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Media Player and GPT formating

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 9:08 am
by Kwai chang caine
Hello at all,

Someone use or have or know a hardware media player who accept an USB big 20TO disk formated in GPT
Because i have buy several of this little box, where it's say "Accept all drives" and impossible to read an avi on it :|

Have a good day

Re: Media Player and GPT formating

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:26 pm
by Kuron
AVI is merely a container. It generally depends on what kind of encoding the video has. That said, AVI isn't used very much. I would simply convert the AVI into something more compatible. I bought this one back when it first came out (around 12 years ago) and it is still going strong:

https://www.iogear.com/product/GMD2025U120/

Re: Media Player and GPT formating

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:05 pm
by Kwai chang caine
Hello KURON

Thanks for your answer 8)
I bad explain my self :oops:
I have say AVI, but that can be all the video format

I have buy this box
https://www.amazon.com/Player-Digital-P ... 7&sr=8-100
Normally she can read all the USB drive, but it's not the case :|
I see the drive, but impossible to see a file and obviously read it
I think it's the fault of the big capacity 20 TO of the drive or the GPT formating, ot both

Like i don't want buy all the amazon store, i ask if someone have the same problem that me and can fix it
Or have this style of reader, who can read this style of drive :wink:

Re: Media Player and GPT formating

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:21 pm
by Kuron
Kwai chang caine wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:05 pm I think it's the fault of the big capacity 20 TO of the drive or the GPT formating, ot both
The specs on that say it only supports the following file systems: FAT16 / FAT32 /NTFS

Personally, I would use NTFS.

It also says it only supports drives up to: 2.5TB

Re: Media Player and GPT formating

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:28 pm
by Kwai chang caine
Aaaah ! i don't see what you say to me :|
And yet.... I thought I had read everything :oops:

You say you use NTFS...but it's impossible to format a 20 TO in NTFS no ?
I thought NTFS was limited in size :oops:

Re: Media Player and GPT formating

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:40 pm
by Kuron
Kwai chang caine wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:28 pm Aaaah ! i don't see what you say to me :|
And yet.... I thought I had read everything :oops:

You say you use NTFS...but it's impossible to format a 20 TO in NTFS no ?
I thought NTFS was limited in size :oops:
You have to scroll down to the bottom (way down there) to where it says Product Description and that is where the formatting info is, although the drive size limitation is up where the pricing is.. It won't handle a 20TB drive, only a 2.5 TB drive.

Re: Media Player and GPT formating

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 8:04 pm
by Kwai chang caine
Yes you have right, I have not seen this part of text
i'm a donkey :oops: Image

I'm not wrong, for formatting a 20 TO of drive, i'm forced to use GPT instead of MBR, it's that :?:

Re: Media Player and GPT formating

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 8:20 pm
by Kuron
That I can't answer, as I would never use a drive that large, so I do not know. Way too much data to lose if it goes bad, and way too expensive to have a couple of duplicates of the drive. I am sure somebody else can pop in with that answer.

Re: Media Player and GPT formating

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 8:24 pm
by Kwai chang caine
You have right, it takes me several days, or even weeks, to back up some of my disks :|
Because i keep everything that goes through my computer for over 35 years, nearly since i'm baby :lol:

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Even spam, we never know :mrgreen:
Kuron wrote:That I can't answer,
Never mind, perhaps someone in this forum know that :wink:

Thanks for your help and have a good night 8)