Can it copy photos to a disk? Can you watch movies on this external drive?
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my daughter says yes you can because he has a ser and she does a lot of downloading pictures and play music and all movies
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Actually I can copy something to a disk, but I haven't tried to watch movies on this drive. The only thing is sometimes it just can be recognized by my laptop. And I have to try several times to make it to be recognized.
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Yes,it can read external usb hard disk, we have tested with the 1TB seagate hard disk, and also can play videos on disk directly. also it support RMVB, you can use "MX PLAYER" to play the RMVB video.
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You can store tv shows and photos along with movies on the unit. However, you are going to have to do somethings for the tv shows and the movies to fit to the unit. If you use media center to record tv shows and movies then the file format will be too big to simply transfer via drag and drop. This will force you to convert the files and then drag and drop. Overall I have a WD but not one of 500GB but I love it because I have a laptop without alot of space on the HDD. This stores all of my files (movies, tv shows, music, photos, and standard files). Works great I have had mine for 5 months now.
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yes.. just be sure the "software" will play MTS (transport streams) and the USB drive has enough storage space 1 hr of high def video is approx 16bg streams are blu-ray compatible i play them with VLC player and Media player classic
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Yes. You can play stored movie files directly from the sd card or transfer it to the internal memory. I would keep it on the sd card, though.
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I watch movies regularly. It creates icons on your desktop and in your file explorer that allow you to treat it just like a local drive. You can't watch movies through the backup interface though.
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Good response. I would caution against an external HD for video (music and other relatively small files are fine). I have a Iomega external and I am unable to use it with my video editing software (I am unsure why). Also my external drive will not support files larger than about 4GB (videos).
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Yes, i have watched videos off a usb thumb drive. I forget what video formats the TV Supports.
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Yes, this drive can be converted to an external drive. You will need to purchase the proper external enclosure from a third party. Thanks, Mike
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Yes, although I never used it. The directions stated that you can play movies from the usb port.
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It does have the native ability to play DVDs, but I'm not sure about taking from or sending to external video. Mine is not cabled to be able to do such, but there might be an additional input/output that I'm not aware of.
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So you can have an external drive? I don't see why not. There is a mini USB port on the player. It will play mp4's sequentially, the same with pics and music. It may have plug and play capabilities... TommyD
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If your security system can handle an external hard drive, it should be able to store your video. But the main reason to get something like this is for the Security and Networking features. Its more like a Server than an external hard drive. You may be better served just getting a USB external hard drive enclosure.
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1) You must use an external DVD drive. There are many on the market including some portable USB-powered ones.2) Yes.I hope this helps you in making your decision.
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Sorry-previously answered-yes it does take movies-I never knew how to do it-just downloaded directions and tried it-pretty cool
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Playing time depends on the movie, not the drive. If you mean copying time, that depends on your usb connection.
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You can simply put the movies on a usb thumb drive. There's two (2) full sized usb 3.0 slots on the side. Just be sure to use the smaller ones, as they barely stick out of the side, if you're worried about damage to the stick.