty much the same as memorysticks, so they should work.

@kaelonlloyd: Can't say for sure, but I assume it's going to be better than mplayer. Perfect playback is of course the thing dCiSo is aiming to, but it might not be in the first release, although I wouldn't be surprised to see a perfect playback for most movies.

@kallbrand: If I remember correctly, SMB shares are supported. I might be wrong though.

And dCiSo, you don't have to feel sorry about not working on this 24/7! Work on this when it feels like it.