Ok so I tried everything I could and just ran out of ideas
So I can get my 16gb flashdrive to work and I can play movies from it the format is fat32
Now I have a 256gb flashdrive that's exfat format and I can't play the movies off my drive
I also I have a 256gn flashdrive that's ntfs format and also can't play my movies
Can anyone please let me know
What I should do or format my drives to
I love this chromecast with google tv But I really wanna play my movies from my flashdrive
Help
Just set up a plex/envy/jellyfin server on a PC and stream them. I doubt you'll be able to play anything off a usb drive.
I'll try ext3 today I'll update later today to see if it's compatible to play movies on this format
Alright I formated my flashdrive to 3ext and it doesn't work I'm going to try a micro sd next
It's crazy cause my cheap 16 gb flashdrive format fat32 works to play movies thru dongle but I can't with my samsung 256 flashdrive exfat format
Any other ideas?
What storage should I use to play movies thru dongle???
exFAT and NTFS also didn't work for me. Fat32 works. Haven't tried EXT4|3. I'm using this USB-C hub , powered by a 3A USB-C power supply I happened to have. Using Fat32 Format to format my flashdrive since Windows 10 won't format anything larger than 32GB (stupid) to Fat32. Need to switch the USB mode, in Developer options, from Charging to MTP in order to get the flashdrive mounted. Playing flashdrive content using Kodi and VLC. This setup works even while disconnected from the network, which was the whole point for my use case.
Thanks so much for the help everyone
So fat32 does work with the chromecast with tv dongle I used easeus to format my samsung 256gb flash drive I put my movies on them and it all plays on VLC
Thanks again
Problem solved 🙂
How are you getting it to play from a USB flashdrive at all?