malw77
New Member
Hi everyone! This is my first post, I only got my HDR-Fox 1Tb yesterday. I had hoped to be able to copy recorded programmes to a USB connected memory stick or HDD to watch on my laptop, but from reading some of the threads on this forum I can see it's not as easy as that!
I have connected an external drive to the USB port and the contents are recognised by the Hummy, and can be played. However, when I tried to copy a recorded video file from the int HDD, I wasn't able to do so. Whatever folder I selected or tried to create, the red Copy button was faded out and it just went back to the My Video folder on the internal drive. Then it closed itself down and rebooted, so I stopped trying!
I'm not sure how the USB drive is formatted, I did it some time ago to work with my LG Blu-Ray Player, and so it's probably FAT32 or NTFS, not ext3, which I have to say I've never heard of before. My TV is a relatively new LG full HD 3D model, but as yet we've not switched over to digital, so all Freeview is still SD.
If someone could walk me through how to copy a video file to my USB drive and then be able to play it on my laptop, I'd be very grateful. Many thanks!
Mal
I have connected an external drive to the USB port and the contents are recognised by the Hummy, and can be played. However, when I tried to copy a recorded video file from the int HDD, I wasn't able to do so. Whatever folder I selected or tried to create, the red Copy button was faded out and it just went back to the My Video folder on the internal drive. Then it closed itself down and rebooted, so I stopped trying!
I'm not sure how the USB drive is formatted, I did it some time ago to work with my LG Blu-Ray Player, and so it's probably FAT32 or NTFS, not ext3, which I have to say I've never heard of before. My TV is a relatively new LG full HD 3D model, but as yet we've not switched over to digital, so all Freeview is still SD.
If someone could walk me through how to copy a video file to my USB drive and then be able to play it on my laptop, I'd be very grateful. Many thanks!
Mal