A powered USB drive (one that has a wall wart for power) should work nicely. The only other issue you may encounter is if a file is over 4GB, it will not be able to be copied over to the FAT drive (hence, why exFAT is useful - but not with the Roku).Īs for the 4TB drive plugged directly into a Roku's USB port, you will probably require a powered USB hub (and I'm assuming your 4TB is one of the unpowered 2.5" type). Getting Started Locate a USB port on your Smart TV. This process will format the drive and remove any files you have on the drive. Can be either USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 Once you’ve selected your flash drive be sure nothing is on the USB stick. But do note that only the first partition will appear in your Roku as the Media Player's "navigation" is primitive and only will recognize that first volume. Roku TV remote control (standard with Roku purchase) A 16GB or larger flash drive. If you don't want to use NTFS for your 4TB, you could partition the drive and use FAT32 for the volumes. I copied the files from the USB drive to my internal (PC) hard drive, formatted the USB drive to FAT32, copied the files back to that drive, plugged it back into the Roku USB port, and the Media Player app recognized the drive and all the included files. When I plugged in my exFAT drive, it was not recognized and I saw the screen notification about the supported formats. It will support NTFS, FAT16/32, and ext (3/4 if I remember correctly). The exFAT format does not work with the Roku (nor the TCL Roku TV). Having just had a sort-of similar experience, I thought I'd post my resolution. I just don't want to use multiple drives for my library.
#Roku usb drive format portable#
Could it be that the TV doesn't recognize NTFS or ExFat formatting?Ī 500gb portable drive plugged into a TV USB port formatted to Fat32 works just fine with 2 of the same movies (.mp4) I tried on the 4TB drive. Could it be the TV doesn't recognize the drive because it is a USB 3.0 (even though it says backward compatible to USB 2.0)? Would using a powered USB 2.0 bridge help? 2.
Roku Media Player will not recognize the drive with either format.ġ. The 4TB hard drive will format to NTFS or ExFat. Someone told me it could be the formatting type. Roku Media Player won't recognize the drive.
#Roku usb drive format software#
TCL Roku TV Model: 49S405 (Roku TV 7104X) Software version: 9.4.0 build 4200-30 Seagate 4TB Backup Plus Drive USB 3.0 (box says backward compatible to USB 2.0)Īfter digitizing a few movies I tried attaching to the TV using the included USB 3.0 cable. I want to play my movies on my Roku TV via Roku Media Player via an external hard drive vis a USB. I am in the process of digitizing my entire DVD collection (575 DVDs). God bless the TCL techs, but they had no clue on this issue.
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