I have the Apple Time Capsule

I have the Time Capsule (2TB) I want to wirelessly connect my iPad to it to stream movies and music from it, basically make my 16 GB iPad act like a 2 TB version, I also need to keep the 4G functionality for surfing the web, my plan is to mount this in my SUV so on long road trips I can stream vast amounts of music and have anybody traveling with me can watch movies on there iDevices.  Can this work, and what do I need to make it work?  I use a Windows based lap top.

Darth_Jynx wrote:
So would a Apple TV with a USB to HDMI (or whatever connection is on the back of the Apple TV) to the TIme Capsule  work?
AppleTV needs itunes server running.. there are no smarts in the ATV either.. (yes, by smarts I mean the actual program that does the job..ie a media server) ATV is not a media server. It is really a streaming device.. the smarts ie media player is itunes.. but ATV can do airplay with an ipad.. so there is a possible way to run some sort of media player app in the ipad to ATV.. via airplay.. But a small media computer is far better at this job.. buy a second hand mini.. you don't have to spend a bomb of money but at least a recent dual core intel processor is enough to handle video streaming. And they are easy to setup directly powered from the car electical system without needing 12v-110v AC type power supplies.

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    My Time Capsule has stopped backing up.
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