Problem Hooking up Seagate Portable harddrive to Blue Ray Player

Hello

I want to watch movies on my TV from Seagate portable hard drive, i read i can do this with a Blueray player that has a USB port, my question is will my movies show up on the Blue Ray player menu

Thank you

Dan

 

yep they should.it should be no different than plugging a flash drive in.

 

Should .it ?

 

?

 

would a menu show up on the dvd player to show my files

 

yes.it would be like plugging in a flash drive to view a file.

 

just hooked my external hdd to my player and all 400 or so movies show on the menu.

 

Thanks aldan what brand is your player

 

samsung.

 

Hey

I have a Patriot media player hooked to my Tv , it had a USB port would that work, this is the menu screen
of the Patriot

 

You'd need to check the specs of the player & determine if there's any size of hdd restriction & what format the hdd must be in for the player to see it.Fat32 is a given however ntfs may not be.Why haven't you tried it already since you have a player ? it will either show up or it won't.

 

I plugged it in and nothing is showing up, the unit has power and its plugged into the USB slot of the patriot player

 

find the specs of the player & see what the max size hdd can be used if any & also take note of the format the drive needs to be in fat32 vs ntfs for the player to be able to see it

there may even be a firmware update for the player as well

 

so you have your external hdd plugged in via the usb port on your player?if so have you selected usb from your menu.it should see the drive if all this is correct.

 

It does not show up, when i plug a USB stick in , it show up

 

crap.it looks like scorp was on the right track when he suggested you check your specs to see what size hdd is accepted by your player.by the way,if you had not started this thread,its likely i wouldnt have hooked my external hdd to my player.just never thought of it.lol

 

Where do I find the specs , I don't have a manual

 

Aidan

When people think of HDD they think of a computer device but think about it
All your media streaming on your tv

 

hmmm.. my tv is bad news like this.. recognises fat32 and reiserfs happily.. and NOTHING else.. not ntfs.. which is a bit of a nuisance as windows won't have anything to do with reiserfs.. and a couple of my works laptops are still running that garbage (because.. proprietary crap for presentations).. so how to proceed?.. grab a small usb stick.. format it in various ways and drop a file on and test it.. because.. even if a manufacturer says something "is" supported they can be so bloody picky that.. well.. yeah.. even an episode of a series batch, made in exactly the same way.. same codecs.. same file size.. same framerate.. same everything.. one plays other whines "unsupported".. it's bullshit..