Comments on: Why can my DVD player not read my external hard drive?

By: Sanjaya

Sanjaya — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:44:59 +0000

You can convert your HDD to FAT32 but you can’t copy a single file more than 3GB.(so no HD content). The best solution is to keep a big hard drive to store all the movies and use a flash drive to watch movies. Or else if you have a HDMI connection you can play movies on dvd player via pc/laptop.

By: Budjie Garcia

Budjie Garcia — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:56:48 +0000

Flash drives doesn’t run require that much power so my DVD can play movies from it.

By: Budjie Garcia

Budjie Garcia — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:54:22 +0000

Here’s based on my observation. It depends on your USB port. If the USB port is just an extension to the motherboard of your dvd/tv and is just an extension, your external HDD might not even get detected. I’ve tried this first using different PCs. Whenever i’m connecting my external HDD in the front USB port of my CPU enclosure, the external HDD doesn’t get detected or maybe there’s not enough power(electricity) to spin the hard disk (due to the front USB port is only for Flash drives). This happens to all PCs that i’ve tried. I always connect it to the back USB port of my CPU enclosure (which is the built in USB port connected to the motherboard). I have 2 external HDD both in FAT32 format and both does the same thing to diff PCs. they’re also not playing in my DVD player even if it’s in AVI format but when i connect my Flash Drive, it will play that same AVI movie i have in the external HDD. the simple conclusion to this is that the USB port (probably just an extension to the motherboard of your DVD player) is not giving enough power (electricity) to run and spin the hard disk of your external HDD or probably the long USB cable + the long wire inside your DVD (connecting USB port to the board) will diminish the power before it gets to your HDD.

By: Luke White

Luke White — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:20:24 +0000

I have Pioneer DVD Player and I also external Hard drive which is 500 GB.But when i connect it to DVD player it gives me an error that is NTFS file does not support it.So anybody can tell me about it and please give the suggestion or solution on it.

By: Manny Rivera

Manny Rivera — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 10:33:57 +0000

I played movie with ntfs har drive sometimes it detect sometimes not why is that

By: FIDELIS

FIDELIS — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:10:44 +0000

Hello, do you have the manual that came with DVD player? That should tell you if your DVD player is compatible with NTFS. If it is 1 TB, that is the format that should be in the external drive. If you do not have the manual, try to research by model and brand online. There are some TVs for example, that accept USB but only the flashdrives, not external. I do not know if this happens with DVD players too.

If it is a matter of your DVD player not compatible with NTFS, then your only option would be to transfer all the data/contents from external somewhere else and format the external drive with FAT32. Once that is done, transfer data back and try

By: Bruce Epper

Bruce Epper — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:04:53 +0000

What drive formats does your DVD player support? How is the HDD formatted? Many DVD players will only recognize devices formatted with FAT/FAT32 and not NTFS which is more common for larger drives.

By: vishal

vishal — Wed, 30 May 2012 07:20:40 +0000

My external hard drive is 1 tb of seagate already loaded with movies, music, photos. The DVD Player with a USB port, and a LG TV.
Why is the HDD not responding to a DVD player?

By: ernesto arias

ernesto arias — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:11:50 +0000

your dvd player will not really play an external HDD. you can only insert the most is a 16 gigabyte flash drive into the USB port. there are tv sets in the market today that can play even a 2tb ext HDD, but if you really want to use your external but your dvd player & tv set don’t, you have to buy a separate media player that can play even bigger than 2tb. there are lots of brands and features to choose from. that’s all thank you…

By: Weez

Weez — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:01:28 +0000

Totally agree Dave lmao @ appleman weirdo

By: Xyz

Xyz — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:56:00 +0000

generally space is lost or increased when converting from one format to another

By: Me Vergara

Me Vergara — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:22:00 +0000

if your external hard drive can connect to a SATA cord. then plug it to your desktop computer. insert the WinXP/Win7 installer. then when its checking the available drive you will your HDD there with its size then format it to Fat 32. end

By: Shelly Rosen

Shelly Rosen — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:58:00 +0000

I have a Samsung 1t external hd that is formatted ntfs. I reparations the disk taking 1g and formating it FAT3 and my dvd still doesn’t see any if the tv shows on it.
What do you suggest that I try

By: Phatnanis

Phatnanis — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:44:00 +0000

i have 320gb accer hard disk with fat32 fil system and i format in ntfs now in ntfs but when i go in format option then shows ntfs not fat why

By: paul

paul — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:48:00 +0000

hi. i just formatted my hard drive to fat32. and now it whant play on aneything. not my dvd. ps3. or thought my computer..and the computer we have in our bar just shutdow with blue screan… can anyone hellp