Can you use the USB port for your external hard drive to watch movies?
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The usb slot is only for connecting usb flash drives to the unit. If the USB flash drive has media that can be read; i.e., a standard dvd structure, mpeg4s, mp3s, cds, or jpegs then the unit will play the media. Here is a link to the user's manual for more information: http://s3.amazonaws.com/szmanuals/11333ba7d45d5f0d5256a1e945fa457b
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I have never tried this. However, I have read other reviews on this DVD player that stated that downloaded DVD movies to the USB drive can be played.
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Don't think that's possible. Pretty sure you need the USB port - plugged directly into my DVD player's USB port.
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Hi Claire, yes you definitely can. I use a 32 gb external USB to watch my movies all the time. You would need to buy a Micro USB adapter (goes for $1.95 or so) and plugs into the charging slot. I would recommend downloading MX Player to watch the movies. It is a free app but really amazing on how you can control your video. Also, people complain about getting to the Micro SD slot in the back where you have to pop off the small casing, however I found this to be easy if you use a small screw driver to pop it off then place it in. It is not hard at all. I have a 32 gb Micro SD slot in there. So instead of the measly 16 gb i have a total of 64 gb additional space it is awesome!! Hi Claire, yes you definitely can. I use a 32 gb external USB to watch my movies all the time. You would need to buy a Micro USB adapter (goes for $1.95 or so) and plugs into the charging slot. I would recommend downloading MX Player to watch the movies. It is a free app but really amazing on how you can control your video. Also, people complain about getting to the Micro SD slot in the back where you have to pop off the small casing, however I found this to be easy if you use a small screw driver to pop it off then place it in. It is not hard at all. I have a 32 gb Micro SD slot in there.... » Read More Hi Claire, yes you definitely can. I use a 32 gb external USB to watch my movies all the time. You would need to buy a Micro USB adapter (goes for $1.95 or so) and plugs into the charging slot. I would recommend downloading MX Player to watch the movies. It is a free app but really amazing on how you can control your video. Also, people complain about getting to the Micro SD slot in the back where you have to pop off the small casing, however I found this to be easy if you use a small screw driver to pop it off then place it in. It is not hard at all. I have a 32 gb Micro SD slot in there. So instead of the measly 16 gb i have a total of 64 gb additional space it is awesome!! « Show Less
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Yes if you're using USB 3.0. Movies will play on USB 2.0 but will be clunky instead of smooth animation.
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Yes, most external optical drives are USB driven, it's as simple as plugging it in and downloading any needed software.
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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've never tried to use an external USB drive but I doubt it will power it. As for folders, it will display the
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Even USB 2.0 drives can will work for watching HD movies. The big difference will be the transfer speeds transferring large movies or HD movies to and from the USB drive. Transferring HD movies on a USB 2.0 drive is painfully slow.
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I don't know. I use a seagate movie player to access my movies. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
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I had that issue and converted the movie to mp4 with db converter and fixed the problem but from changing hard drives all the time the usb port broke off I am having issues with a different brand as well so they are not very hardy is what I have found was thinking of trying the chrome cast but that's later tired of these devises braking and don't want to power the tv and the computer to watch movies.
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I have tried to ...other have stated they can but this sucker for some reason only goes wireless for me. I personally don't think it really has the high speed ports for it ...which sucks as it can be quite slow transferring large chunks of data compared to the older usb ports. That being said I find it's greatest function is allowing everyone in my house to access my movies wirelessly to watch. But be careful not much security once a person has access to it. They have access everything on it. So in short no.... not that i have seen. But for the price it's one of the best out there.
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It's not a problem to power an external HD on this USB port. DVD? Sorry, not sure about that. Never tried.
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The usb port is just a port. Not a driver. It can play videos though your computer, DVD player, etc. It will not play directly from a thumb drive.
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I haven't tried that. what exactly are you trying to do? I'm connecting a flash drive to watch movies from it and also access my documents.
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yes, i use my external for this all the time. just plug it into the usb port. no problem with any video filetype i have found yet
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I don't think this is going to give you a complete yes. I did not hang onto the operating instructions for the additional features because my ROKU box does every thing I need. There is on top of the dvd player a sticker with an icon next to the built in apps. The sticker shows a section for usb that supports SD, music and photo/video. I am sorry but I have never tried the usb port.