How Can I Watch Movies On A Sony Bravia LED TV From A 1TB External Hard Drive

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Readers like you help support MUO. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More.I have a USB port in Sony Bravia-40CX520. I can play videos from 8GB pen drive, but I cannot play videos from 1000GB external hard drive. Please suggest a solution.

I have a sony LED TV.. but could not give sound after receiving channels and could not watch dvd but keep displaying NTSC unrated. Pls what do I do. I am in Nigeria

You mean to say that DVD is not playing and there’s problem with your cable signals? Then you might be facing two different problems which need to be solved.Take your DVD player to the place where you purchased it and ask for possible replacement(if under warranty).Regarding cable problems ask your cable operator for possible fixings.

I want to play Movies from pan drive in My sony LCD.

The better way is to format your drive in FAT format and store movies not more than 4GB size.

Sir, I am having sony led ex52 32 inch model tv. it has usb support drives but i cannot play movies over 4gb since it is in ntfs format but in fat32 it will be playing but over 4gb pen drive doesnt support fat32, plz tell the solution for this problem plz send any information of this prob to my mailid thanks

Either split the file into multiple parts

Hey,I have sony led internet tv.,also I have external hard drive 320gb,but the problem is all my movies can’t play to my led tv..only photos can see..I’m not sure if my led tv is supported the avi format..because in my manual dvix only..what will you advise? Or going to do? Pls..

As Fidelis suggested,Sony TV supports AVC/AVCHD/MPEG4 video formats.So,you can try playing the videos in these formats.

After all the exFAT format, im not able to play the video. issue is with playback

what has to be the movie format to store in pendrive

I have Sony Media Player SMP-N100. Tried to plug in 60gb HD after formatting to exFAT still my player does not recognize… advice if any solutions

Try formatting in FAT format.

Hi tina, i need a help, i am looking for a external hard disk which can store 8GB of movie files as i am not able to store in my toshiba external disk. i bought USB3.0 hard disk which i can store such files but not able to play in my bravia TV or in my sony bluray player, so please help me

Lenny,please read the answers above. You need to format your hard drive with FAT32. You can do that using various tools or simply create a partition that is smaller than 32GB to do it with the native Windows formatting tool.

Hey Atlibarda , Does Sony Bravia LED 3D TV supports the 3D movies of “””” .mkv ””’ format

The conclusion is that the my Sony KDL46EX72 does not support HDDs usb3 and NTFS partitions…I hope for un upgrade because fat 32 & usb2…I think it is too old technology….

HelloWhat about external disk with several partition?I have a 2TB disk with several partition (first is MaC FS, the second is unused, and 3rd id FAT32)and the sony bravia doesn’t detect either the USB DISKi would expect that it reconize at least the fat32 partitionit is a 1TB partitionis there any limits about sizes or partitions?

Hello, your TV can play the following formats through USB:pictures= jpg, rawmusic= mp3video= AVC/AVCHD/MPEG4Specs for TV:/product/tv lcd/kdl-40nx703/tab/technicalspecs#tabBDP-S780:According to specs for blu-ray player, it is compatible with NTFS and FAT32(read only). I know that you formatted to xFAT. I would try formatting external to NTFS with default allocation units if playing through blu-ray player. The following link will show you the specs. Read under convenience features:/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&partNumber=BDPS780#specificationsFormats supported:MPEG-1 Video/PS: .mpg, .mpeg, .m2ts, .mtsMPEG-2 Video/PS,TS: .mpg, .mpeg, .m2ts, .mtsMPEG-4 AVC: .mkv, .mp4, .m4v, .m2ts, .mtsFrom the specs I see that drive uses USB as power. It does not need a separate power supply. That could be an issue with your blu-ray and TV. USB port in blu-ray/TV might not have enough juice to power your external.

I’ve just brought the WD My Passport HD for the purpose of watching movies downloaded from my PC but when I plu it in to my Sony Bravia TV it won’t recognise it, reading the comments in this thread, could it be because the WD is 3.0 and 2.0 compatible? Any help would be much appreciated, this is driving me mad! Thx

Hello, is it possible for you to tell me your TV model? Also, the storage capacity of external drive?

Hi, the tv is KDL40NX703, the bluray is BDP-S780 and the USB drive is the Western Digital My Passport 1Tb.The drive is formatted to ExFAT with 16kb allocation unit.

Hello, your TV can play the following formats through USB:pictures= jpg, rawmusic= mp3video= AVC/AVCHD/MPEG4Specs for TV:/product/…BDP-S780:According to specs for blu-ray player, it is compatible with NTFS and FAT32(read only). I know that you formatted to xFAT. I would try formatting external to NTFS with default allocation units if playing through blu-ray player. The following link will show you the specs. Read under convenience features:/webapp/w…Formats supported:MPEG-1 Video/PS: .mpg, .mpeg, .m2ts, .mtsMPEG-2 Video/PS,TS: .mpg, .mpeg, .m2ts, .mtsMPEG-4 AVC: .mkv, .mp4, .m4v, .m2ts, .mtsFrom the specs I see that drive uses USB as power. It does not need a separate power supply. That could be an issue with your blu-ray and TV. USB port in blu-ray/TV might not have enough juice to power your external.

go to cnet and type easeus that will gide you to your susess i run a business on formatting hardrives its using this same solfware easeus home master theater good luck bud

I have Sony BX320 and i can play movies from an 1TB external disk (NTFS format) connected via USB. Should work for u too ! When i connect to the TV, it says that the device is not recognized. But then when i simply press the ‘Return’ button on my remote control, file listing is simply displayed.

I HAVE KDL-40CX520 ME6 I AM UNABLE TO PLAY MOVIE FILES WHAT TYPE OF FORMAT IT RECOGONISES

Hello, the following link shows all the formats that can be played in your model when using USB. The formats marked with an “O” are supported:/support/compatibility/461525/product/kdl-40cx520If your TV supports DLNA, these are the formats supported:/support/compatibility/461561/product/kdl-40cx520The supported file systems are the following:– FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 — exFAT

what type of music video file does sony bravia accept through pendrive??

it accepts wma, mp3, mpeg, avi most of video formats we have.. 🙂

sony internet tv sucks its not that i dont know how to use it its just that there is so much you should do just to get it to play one movie what happenedto plug and play they should just let us know hay your tv doesnt play 1000g hard drives cuz i have tried over and over with other brands i have got an lg a samsung and the latest was the internet tv yes it does have internet cool fine thanks to sony but what is a tv for if yuo cant play movies on it ?! My other ld tv work just fine both are hooked up to gig and yes they hang a bit but still works ok. so whats with all the formating and convertion and all dont get me wrong but i do love sony i got the ps3 ps2 and other gadgets branded sony so whats the problem with the internet tv and yes im gona post it on ASK A NEW QUESTION hope some one ans my question directly hope it aint gona be about convertiing anything… just a simple honest answer

Hello, most TVs with a USB option play the FAT32 format by default. If your hard drive is formatted with NTFS or something else, your TV will not be able to see it. Mind you, there are TVs that can play content from external hard drives formatted with NTFS but not that many. Can you check the formatting in the other externals that work? Chances are, they are formatted in FAT32.

dear Tina the proplem with the clip file format ( rmvb) you need the converter programsbest regards,Fadi

I could only choose from NTFS and exFAT format. How do can I format it to FAT32? I have a WD 1TB 2.0 USB external hard drive. The TV didnt recognise the HD at all in NTFS format, but it did recognise it when I changed it to exFAT. But when I tried to play the file, there was an issue with ‘playback’.

even i hav some problem with the playback, can you pls help me with this??

Hi, format ur harddrive to fat 32 not exfat it shoud play the movies on ur harddrive

Hello, I just tried reformatting the 1TB USB 2.0 drive to exFAT, and the sony TV still not see it, However, I had an old Maxtor 100gb USB drive that works fine. Since I am just using it to play music through my system, 100gb is fine.

These TV’s can only play from USB 2.0 devices and are not backward compatible with USB 3.0. I ran into the same issue. If your hard drive supports USB 3.0, then you can’t use it with the TV. It has to be USB 2.0 at the most.

Taj,were you able to connect your hard drive to your TV? Please let us know which solution worked for you! Thank you!

TajThere is a 3rd alternative, which require a bit of techie set-up but it is worth it.I have checked the spec of your TV, it has Wi-fi (nice!) and DLNA capability. The Sony TV should have come bundled with a CD containing the DLAN media server. This piece of software allows you to view on your TV media files which are located on your PC/laptop (including any external hard drive attached to it).The TV manual should explain how to achieve this.If this is not the case, then I suggest the following set-up.This is what you need:1. A laptop or PC with wireless net access, alternatively a laptop or PC connected directly to the wireless router.2. A free software called Serviio () which needs to be installed to the PC or laptop.3. A USB cable which connect your hard drive to the PC or laptop.4. Enable Wi-fi on your Sony TV.Once you have installed Serviio, be sure to read this page which gives you detailed instructions on how to use the software: /index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5.Once you have Serviio properly configured and up and running, you should be able to see your media files (music, pix, videos) on the TV’s media player (select Serviio as device).The advantages of this set-up are:1. You have full control over the content of the hard drive via the Laptop/PC.2. Thanks to the Serviio software, you are able to play a lot more video formats than the standard Sony DLNA server.I have had the pleasure to do this set-up for my Samsung TV and I am enjoying access to over 1.5 TB of media with my old netbook running Serviio!Zia

Thanks a lot Zia…. It worked for me….Perfect Solution.. I was trying out with various options to read from a Hard Drive.. Finally this helped me out…..Many thanks once again….

Just transfer the video you want to watch to your 8GB and use that.

I did and it’s 2012 and still it doesnt work on my 8G wit FAT or exFAT what am i doing wrong

make sure you plug in to the right usb port some tellys have 2 . 1 for record only

Hey, i also have a new Sony Bravia LED 3D TV, and 2 TB hard drive. i also have an iMac that i use. I formatted the hard drive to ExFat so it works for my iMac but when I plug it in the TV nothing happens…. what am i doing wrong?

Buy WD media player…connect ur hdd to the media player with the USB port and connect the WD media player to the TV with a HDMI cable…it might work.