Toshiba External Hard Drive Question?

Q. I just got a 1TB Toshiba external hard drive, and I put all of my .avi movies along with all my music and photos on it. It works fine on my computer and other computers, but I tried to connect it, through a USB port, to my parents Sony Blu-Ray player and it said that it was 'not supported'. Is there any way to have it recognize the hard drive at all? I've read a lot of forums that said the .avi movie files cannot be seen, but is there any way to view the photos or music? If not, it's no big, I can hook up my computer to my tv at my house, but I was hoping to share movies I made and photos with my family before I went back there. Any help at all is appriciated.

Answer
Sony Blu-Ray player support USB port, so u can convert your .avi video to M2TS or or other Sony Blu-Ray player compatible formats for enjoying. I suggest u use foxreal video converter to solve this problem. I have used this software. It can convert between various of formats with excellent output quality. You can try it.
I know Sony Blu-Ray player support JPEG image format. You can convert it.
I help you find foxreal video converter download link. Holp it helps u.

What external hard drives will work with PS3 and blu ray players with USB input?

ronfromny

I bought a WD 1TB external. For movies, and shows. My buddy formatted it to FAT32, and I put the movies and music in the folders you are supposed to such as "PS3" "VIDEO" and "MUSIC" and I connected the drive to the ps3 and then the blu ray player, and nothin showed up. Is it because 1TB was too big? And if that's not the case, what could be a solution?

Answer
You probably need to reformat it with a better utility. Use Fat32Formatter:

http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/Fat32Formatter/

It bypasses all Windows limitations, no install required, just unzip and run. It makes the drive fully compatible.

Then be sure you put the media in the proper folders (NOT PS3): Pictures, Video, Music just in the root of the drive.

You can also highlight the device, tap Triangle, and select Display All to browse the entire contents of the drive.

Also note, the drive must be USB 2.0 for the PS3 as USB 3.0 requires more power to run as it has a higher power rating and the PS3 can't recognize it even if it is 2.0 compatible.

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