Is this product easy to format and how does that work? Do you have a suggestion for a flash drive product that can handle videos?
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It is easy to format just go to format and select the drive letter. These flash drives handle video but a USB 3 drive will work better.
1445821
Very easy to use just plug in and drag whatever you want to save onto it. We use it to save pictures from our photo booth.
1445822
It is plug and play in Windows based systems. Treated like a hard drive. It is USB 2.0 so speed is good; handling videos is a function of space and speed so if the video is less than 4 GB it/they should fit
1445823
I bought the 2 GB and these. I have had not problems with them. I did not have to format them.
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These come formatted with Fat32 and are ready to be used. Appropriate type and size video files can be copied and used directly. The flash drive does not limit the type type of video file. Where you are playing might limit certain video files. Smart TV's, for example, may be somewhat selective.
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I use the 4GB flash drives to upload 1-2 GB videos to and have been pretty happy with them so far. The videos are QuickTime Movies exported from Final Cut X. The flash drives are then inserted in a western digital player and played continuously from the drives for a month. So, in short I'm asking a lot of these drives. They have been good with no issues.
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I formatted a thumb-drive as Linux EXT4 format and copied a 500MB Mpeg-4 video to the drive. I unmounted it from my Linux system and plugged the drive into my Chromebook 14-Q USB3 port (on the left edge). When I did that a "file browser" opened up and it showed the file listing of my video. When I double-clicked on the MP4 file the video played with audio. I was very pleasantly surprised. Depending on your storage media format and your video recording format, your mileage may vary. Good luck!
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Yes, it's fast enough to accommodate storage/backup, but don't try editing projects off of it. I did once and Premiere would crash every ten minutes.
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I find it amazing that you are able to use a 32GB much less a 64GB. I'm using a Kingston Digital 16 GB Class 4 microSDHC Flash Card with SD Adapter (SDC4/16GBET) that was sold a a bundle and have no problems with the card. The dash cam is ummmm. Hmmmm. You get what you pay for. Don't upgrade the card. Upgrade the camera and card or it won't be worth your money. Put the videos on your PC and format the card FAT32 after.
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I think the flash drive needs to be in DOS format and you also need to connect a media player device to your TV . The media player will recognise most file formats. Check if it includes the wmv format . If not, try convert it to one of those formats that it recognise first.
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A better question is what format will it not play. I have been able to play divx 4.x and 5.x,asi .mp4,vob,mov and .mkv 4:3&16:9 video files off of a usb on it. This is very nice if you have a lot of personal video files that you want to watch on your tv without having to do extra work converting and burning the video files to disc. I use a 1 tb external drive for storage(to play) and I have an external WD 2.5 500gb for recording with no problems. Be sure to download and install the update software first thing. Also if you are going to record from it be sure and format the drive to ntfs or you will have multiple files for each recording.(unless that is what you want)
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I have an older computer with an XP operating system. I needed a simple way to load files without burning DVDs. I then took the flashdrive to my new computer, with a Windows 7 operating system and uploaded the files to the new computer. It was a piece of cake to use. I know your question involved using it on a DELL computer, but the brand name is actually a secondary to the operating system, i.e. Windows XP. I am thoroughly pleased with my purchase, and think you will too. PS - I also loved the price. Hope this helps Sarah! Enjoy Spring!
1691440
I remember looking it up on there website on the manual. I used freemake hand brake is great too. The screen quality isn't that great but it does play files off a flash drive
487239
I have not personally tried...But Accordingly to the manual all things in these formats will work On a USB flash drive. (DivX HD®, JPEG, JPG, MPO, AC3 (Dolby® Digital), EAC3, HAAC, AAC, MPEG, MP3, PCM, DTS®)
1996154
You can store those videos into camera memory. It is a flash drive. (No playback feature).
2125199
Yes pretty much anything USB or SD will work. However I tried hooking up my external hard drive and it took so long to load I gave up. Although my HD is like 400gb so that's most likely why. But I've never had issues putting like 20 movies on a flash drive and playing them. Watch out for the file type tho, MKV files won't work
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I see your question was answered. I just wanted to add that I do believe the max size is 32 gb and the recommended speed is class 4. So that's what I got and it works great. I think that loops for 8 hours or so, which is plenty of time to download the video if needed to keep them.
1981109
Hey, I found really good instructions online.. It's already formatted in fat32 but it needs to be set up on a laptop first.. After you do the setup you just plug and play. It's been a great storage device so far.. Feel free to get back to me.. Oh yeah, it was on ehow.
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Just use the provided USB cable and connect it to any PC, ( Mac too , i believe ),... and it would work like a regular flash drive, browse the folders till you find the desired video. Usually my videos are time coded, so i know what video is that im looking for. You can time code your videos on your settings menu.
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Have you been able to connect to your computer? I used their program but it is not even recognizing the device. I think their usb cable is defective. huh. I have had nothing but trouble with the pictures. the video direct burner is fine though, if you don't need to edit.
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Hey Max,No instructions as far as I know. I threw my unit away. It didn't work in anything. The only one we got to work are the $300 units. Not the cheap ones. I haven't seen the one we used, online for a long time. My only other suggestion would be to use the one that you have to format the Flash Drives into 100 sectors of 1.4 mg each. But I don't grantee the results. As always, Buyer beware!
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AJ ... the usb stick adds memory to the player which helps load certain BD discs. U can not record to it. U may be able to see photos on it, depending on the type of files U have. That kind of stuff works very well on a computer of course. I don't watch movies on a computer and I don't do internet stuff with a video player.