usb flash drive not working

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02-16-2018
Hetfield

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usb flash drive not working

hey im having an issue with this usb flash drive i bought in a chinese market lol its prob missing something idk
i downloaded a few movies and i want to watch em on my tv but it seems like the flash drive has no idea what an .avi file is, i mean it doesnt show up as a video format, doesnt let me play it, shows up on my tv but it says 'invalid format' and auto skips the movie.
this is the usb flash drive im talking about
https://http2.mlstatic.com/pendrive-...4_012018-F.jpg
help please maybe its missing a codec or something. no its not some error with the movies because i tried on other usb flash drives and they work.
thanks

-d
02-16-2018
Ekital

The flash drive shouldn't cause that issue if anything it sounds like your TV can't read the video encoding. Did you try the same movie on other flash drives? If you did and they worked try re-formatting the usb flash drive to FAT32.
02-17-2018
Hetfield

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Originally Posted by Ekital

The flash drive shouldn't cause that issue if anything it sounds like your TV can't read the video encoding. Did you try the same movie on other flash drives? If you did and they worked try re-formatting the usb flash drive to FAT32.

i tried on other flash drives and everything is ok, and no it didnt work, still got the same issue
02-17-2018
Zeus

Sounds like your television doesn't support the file format in which the movies are saved as. Try finding the movie torrents with a .mp4 file type and will most likely work.
02-17-2018
Hetfield

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Originally Posted by Hoodlum

Sounds like your television doesn't support the file format in which the movies are saved as. Try finding the movie torrents with a .mp4 file type and will most likely work.

my tv does support the file format(avi mp4 mkv etc), i do it all the time and i tried with other 3 flash drives. the problem is with this last one i bought few days ago. so idk whats the problem... maybe it just doesnt know what .avi is? lol
02-17-2018
Fay

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hetfield

hey im having an issue with this usb flash drive i bought in a chinese market lol its prob missing something idk
i downloaded a few movies and i want to watch em on my tv but it seems like the flash drive has no idea what an .avi file is, i mean it doesnt show up as a video format, doesnt let me play it, shows up on my tv but it says 'invalid format' and auto skips the movie.
this is the usb flash drive im talking about
https://http2.mlstatic.com/pendrive-...4_012018-F.jpg
help please maybe its missing a codec or something. no its not some error with the movies because i tried on other usb flash drives and they work.
thanks

-d

Problem solved, yw.
02-17-2018
Bunny

Maybe it cant read directly from the flash drive and therefore needs to be moved into the televisions internal memory (if such a thing exists in yours). Otherwise try to look for file converters on google for an mp4 one and see if that one works.
02-17-2018
Hetfield

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Originally Posted by Bram

Problem solved, yw.

bruh it was cheap af lol i had to buy it

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bunny

Maybe it cant read directly from the flash drive and therefore needs to be moved into the televisions internal memory (if such a thing exists in yours). Otherwise try to look for file converters on google for an mp4 one and see if that one works.

nope it doesnt but i'll try converting them to mp4
02-18-2018
EASTVAN

hm maybe this is some sort of serialization put in practice by some means,, im not sure of the AVI standard, or its realtion to mp4,, unfamiliar with both,, maybe when transfer from hard drive > flash drive there is some logic on there that can rewrite bits of code,, headers etc,, whichever classify or nullify the AVI format
02-18-2018
Bunny

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Originally Posted by EASTVAN

hm maybe this is some sort of serialization put in practice by some means,, im not sure of the AVI standard, or its realtion to mp4,, unfamiliar with both,, maybe when transfer from hard drive > flash drive there is some logic on there that can rewrite bits of code,, headers etc,, whichever classify or nullify the AVI format

thanks for using complicated words to describe a problem without suggesting a solution
02-19-2018
EASTVAN

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Originally Posted by Bunny

thanks for using complicated words to describe a problem without suggesting a solution

the issue might be with the chip logic, so if it is the digital logic gates etc that is causing the issue there is no fix, if you can program the chip maybe you can find a solution (with respect for my theory). alternatively, you can use a hex editor(?) or some sort of binary tool that allows you to view the contents of the AVI files before and after its transfer a/o serialization from the HDD to the flash drive.
02-19-2018
Hetfield

Quote:

Originally Posted by EASTVAN

the issue might be with the chip logic, so if it is the digital logic gates etc that is causing the issue there is no fix, if you can program the chip maybe you can find a solution (with respect for my theory). alternatively, you can use a hex editor(?) or some sort of binary tool that allows you to view the contents of the AVI files before and after its transfer a/o serialization from the HDD to the flash drive.

wth what how do i do that
02-19-2018
EASTVAN

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Originally Posted by Hetfield

wth what how do i do that

i don't know about USB or AVI, maybe you can find something relatable if you dont wanna download any HEX editors, think along the lines of perhaps...uh...oh yeah I mean there are some standards , for example there is CIM standard and WIM if you are using Windows, maybe you can write some code, like I said I don't know what is the container format like, perhaps also you can open the USB and look at what the chips is on there, lok for serial number or chip bumner or something, i dont know as well as I should, but this is called foundation

maybe there is some hardware editor tool ? micro electromechanical systems?? nono prob not. but like I knwo of language for design logic circuitry, Verilog VDHL etc..but I am snot sure how you would charge or write at a transitor..this logic TTL or you can find it in EEPROMS especially, maybe if you learn that you can go forward.
02-20-2018
EASTVAN

You can attempt doing a Boundary Scan

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php...ku533mn3g3k410