Have a 500gb hard drive with movies on that the Samsung tv is now not recognizing....on one port it says usb full and the other just plain wont open it...how ever a small usb stick is playing fine.... has worked for a long time not sure on why the change all of a sudden .... any help appreciated
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1. A TV firmware update breaking something 2. A hardware issue with the TV as the drive works with the computer, also try swapping out the USB cable to cover all the bases.
If I was you do you have a spare hard drive or a plug in USB memory stick / thumb drive try that. If it works I would then copy everything off the HDD and give the drive a format not the fast variety but the full one most likely as FAT32 for compatibility NTFS is better but some systems are not compatible. Then copy a couple of movies accoss and plug it in again to see if it works.
If still a problem, and the other drives work that drive maybe on the way out, get a new one they are as cheap as chips these days.
As an alternative have you though about running a DLNA server from the main PC then connecting the TV to it via the TV's software I used to connect via ethernet but the new TV has integrated Wi Fi that's fast enough to stream in HD no wires needed.
thanks for your replies,,, I do unpower it from the tv always.. how ever last time I tooka Cpl movies of it to a usb stick it wouldn't shut down so just unplugged .... put it back in pc shut down properly and waaalaaa it work again ...
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