

I will show you how to use both FAT 32 and NTFS with Kodi. One way around this is rooting and using a program called BusyMount. Remember the Fire TV by default only recognizes the first hard drive plugged in to a hub. Now you don't have to worry about file size being an issue any more.
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So what do we do with these larger movie files? I'm also going to format a hard drive I've yet to see a movie in HDįormat smaller than 4 GB unless the movie was less than an hour or so in length. Won't be able to use any HD content on this hard drive. So what this means is while you can use SD videos on a FAT 32 hard drive, you most likely This is a limitation of the file system that Microsoft created and nothing more. We can use NTFS with Kodi,īut you need to install a program on your Mac to format and write to an NTFS hard drive.įAT 32 formatted hard drives are limited in that a single file can be no larger than 4 GB Remember I'm a Mac user runningīy default I can format a hard drive in several formats, but only one of them is usefulĪs far as Kodi is concerned: MS-DOS (FAT) which is FAT 32. I'm going to show you how I did it.īut first let's talk about movie formats: SD (standard definition) and HD (highĭefinition) and how they relate to various file systems. Slew of options out there and if you search you'll find many tutorials on different ways The Fire TV was my first foray to into the Android world (Minix was my second). Using this certainly isn't Apple's fault, I was just using old hardware. The hardware blows away the Apple TVs I've been So the search was on to find anĪndroid box with good specifications, a track record of reliability, updates and a big Since then I've really come to enjoy Netflix. We cut the cable a few years ago because the price for cable TV just became BEYOND Media sources (and file formats like NTFS for those massive HD movie files), it becomes Out of the box yes it does, but once you start side loading applications (and adding anĮxternal hard drive with your own personal media on it), or rooting it to add even more Now I know what you're gonna say next: the Fire TV lives in its own walled garden too. Stream my all my personal content and clog up the network. I didn't upgrade to a newer Apple TV model because theyĭon't allow the USB jack to communicate to external hard drives and I didn't want to But I got the bug to move my content to a more modern device and not live in suchĪ tightly controlled ecosystem. I must admit I have really enjoyed my Apple TVs (first generation models) these last few How to Install Kodi (a media player), FireStarter (a launcher replacment) and use an External Hard Drive for Media Content.
