WD Media Live Streaming Media Player can't see new WD Elements 2tb hard drive

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I have just purchase a new external WD Elements 2tb hard drive USB3.  I reformatted the drive to a fat32 as I am using a mac, however the media player won’t detect it?

I have tried the hard drive on a friends Kaiser Baas media player and it works on that, however the Kaiser doesn’t support all the formats.

Is there something I need to do with the external hard drive to get it to work with the WD Media Player?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Maz

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Firstly why format to FAT32 ? *   FAT32 has a filzesize limitation of 4GB  (if you have any movies over that … then you won’t be able to copy them onto the HDD)

All of My 1TB, 2TB, 3TB WD Elements drives are formatted NTFS.

If you’re using a MAC try the WD Quick Formatter Tool and format the WD 2TB Elements to HFS+

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3868/~/using-wd-quick-formatter-to-format-external-drives-%28windows-8,-7,-vista,-xp%29-or

* The only valid reason (i suppose) is if you plan to use the drive with a video game console (PS3 / XBOX360)

which only support FAT32

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Sorry I was under the impression that Macs couldn’t write to NTFS formats, read only.  That is why I formatted the drive to a fat32.  I initially trail exFat but none of the media players could read it.

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Sorry, yes you’re correct no NTFS on Mac … but   HFS+ (Mac)  is fine, the WDTV supports it and large file sizes over 4GB

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Thanks for your suggestion.  However after reading what a HFS+ is, Windows would not be able to read or write to this hard drive.

The reason I went with the Fat32 is so I can use the drive on both Windows & OSX operating systems.

However, I don’t see why the media player can’t see the hard drive.  It does state that it supports Fat32 formats.  Is it the size of 2tb, or maybe the USB3?

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Ok, now you say you want Windows support as well  (you did’nt say that in your OP)

Sorry, can’t help with FAT32 and Dual OS Support  …

I tried FAT32 with 4GB -32GB flashdrives … they work fine with the WDTV

(but have never formatted a 1TB ~3TB HDD in FAT32)

My 8 WD Dirves (Elements, My Books) 1TB ~ 3TB, USB2 ~ USB3 all NTFS  all work fine with the WDTV.

Sorry, can’t help  :cry:    anyone ?

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There are NTFS utilities for Mac, such as Paragon, which IIRC, are free for home use.

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Paragon stuff all looks like Payware to me ?  :neutral_face:

http://www.paragon-software.com/products/home/

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Looks like they’re charging for Yosemite, but Snow Leopard support is free…

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac-snow-leopard/

I didn’t nose around too much, there may be a free license for home for Yosemite, too…  Never needed to worry about it.  :)