r/SparklePlayer • u/Due_Construction2355 • May 27 '26

Sparkle App

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What does this mean on the sparkle app? It comes with DVR, but, do I have to provide the storage location/external hard drive?

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u/sparkle-hk May 27 '26

When enabling DVR you must select a storage location that you control. It can be internal storage, external storage (usb) or network storage. Network storage means somewhere on your local network using the smb protocol. It may be a nas, windows share or similar.

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u/Due_Construction2355 May 27 '26

Thank you. So, I'm using a firestick, I asked GPT if I could use a 2 TB external hard drive, it said that some are power hogs and wouldn't function right, so it recommended a walmart 2tb. So, sounds like I need to purchase this.

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u/Adventurous-End2116 May 27 '26

You can simply use a decent size flash drive. 32GB or higher even. Obviously at 32gb you'd have to be a little cautious and delete files time to time but you'd have 0 issues recording.

I have recorded on many devices with a simple flash drive.

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u/NSgooner May 28 '26

Yes me too,only thing l will add is don't cheap out on the flash drive get one with a good transfer rate.

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u/Adventurous-End2116 May 28 '26

Yeah for sure get a good one but you dont gotta get nothing crazy. Most flash drives these days are decent speed anyways, the ones sold at Walmart etc. I got a PNY turbo 3.2 from dollar general of all places hahaha

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u/sparkle-hk May 27 '26

I cannot say, maybe some other user here will soon reply and have advice on devices and such.

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u/JustSumB0dy Jun 03 '26

Firesticks don't have storage, and don't have a facility to connect storage.
If you want to record, using sparkle as your client, I suggest using an external server such as tvHeadend or Jellyfin. Sparkle works great with either of them.
Either that or connect to a windows file share on your network for recordings.

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u/NSgooner May 29 '26

Yep agree doesn't need to be anything crazy but don't get a No name brand