My prediction threads:
Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)
PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)
Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right
| Barozi said: Let me guess. It's a NTFS formatted HDD ? Doesn't work. Only FAT32 (and maybe exFAT) Also what video file types are they exactly ? |
MPEG-4 Movie
^that's the kind of files they are.
How do i find out if it's a NTFS formatted HDD?
My prediction threads:
Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)
PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)
Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right
| man-bear-pig said: Okay, so here's what happened...I plugged my external harddrive into the TV and it only gave me the option to listen to music or look at photos...so I gave up. :< Now i'm back to square 1 again. HELP!!!!! |
What TV do you have ?
man-bear-pig said:
^that's the kind of files they are. How do i find out if it's a NTFS formatted HDD? |
Windows is gonna tell you.
Barozi said:
What TV do you have ? |
A 40" Samsung LCD one
My prediction threads:
Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)
PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)
Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right
miz1q2w3e said:
Oh yeah, THIS All my stuff is formatted FAT32 and I have no problems with any of my devices. It's been my default for so long, I forgot to mention it. This should fix it. Type of video is important as well, but from your description I think it's a file system issue. |
Double this.
You need special software to format any drive over 32gb to FAT32, it's a pain in the arse.
I used this.
I use to use this http://tversity.com/
and just stream everything over, then my wifi started playing up so I stopped, give it a try.
Alternatively I either HDMI from my laptop to my TV or I copy the files to a FAT32 usb and plug it into PS3 or TV.
man-bear-pig said:
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Should definitely be able to play movies then.
I had a similar problem as you when I got my Christmas present. A 3TB external HDD.
Most TVs don't recognize HDDs over 2TB. The reason for that might be that they don't use Master Boot Record as boot sector, they need the GUID Partition Table which is not supported by many older hardware or else you can only use 2TB of the 3TB.
So make sure your HDD is a Master Boot Record (right click on Computer shortcut, Manage, Disk Management, right click on your HDD and select properties, then on Volume). Then make sure it's FAT32 formatted (you can see that on Computer or the Disk Management) if you want to use it with any hardware other than the PC. My TV accepts NTFS, but obviously the Xbox doesn't and many older products don't support that either.
If it is GUID Partition Table then convert it to Master Boot Record and try it again on your TV without formatting to FAT32. Could save you a lot of work. If it still doesn't work then go on to format it.
You can use the FAT32 Formatter though I already had some problems with it. Better go for the Mini Tool Partition Wizard Home Edition.
It's freeware and has a nice GUI with a few more options than the FAT32 Formatter.
End of my story, I swapped an internal 2TB with the 3TB external and everything worked fine.
Also consider downloading an update for your TV and install it via a flash drive.
And even better read or download and then read the manual for your TV. You should then know what media types it can play and how the HDD need to be to be recognized by the TV.
| pezus said: I present to you, the best thing ever: http://xbmc.org/ |
I read about your link. Do you use this for Nexus 7? It says it works with android, or do you use this with PC?
tversity is pretty sick.
If you have a ps3 you can use that with ps3media server. You can stream almost any format...mkv...mov..divx...xvid..mp4...mpeg..av
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