I think I have a few problems...

[mrfury]

Videohelpers.

As it's my first topic and I don't know where to post my problems, I decided to use this section. I started to download movies/tv shows from the internet, but I got tired of watching them in my PC. So I just bought a LG BD660, and decided to use an external HDD to play my files. Didn't work, because my BD won't recognize my HDD since it's over 1TB (stated by LG support).

So, by "accident", I installed the program that came with my BD, and found out that Nero MediaHome 4 was everything I need. Until I played a Blu-Ray I downloaded (the file has the certificate and everything). As I tried to change the subtitles, there weren't any subtitles to choose from. So I tried to access the Blu-Ray menu to change there, and couldn't (I press the button and it goes back to the files I share with the network). I talked to a support guy from LG, and he told that I would need to add .srt files to the folder so the BD can read it. But I'm not pleased with it, and that's why I came here. Any solutions to this problem?

SOLVED Second problem: I tried to play a concert in Blu-Ray, downloaded aswell, but the BD refuses to reproduce it. All the other files in the folder are playable, .m2ts too. I don't know if it's normal, but there is this file in the folder.


SOLVED Third problem (last one ): I have a movie that uses FLAC as the audio format, but my BD doesn't supports it. Is there any way I can change the just audio format without touching the video? I did a bit of research and found this solution by Baldrick, but didn't work for me.

Thank you,
mrfury.

[DB83]

I have a very simple solution to your problems.

Buy your dvd/blu-rays.

You will not get much, if even ANY, support on downloaded stuff on here it is not what these forums exist for.

Have a nice day !!.

[Clockwork]

Your player supports DLNA...just set up a DLNA server on your computer (mediatomb...etc...) and have the files streamed over.

[mrfury]

Your player supports DLNA...just set up a DLNA server on your computer (mediatomb...etc...) and have the files streamed over.

I installed Serviio, but the problem remains the same. Now it's even worse, because the server won't show all the available files.

[fritzi93]

I just bought a LG BD660, and decided to use an external HDD to play my files. Didn't work, because my BD won't recognize my HDD since it's over 1TB (stated by LG support).

Regardless of what LG support says, my BD670 (same model family) will play video files from a single partition 2 TB *POWERED* ntfs formatted external hard drive. Which their documentation says it won't. Is your drive in a powered enclosure? If not, that could be your problem right there.

[mrfury]

I just bought a LG BD660, and decided to use an external HDD to play my files. Didn't work, because my BD won't recognize my HDD since it's over 1TB (stated by LG support).

Regardless of what LG support says, my BD670 (same model family) will play video files from a single partition 2 TB *POWERED* ntfs formatted external hard drive. Which their documentation says it won't. Is your drive in a powered enclosure? If not, that could be your problem right there.

Yes. I have a Seagate Expansion 3TB. What did you do to get it to work?

[fritzi93]

When I set it up, I used plain old standard MBR partitioning, which has a 2 TB limit. Your drive, if it's a single partition, or with one partition over 2 TB, would have to be partitioned using the newer GUID Partition Table scheme. GPT has limited backward compatibility with MBR, and *no* compatibility with an OS not enabled to support GPT.

I suppose it's possible that has something to do with your drive being recognized. Your standalone player has a processor and a rudimentary operating system, and may not recognize the drive. Do you have another, smaller external hard drive to test? Merely to make sure your player is not faulty.

But that's just a shot in the dark. It may be that LG set a 1 TB limit just to be on the conservative side (last time I looked, they said 1.5 TB limit for my LG 65LW6500 TV, and no problem there either, but never mind). Maybe there really is a hard limit, it being somewhat higher than what they're willing to say. But again, a 2 TB powered external works for me, both with my BD670 standalone and my TV as well.

Other than that, I have no idea. Mine just works.

[mrfury]

When I set it up, I used plain old standard MBR partitioning, which has a 2 TB limit. Your drive, if it's a single partition, or with one partition over 2 TB, would have to be partitioned using GUID.

I suppose it's possible that has something to do with your drive being recognized. Your standalone player has a processor and a rudimentary operating system, and may not recognize the drive. Do you have another, smaller external hard drive to test? Merely to make sure your player is not faulty.

But that's just a shot in the dark. Other than that, I have no idea. Mine just works.

It has a single 3TB partition. I don't have any other external hard drive available right now, but I'll try to borrow one to test it. I was think here (I'm extremely newbie about computers): if I divide the driver in 3x1TB partitions, would it help me with player? If yes, how can I do it?
I would be extremely pissed off if my player was faulty. I bought it 4 days ago.

Thank you for your time.

[fritzi93]

Heh, you're quick off the mark. I was editing my post while you replied.

I dunno, you could try it. Go to the Seagate website and get their free tools. What you're talking about can be done with free tools fairly easily. Or from Windows itself, for that matter. Delete the existing partition and make sure new ones are Master Boot Record partitions. You can do all that from Administrative Tools -> Computer management -> Disk Management.

I have to say here that the "support", so-called, by the electronics giants really pisses me off. Two ways: First, they put ignorant people out there to field calls. Bad enough, but they also think useful, comprehensive specs are state secrets. Like their competitors can't figure those out fairly easily. No joy for poor Joe Schmoe consumer though.

[EDIT] If I'm not mistaken, you gotta have Server 2003 or later (Vista, Win7) to do the above operation from Windows on a 3 TB drive. Fill in your computer details.

[fritzi93]

You will not get much, if even ANY, support on downloaded stuff on here it is not what these forums exist for.

Quite right, and I'm not touching that part.

The technical issue with the external hard drive is interesting, though. I guess that's permissible?

[mrfury]

Heh, you're quick off the mark. I was editing my post while you replied.

I dunno, you could try it. Go to the Seagate website and get their free tools. What you're talking about can be done with free tools fairly easily. Or from Windows itself, for that matter. Delete the existing partition and make sure new ones are Master Boot Record partitions. You can do all that from Administrative Tools -> Computer management -> Disk Management.

[EDIT] If I'm not mistaken, you gotta have Server 2003 or later (Vista, Win7) to do the above operation from Windows on a 3 TB drive. Fill in your computer details.

I will do it from my PC, as I can't find the free tools. hehe I have a couple files in the external HD, should I format it and then delete the existing partition? I'm using Windows 7.

I have to say here that the "support", so-called, by the electronics giants really pisses me off. Two ways: First, they put ignorant people out there to field calls. Bad enough, but they also think useful, comprehensive specs are state secrets. Like their competitors can't figure those out fairly easily. No joy for poor Joe Schmoe consumer though.

Yeah, that pisses me off too. I was "helped" by people, but both were ignorant. Seems like they don't care about their clients, post-sale. Their answers seemed vague, that's why decided to asked here.

You will not get much, if even ANY, support on downloaded stuff on here it is not what these forums exist for.

Quite right, and I'm not touching that part.

The technical issue with the external hard drive is interesting, though. I guess that's permissible?

I'm not proud or feel smart about it. I won't lie that I can pay for them, but I normally watch these TV shows first, and if I like, I buy the ones I enjoyed the most. What annoys me is people treating you like someone has been killed. Not to tell that most of these that say stuff like that, do the same thing.

[DB83]

I'm not proud or feel smart about it. I won't lie that I can pay for them, but I normally watch these TV shows first, and if I like, I buy the ones I enjoyed the most. What annoys me is people treating you like someone has been killed. Not to tell that most of these that say stuff like that, do the same thing.

Your arguement is totally irrelevant and is guaranteed to piss off a lot of members on here.

As a new member it is your responsibilty to acquaint yourself to the rules of the forum. Play by the rules and no one will take any offence.

[fritzi93]

Don't be upset about it, it's nothing personal. It's to protect our beloved videohelp website. Baldrick doesn't need any headaches on that score.

[EDIT] Beat me to it. Yes, irrelevant. Just drop it. No warez discussions allowed.

[mrfury]

Delete the existing partition and make sure new ones are Master Boot Record partitions.

fritzi93,

I solved the HD problem. The BD is able to recognize it by using MBR. Which is great (I have 2TB alocated), but I'm not able to alocate the 746,52GB remaining of the disk. You have any ideia on how I can solve this? Or it's just because I'm using MBR?

[fritzi93]

Are you running XP? You still haven't filled in your computer details.

I have a few 2 TB drives, but no 3 TB drives, so I dunno. It sounds like your OS or your MoBo BIOS simply doesn't recognize more than 2 TB, unless somehow you're doing it wrong.

I wonder if Seagate's free SeaTools would do the job.

[EDIT] It's Seagate's Discwizard (free) that you need. According to the link below, it will allow computers with older BIOS to recognize a 3 TB drive.

http://thetechjournal.com/electronics/seagate-3tb-barracuda-xt-hard-drive.xhtml

I presume you'll be able to partition your unallocated space with it. Good luck.

[hello_hello]

I found an article here which also seems to blame the partitioning method, but it left me wondering.....
can you create a 2TB GUID partition, and if so, does the TV still not recognize it as it does when using MBR? Because if it does, wouldn't that indicate the partitioning method isn't the problem?
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/433963/all_external_hard_drives_will_work_proper...d_tv_usb_port/

I don't know a lot about drive formatting, but I'd been under the impression XP can't see the full capacity of a drive of 2TB, period. However I recently bought a 3TB Western Digital USB drive for a friend who wanted me to copy some stuff onto it for her, so I assumed I'd need to do so using her PC running Win7. I plugged it into my PC just to check though, and XP had no problem seeing and accessing all 3TB of the drive.

From that I assumed the partitioning method etc becomes irrelevant if the drive is already formatted and there's a SATA to USB conversion taking place which allows XP to use the full capacity of the drive. I figured the limitation must only apply when accessing the drive "directly". Unfortunately though, it never occurred to me to plug the 3TB drive into my TV or Bluray player to see if the same would apply (both happily access the entire capacity of a 2TB NTFS drive). I'd wonder though, if the USB conversion is allowing XP to access the entire 3TB drive but the TV or Bluray player still can't, whether that'd just be a limitation of the TV/player rather than the GUID partitioning as such.

Then again, I did find this:
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3868/session/L3RpbWUvMTM0OTgyNDg2OC9za...Y2o3cU9qOGw%3D
It's WD's external drive formatting utility which has an XP compatibility option, although it doesn't explain what the difference between using it and the default formatting option might be.

Not that any of the above is going to be of any help, but some time in the near future I'll borrow that 3TB WD USB drive to test it with my TV/Bluray player just to see what happens. My Bluray players specs just list fat32 and NTFS support without any mention of limitations as far as capacity goes.

[fritzi93]

Yeah, I confess I'm not entirely clear on that point either.

I'm about due to get another external, also another internal drive. I'll have to play around with that, most particularly I want to see if a 2 TB drive partitioned as GPT will be recognized by my standalone and my TV. Might as well get one of each: one 2 TB and one 3 TB.

Hard drive prices seem to be slowly (!) declining towards what they were pre-flood. If you keep an eye on specials at Newegg, a 2 TB drive can be had for about $90 bucks now, and a 3 TB drive may run about $130 bucks. That's for Seagate or Samsung drives.

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