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Corinne11
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_ 		15. August 2009 @ 09:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I just purchased the Pioneer DV-400V-K because I wanted to put movies on my external hard drive and watch them off of the USB drive; this DVD player will read Divx files. I had purchased previously a Cavalry CAUM Series 1TB USB 2.0 7200RPM 16MB Cache External Hard Drive that has a Western Digital HDD inside. I have read to play movies on an external hard drive ( a large one, anyway) on a DVD player you must format it to FAT instead of NTFS that is standard with Windows. Does anyone know the best way to do this? Thank you.
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dailun
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_ 		17. August 2009 @ 01:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Breaking your Post down into readable sentences:

"I just purchased the Pioneer DV-400V-K because I wanted to put movies on my external hard drive and watch them off of the USB drive; this DVD player will read Divx files."

OK.

"I had purchased previously a Cavalry CAUM Series 1TB USB 2.0 7200RPM 16MB Cache External Hard Drive that has a Western Digital HDD inside."

OK.

"I have read to play movies on an external hard drive ( a large one, anyway) on a DVD player you must format it to FAT instead of NTFS that is standard with Windows."

Not entirely correct. You need to format the HDD to FAT32, not FAT.

Here is a post that pretty much explains what you have to do.

http://forum.videohelp.com/topic336451.html

You will have some "inconveniences" to deal with since the partition size for FAT32 is 32GB and the file size limit is 4GB. (one byte less than 4GB if you're splitting hairs) This means that the maximum movie size (without splitting) has to be 4GB.

Sounds like a lot of work for relatively little reward. The USB port on those Players is (AFAIK) typically designed for the "quick drop" of a USB memory stick.
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Corinne11
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_ 		17. August 2009 @ 11:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks for your help.
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MysticE
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_ 		17. August 2009 @ 11:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You can use this app to format the drive to FAT32 (unless you have Vista).

http://www.omniflashproducts.com/downloa.../swissknife.htm
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