Play movies directly from computer drive? Has anyone figured out if this is possible?
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This player cannot play movies through ethernet (NO DLNA support for the American version of this player!!). That always seems like what the American market has...lesser functionality than that of Europe.. DLNA would have been sweet. This player will NOT play MKV. Playback from USB is ONLY mp3 or jpeg. It probably would not recognize NTSC format HD with their USB port. Seems to be FAT 32 memory sticks only for USB, but not sure. It won't even play Divx from dvd-r or dvd+r disks (even though my manual says it can play divx). The player itself doesn't brand the "Divx" label on it, and it's not a Divx Certified player. It claims to be able to play AVCHD, but I burned an AVCHD movie to dvd-r and it did not play. LG BD570 bluray player is sweet. It can play bluray movies real good, can play mkv, divx, and I think divxHD too. It has built in wireless, with hard wired ethernet too, with DLNA support. It can have an external hard drive connected to it's USB port (NTSC format I think, not FAT32) and play mkv, divx from it. I think it does AVCHD movies too. No 3D, but who the hell cares..Like I wanna wear glasses tp watch TV and poke bubbles from the air..
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I don't believe so....it is a DVD/CD player only....also can read/play from a USB drive.....John Bonney
1851133
No, I tried to do just that because I wanted to us it with my copy of Adobe On Location or to use my VCR or Disc play. None of this worked, I am still looking for what arrangement will allow me to use it successfully
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hd 2nd generation, can I burn a dvd from movies saved on my computer? Thanks
1520158
I have never tried to play movies/videos flash drive via usb port; so, I don't know if it can. I recommend looking at Samsung's website for the television specs & allowable inputs.
1475419
I am not sure how to do this. I rarely use the CD/DVD drive. If I do use it, it's only to look at a movie or listen to a CD. Sorry.
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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 never seen a movie that it will not playback. Hope this helps an by the way it will load and disconnect while connected to the computer
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It will only play from a USB drive type device but not a USB hard drive. Would not recommend it for watching movies.
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on question 1 yes, i play movies off a couple extra drives i have installed in my computer.on question 2, it says it can, but i have not tried it yet for the simple fact i like the hard disc media for 3d movies.
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I just put in a DVD of .mpg and .avi files and it played them fine. No menu on the DVD, just files. It brought up a list of the files and you can select which on you wouldl like to play. Good feature.
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There only certain formats that work when I use my USB harddraive to play movies. Try converting to from MP4 to AVI.
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None. Its an interesting question though. Considering you cannot playback movies on the device directly, unless you stored audio files there isn't a need for one.
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You would either have to do it on another computer and transfer to a memory card; or I believe there is a way to do it via home network. Obviously, this will be difficult/impossible if you dont have a computer with a DVD drive. Ofcourse you can buy an external DVD and save movies to the HD, but those drives arent very cheap. If I remember correctly, it is a multi-step process and you will need to download a couple free programs. Maybe the following link can help start you off:http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/rip-a-dvd/
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No it cannot. It is not a dvd player. You can only play media files from an USB external hard drive or internal sata hard.
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The short answer is no. The files are encrypted & locked to the specific receiver so they can't be copied. The longer answer is yes, but not exactly what you're thinking. If you have a video capture device, you could play them back and capture them as video files on a computer. There are a few video capture devices that have component input and can do this. It can't be done via any HDMI device I've seen because it would violate the copy protection rules of HDMI. Down side is you have to play the shows back to transfer them to computer via the capture device. There is no other way. Slow, cumbersome, & you can't watch anything else while playing the shows back to capture them as PC files. Yes you could do it, but its not worth the time, effort, & expense.
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Hi,Bot With This box, I Have Only Been Able To Play Media From My drives.Sorry