Sony LCD TV & USB HDD

[mattyn1]

Hi All

We have bought a USB HDD for my FiL Sony LCD TV. Is there any way I can add Movie Sheets to the HDD files so he can see what each film/program is about?

Also does the Sony TV support most file formats - alot are BluRay DVD rips for instance.

Thanks for your help in advance

[mattyn1]

Hi again all - right - this Tv now has the HDD plugged in its USB socket. However it seems he cannot view the files on the HDD, the TV only seems to want to play photos. He cannot see the file and folder structure and therefore cannot play the videos on the drive

Now I apologise for being vague, but I have not actually tried this myself - only relaying what the FIL is saying. The TV is a SONY Bravia KDL32E55XX.

TVM

[Road2Ruin]

It only supports certain file typrs like divx, what are the video file types you have on there?

[mattyn1]

Ok really need help - seen it first hand and it seems the Tv does not want to read the HDD in any way. The blue light on the HDD comes on when we connect, but nothing in the TV menu shows any evidence of the TV able to read the HDD.
The HDD works perfectly on my laptop!
I have tried the TV with my USB stick, which works a treat the TV auto-detects, and captions come up telling us we are connected. I notice though the stick is FAT32 and the HDD is NTFS. Would this be the issue? I know it is not the TV.

Please help!

[Road2Ruin]

Not sure about sony but my panasonic can only read fat32 not ntfs.

[mattyn1]

Road2Ruin said:

Not sure about sony but my panasonic can only read fat32 not ntfs.

Now I have seen the issues, and delved into the Sony help pages - I think it is a FAT32 or eXFAT it needs to be to work.

Not easy converting to FAT32 with Windows 7!