ParisInAKilt Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Just bought a Sony one and it's saying device not supported when I attempt to plug in my external hard drive - 2TB My passport. Is there something I can do to the hard drive to make it work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Having a wee goggle and I'm reading about FAT32 formatted, the DVD player won't recognise the format of larger hard drives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Read the manual, what an idea - this player supports USB mass storage only - this player supports FAT formatted USB only guessing my hard drive is neither Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe545 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Read the manual, what an idea - this player supports USB mass storage only - this player supports FAT formatted USB only guessing my hard drive is neither If you are using windows then your hard drive is almost certainly NTFS not FAT32. FAT32 is an older solution that started to be phased out by Microsoft when they brought in Windows XP. Strange why a new Sont device would only support such an old file format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UPROAR Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Mass storage only supports FAT... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Cheers guys. Does seem strange. Might take the DVD player back or just buy a small flag USB that I can use to watch stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillinger Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Just get a wee 2gb usb pen, format it FAT and transfer whatever film or that you're watching on a given night onto that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Just get a wee 2gb usb pen, format it FAT and transfer whatever film or that you're watching on a given night onto that Looks like that's the easier idea. Had a Google and I think I can get a 16gb pen and that can be formatted FAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunchy Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I just use a 16 GB USP stick and load it up with avi/mp4 format films and do it that way. Does mean I have to change films in the stick every now and then but not to much hassle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Col Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Just bought a Sony one and it's saying device not supported when I attempt to plug in my external hard drive - 2TB My passport. Is there something I can do to the hard drive to make it work? how much of the 2TB is used? copy the files off the external hard drive to pc or laptop format the ext. drive to FAT copy files back onto the ext drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EIFA10 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Or invest in one of these, if you can still get them. I have had one for 3 years. Great piece of kit. Stick it on your network and have whatever you download automatically transfer over to it. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00466IEXE/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?qid=1432757222&sr=8-4π=AC_SX110_SY165&keywords=wdtv+live+media+player&dpPl=1&dpID=41gImXd8nGL&ref=plSrch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartandon Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Or invest in one of these, if you can still get them. I have had one for 3 years. Great piece of kit. Stick it on your network and have whatever you download automatically transfer over to it. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00466IEXE/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?qid=1432757222&sr=8-4π=AC_SX110_SY165&keywords=wdtv+live+media+player&dpPl=1&dpID=41gImXd8nGL&ref=plSrch or another alternative would be to get a chromecast and then just stream stuff to that using Plex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EIFA10 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 or another alternative would be to get a chromecast and then just stream stuff to that using Plex Also a good option. I do the same on a couple of devices around the home. However, the advantage of the likes of the WD box mentioned (and I don't work for them or sell them!), is that you can store hundreds of movies, tv shows and music on there and then don't need your laptop or pc to be turned on to stream. It also works like a network hard drive (even in standby mode), so I actually stream from it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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