can i play mp4 movies from the USB port?
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from what i can read from resesrching - if the drive is less than 1TB it should recognize the device and play
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Yes it plays video from sd card and usb in .avi I have not tried any other video format
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Yes. Video has to be in .mpg format (mpeg1/mpeg2). Unit only sees dvd formats, not .avi, .mpg4 so you'll have to use a pc to convert the files to .mpg. You can set up your usb drive with a "music" and "movies" base folder and then either drop mpg movies or mp3 music files in those folders, or you can stack folders inside of folders, i.e., "movies/comedy". 32 gb thumb drives work, haven't tested larger. Use standard usb thumb drives, unit does not read micro sized usb drives like the HP v165w. USB drive needs to be formatted fat32.
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yea mp4 don't play. some avi files will play. If not, I just convert to dvd (ntsc) format..
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yes.. just be sure the "software" will play MTS (transport streams)and the USB drive has enough storage space1 hr of high def video is approx 16bgstreams are blu-ray compatiblei play them with VLC player and Media player classic
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Yes if your player supports or has a usb port that allows you to play video off a flash drive.
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You can most definitely play movies on it, I convert everything into .avi files though and noticed that it cannot take full HD, like the very large resolutions even if I thought it would but the lower ones like 480 it can take. But that wasn't a problem for me, there's a free software online you can reduce the size of the movies with. I haven't tried mp4 but the box says it would play. Good luck!
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Yes pretty much anything USB or SD will work. However I tried hooking up my external hard drive and it took so long to load I gave up. Although my HD is like 400gb so that's most likely why. But I've never had issues putting like 20 movies on a flash drive and playing them. Watch out for the file type tho, MKV files won't work
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The USB and the SD card drive is for pictures and music only. You cannot play your mp4 or any other video format on the system. I have to return mine back because it won't play any other video format.
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Yes, there is a USB port attached to the unit for you to connect a USB hard drive to. Obviously, the videos need to be in the supported format.
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I don't think this is going to give you a complete yes. I did not hang onto the operating instructions for the additional features because my ROKU box does every thing I need. There is on top of the dvd player a sticker with an icon next to the built in apps. The sticker shows a section for usb that supports SD, music and photo/video. I am sorry but I have never tried the usb port.
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In theory, yes, you could, but I found two problems: only plays files in mp4 format, so you must convert any file to this;and that's the second problem, the conversion takes a loooong time, as a day per file. My advice, avoid this unit like the plague.
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Hi Claire, yes you definitely can. I use a 32 gb external USB to watch my movies all the time. You would need to buy a Micro USB adapter (goes for $1.95 or so) and plugs into the charging slot. I would recommend downloading MX Player to watch the movies. It is a free app but really amazing on how you can control your video. Also, people complain about getting to the Micro SD slot in the back where you have to pop off the small casing, however I found this to be easy if you use a small screw driver to pop it off then place it in. It is not hard at all. I have a 32 gb Micro SD slot in there. So instead of the measly 16 gb i have a total of 64 gb additional space it is awesome!!
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I'm not totally sure since I only purchased it to watch movies. However it does say that you can play music,movies,and view pictures downloaded onto USB and SD cards. Hope this was helpful.
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All I can say, B.R., is that ours is streaming beautifully via our home WiFi network so, I don't see why not.Via USB stick...it plays .mp4s perfectly. I haven't tried any of the other formats.The wife and I are very happy with it. :-)
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I've played avi and mkv by connecting my external hard drive to a usb port. They were played well but the subtitle integrated in my mkv files couldn't be read.
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I recommend using a playstation 3 for that. It'll play movies from usb stick or sd, pro duo memory cards. I also use mine for blueray and dvds.