Can it read portable ntfs hard drives? I want be able to hook an ntfs hard drive and have the built-in xbmc read the movie files. Is this possible?
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read is ok, but now it can't write to ntfs hard drivers. for fat format, read and write are all ok.
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Unfortunately this unit can only read FAT16 or FAT32 filesystems, not NTFS... so your drive size is limited by the capabilities of FAT32: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#FAT32
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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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I watch movies regularly. It creates icons on your desktop and in your file explorer that allow you to treat it just like a local drive. You can't watch movies through the backup interface though.
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sorry, I haven`t tested that. I will have a USB3 portable hd soon. I'll check it out.
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That's correct. You have to download and install XBMC in order to play your media.
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At the present time the X5 does not support OTG storage through the USB port, but it has been promised in a future firmware update. So I'd take that with a grain of salt and not expect to see it. If it does materialize then cool but don't buy one with the expectation that it's coming.
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You do not need anything special to be able to play media stored on a portable, external hard drive. The only thing you must do is make sure that your media is in a format that is compatible with this receiver.
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I have 8 3TB WD-Red Sata drives in my QNAP NAS and store 500+ movies as VOB files and also converted to MP4...I have roughly 18 TB of space and it is around half full. The VOB files play on computers with PowerDVD, while I can use DNLA to watch the MP4's which I send to my PS3 and HDMI to my TV. Yes, you can do it, it's how you do it that counts. My smart TV's don't play MP4's or VOB's by themselves. Media Player will also stream video, but I don't use it.
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I formatted mine NTFS, so it only works well for PC. I think if you format FAT32 it should work across operating systems.
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Hi,I never used it on XBMC, but it run the 1080P movies very well. It is pretty fast, run swift, but the only problem I had is out of the 3 I purchased 2 of them it constantly freezes and needs to restart, and one of them just went dead. But otherwise when I now got it and it was working okay it was pretty awesome.
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Yes I put all Music Videos and movies on the hard drive plugin it .Then from my cellphone or my tablet I can watch all movies when I parked the car at parking lot and waiting for my wife go shopping.One thing if you want to change the hard drive you need to break the clip otherwise when you lock it you can't change HD.
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I have not myself, I do believe that you could install XBMC on it. I don't see any reason that you couldn't since there are XBMC packages that install on Raspberry Pi. Goggle is your friend, its not that hard to check.
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It would depend on a number of factors. e.g. the format of the movie file, blue ray, mp4, oog, etc. It would also depend on the particular app. Does it support the files format? Or does it allow you to read from an external hard drive? I've plugged in a thumb drive into the unit being sold, and have been able to read/move files to and from the tablet. I've also been able to view some videos from the thumb drive. But I cannot say it would work for you for sure. It did for me.
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If you google the question "do bluray players support NTFS files?" you will find more info. I cant say for this LG but google is a best friend sometimes! It showed several answers to this question. Some say a media player is the best option like Dune.
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XBMC has a pre-built Ubuntu based distribution available. Otherwise, I would recommend any Debian derivative. Ubuntu is probably the easiest option.
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Yes it can. It will play movies and videos right from your stick or usb hard drive. Plays formats like avi,mp4,dvix,xvid,matroksa,wmv,flv and much more.