Hi there, I have a bit of an issue with the player. the hard drive is fine and in working condition and the player goes on and makes it’s "spinning’ noise but the tv doesn’t pick up the player at all.
Hi. My wd 3tb my passport ultra fell and afterwhich became pretty much useles…bought a new one but this time it’s my passport. I’m not sure what format my old HDD was but my current one is NTFS partition and GPT format.
I tried changing it into MBR, but my samsung LED tv still won’t recognize it. I want to try and format it to FAT32, as it might do the trick but i have to idea how. I try formatting it in my laptop but options are only exFAT and NTFS.
I used a toshiba laptop and also tried a macbook. No options for FAT32.
Thanks JoeySmyth for replying. Unfortunately I lost my samsung tv manual so I’m not sure about the model number.
I was successful in converting my HDD from GPT to MBR, however it automatically partitions approximately 800gb leaving me with just 2tb of disk space. I then format it to FAT using mac book. It worked my in smar5 tv but when I plug it to my samsung LED tv it still wouldn’t play.
I am willing to live with the fact that I can’t play it with my samsung TV since it can be played with my smart TV but almost 1tb of space that can’t be used is such a waste. =(
Everytime i convert to MBR it automatically happens. GPT is used for disks with memories more that 2tb I’ve learned. So i guess that’s it. But maybe you know another trick that could help me.
Maybe time to invest in a low cost (around $50) media player that has a USB input and plug that into your TV via HDMI ?
All the media players i own (RPi3, Android Amlogic S905X) support both MBR and GPT and any format and size eg. tested 2,3,4TB in either exFAT, NTFS etc.
@mahalak1017 Do you own the WD My Cloud, 2nd generation, firmware 02.xx.xx? Have you set up media in the Dashboard? Check the View Media Players, to see what is listed and ON.