Does anyone know if you format the drive to ex-FAT, will a smartTV still be able to read it and play videos if directly connected via USB?
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I'm not sure. According to the WD TV live owner's manual, the WD TV live unit looks at the format of what's on the external hard drive connected via USB.
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Is your USB formatted in FAT, FAT 32, or NTFS? This TV only supports FAT and FAT32. If your USB device is an external hard drive, it is likely that it is formatted in NTFS and thus, not compatible. Let me know. (To find out what format your USB is, plug it into your PC, right click on it under Computer, click Properties, and you'll see.)
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You need to format it as a FAT32 drive. It comes pre-formatted with the NTFS file system--which can't be read by most Blu-ray players.
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This disk cabinet really is just an external HD rack to be attached to a computing device that can access the disk through eSATA controller. If your Smart TV have SATA/eSATA interface (I really doubt if smart TV is anything like that) and has the means to access the different disks, then you can. Like some other responded, they have a PC with this disk cabinet and have the PC display onto the TV (as a large monitor). But then, you need some kind of remote keyboard/mouse or maybe the Media PC remote.
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64GB SDXC OK.. I formatted as exFAT instead of NTFS. Turn off wireless and connect to PC will be able to read/write files. My 32GB USB has FAT and works OK.
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When I first got my tv, I remember playing video files with it via a usb key. The last time I tried, it did not appear to work, and I recall recreating the files using handbrake or something in different formats, and was never able to make it work. I think I was about to unplug everything else and retry it when I gave up and put it on disk and played it through the blu-ray player. This is the link for my particular tv , which displays a list of the supported video formats. http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/201104/20110427083150372/BN68-01691A-02Eng-110427.pdf I took a snap shot, but apparently can't paste or attach via this communication mode. ( sorry ) there were some avi modes listed.
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I dunno if it's a formatting thing, but I tried to plug in my portable 120GB external drive, and it blanked. My 1GB stick came up with a menu though, so there's gotta be a size limit somewhere, I just don't know where it it.
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I purchased one and installed on my DVR box (SA Explore 8300HDC). The DVR recognized the drive and prompted for formatting the drive. Another reboot of the DVR and every thing works. I did not lose my previously recorded video. Thanks,--CY
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while I don' t have a clear cut answer, I do have one that works. See if it at least is at least recognized in device manager under Windows' control panel. If it is, you might right click on properties and have windows look for a new driver on the net. You might want.to reformat it under fat32 or NTFS....
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In theory, you should be able to; but in practice, I cannot say for sure since I do not have a Smart TV to test this theory out. If you already have the capability to play HD movies from your computer through the Smart TV, then the odds are more in your favor. Once you connect the external hard drives to your computer, then it should be just a matter of selecting your new NAS drives as the source.
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Yes ,I am watching video from hard drive. Samsung tablet .Plays great. So long as you have right format on videos
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I installed it inside an Apple laptop. Lasted almost a year and crashed... Was not a problem to format it to an Apple system.FAT32 should be fine, it might already be there...
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Update: With the newest firmware the BDP 80 plays MKV just fine! Now my only wish is for H 264 playback. THEN it would truly be universal. (although limited to Fat 32 making large NTFS USB drives pretty useless for now)
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It is able to read play most any video, image or music file directly from a windows shared directly, including those NTFS drives. Is also DLNA compatible. Love mine.
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You have to check the features off the Smart TV.Normally usb at TV levels are for pictures(cameras etc.) and mp3 music.streaming a High Resolution movie requires Caching and video related hardware. if Smart TV says it does mp4 then your movies have to be in that format. This USB is backward compatible. What you as is more off feature on the TV than this unit.If TV says it does avi,mp4 no problem. i have a cheap core2 duo optiplex and use Big Tv Screen as monitor,and watch anything i want. hope this helps
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Kimberly, I would like to know more about why you're wanting to format this drive in FAT32. Is it for Mac/PC compatibility? I would also like to know how you're using or planning to use this drive as well. Hopefully you're installing these in a RAID or NAS device of some sort as they are best suited for that purpose. If not, then I would purchase a different drive. If you're still thinking about going with Western Digital, here's a link that explains their color coding and the capabilities of each color drive. http://www.wdc.com/en/products/internal/desktop/ I hope this helps.
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I don't own a TV, so I'm unaware of what smart TVs are capable of. Maybe if you put the drive in a USB enclosure... There's no remote with the optical drive.