How do i get my USB hdd to work with my blu ray player?

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coreyt0304

I just got a philips blu ray player. Came with wifi, netflix, etc and also with a usb port. I want to watch my movies I have on my tb seagate hdd on my tv with the blu ray player but when I connect it its almost like its not spinning fast enough because the blu ray player isn't picking it up. What do i do?

Answer
Does the instructions say it supports a USB hard drive?

Most blue-ray players have USB ports for 2 reasons:

* So you can up-load newer versions of the firmware
* So the player can 'save' your setpoints or D/L content available on "Enhanced" BluRay disks

You really want a "Media Server" like the Roku box or Western Digital TV HD box or some such (there are lots of these units out there). These will play computer files from your flash drive or USB hard drive.

Just because a device has a USB port - dont assume you can plug any USB device into it.

How do I get my movies to play off of my hard drive on my blu ray player?

morgan

I have a Samsuung blu-ray player, in the back there is a USB port. So I plugged in my hard drive with pictures and videos. I can see the pictures but the movie files aren't even recognized as being there. My friend got it to work at his house so I know its possible, but now I can't get it working here.

Answer
Does your friend have the exact same model Blu Ray player that you have? If not, then it could be that either your Blu Ray player doesn't support the video file types that you have on your hard drive, or your player doesn't support video via USB at all.

If you had provided your specific model number, I could have given you the list of compatible video formats. But since you didn't... I cant.

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