[McButton]

I just took an old laptop and made it OpenElec only. I plan to leave it on, and plug it into my TV while streaming vids from my NAS.
If I plug the laptop into my modem with the NAS connected to it, will it run like a hard drive is plugged in? I just want to reduce buffering and don't want to rely on my wifi. I want as clean a connection as possible. I have a Chromebox + attached hard drive in another room that works great.

Also, is there a way to have the laptop auto project to the TV instead of mirroring? I don't have dual boot. I'm OE specific with a DVI adapter...non HDMI.

Any suggestions with this?

[nickr]

Accessing the nas over wired Ethernet is the same as accessing it over wifi, except faster and more reliable.

In kodi settings you can choose which screen to output to.

[McButton]

I just noticed the screen thing. I haven't had to use it yet. I'm still thinking of when I had to mirror from my laptop, but it's Kodi only now...different stuff.

I'll just plug in then. I figured, but didn't want to do a bunch of trial and error.

Thanks much for the input!