Has anyone tried playing videos from an external HDD? What video formats does this player support?
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The compatible formats through the USB connection are available in the below link. http://service.us.panasonic.com/OPERMANPDF/DMPBD89-MUL.PDF#page=6
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3 usb 2.0 ports. I have used an external usb dvd drive but not tried playing media. External hard drive works too, but have not tried media play on that either.
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Yes ,I am watching video from hard drive. Samsung tablet .Plays great. So long as you have right format on videos
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It is able to read play most any video, image or music file directly from a windows shared directly, including those NTFS drives. Is also DLNA compatible. Love mine.
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I just tried both avi and mp4 from a flash drive and both were detected but did not play. Bummer
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I've tried a few different video file formats, including some MP4, and it's played them fine from a USB thumb drive. Since the screen itself isn't HD, I haven't tried any HD files in there, but I can verify that up to DVD quality resolution it plays media files just fine.
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I have been able to play .mov, .avi, .mkv .jpg and mp3 files.So far I haven't found any video files that it won't play.It has played on the TV and any computer connected to my network.
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All I can say is that I have been able to play .mp4 720p files without any problem. I don't know what other formats will work.
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It will play all media file types.... As far as the gb capacity, I have mine hooked up to a 1.5TB external hard drive full of audio/video/photo files and it's never had any trouble streaming any of it.
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Yes I have played 1080p mkv and mp4 off external drive with minimum lock ups. Would recommend leaving the processing for another computer and load Plex home theatre on this guy for streaming.
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Yes it will play videos from USB. Not sure of the formats, but I think it plays the standards.
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Hi Ed, the external drive will need to have some sort of device, computer or tablet, that has a card reader or can handle an external card reader. I have no issues backing up HD video footage on the drive. The device was plug and play meaning the driver auto installed, on a Mac. I have used SD, CompactFlash and Thumb Drives
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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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I tried using a hub but my external hd started beeping when i turned on the player. Could have been the hub but I know it works with laptop so not sure. Maybe a better hub is required. As far as size Ive connected an 80 gb hdd to a 500 gb hdd.
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I have very positive experiences from using GOM player in playing many different media formats. It automatically find codecs and everything. Perhaps you should give it a try for the new AVCHD format also.
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My Coby TF-DVD7377 reads and plays USB flash sticks with no problem. The ones I'm using are an 8-gig Lexar (for video) and a 4-gig Dane-Elec (for MP3 music). I do not currently own one of the newer USB-powered external hard drives, so I cannot comment on that. However, this Coby player is able to read and play files from my five-year-old Western Digital 80-gig hard drive (the WD drive is powered by an AC adapter).
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Video playback is a bit hit and miss. Some play, some freeze the machine. I am trying to get the spec for compatible formats for .avi and .mp4 from Coby and waiting for a reply. The standard mini-USB plug cable allows you to manage and transfer files between the frame and a computer. The cards in the DP-102 will show as external drives on the PC.