External usb HDD

[malsat]

Hi
Can I put movies and music etc on a USB HDD and then play with Vuduo ?
If so how,do I have to format it ? then do I play with media player ?
Im thinking this will be easier than streaming from PC as I can download straight onto usb hdd then plug into Vuduo.
thanks

[Sicilian]

Try and you will find out. What file format is the drive formatted in? NTFS or FAT32. I'm pretty sure you can. Plug it into USB, press Menu > Media Player and select media, prob be under USB. Cant remember and i'm at work atm. Perhaps Monty can try in his new box :D

[malsat]

thanks
Im at work to,but will try when I get home.

[Monty]

Hey there.
So far I have tested with a 12 gig usb hard drive. Its the size of a large USB mem stick but it's a mini hard drive.
Formatted FAT32 with 1x AVI file and 1x MKV loaded.
USB is auto detected when plugged in and it reports 1 movie found.
It can on only see the AVI file, no sign of the MKV.

[Sicilian]

Hey there.
So far I have tested with a 12 gig usb hard drive. Its the size of a large USB mem stick but it's a mini hard drive.
Formatted FAT32 with 1x AVI file and 1x MKV loaded.
USB is auto detected when plugged in and it reports 1 movie found.
It can on only see the AVI file, no sign of the MKV.

Have you tried opening Media Player, then navigating to the USB stick?

[Monty]

I did and MP couldn't see the usb hard drive.
I'm formatting it again in my XP PC, Vista annoys me :)

[Monty]

Back again.
Formatted USB drive FAT32 in XP this time, so much quicker.
Same 2 files on and media player can now see the drive and play both files.

Added.
Have also formatted in NTFS now. It recognises and again both files were playable

[Monty]

In this last test, I used an 80 GB laptop drive in a host powered external case.
Formatted NTFS and with 2 files loaded. 1x AVI and 1x MKV.
On detection the VU+ reports "No displayable files on this media found!", but media player sees and plays both files.