Watching MPEG4 files and others if I format a USB drive with H3

[gislands]

Hello all,
Last night I wanted to watch an MPEG4 or WMV file (I can't remember which) on my TV. I usually just use the TV's USB port and it works fine. But out of curiosity I plugged it into the front of the H3 and it said that the drive must be formated to work with the Hopper. Obviously I didn't do it as I didn't want to lose my files from that drive. But if I did and then went to put MPEG4 and other files on it would I be able to play them through the H3? The reason I ask is because I have the H3 going directly into a sound bar system and my TV does not. I guess I could also just add an input from the the TV to the sound bar.

Thanks,
gIslands.

 

[king3pj]

It sounds like it was trying to use the drive as an external hard drive for your your Hopper's DVR recordings and not play your files from the drive.

 

[osu1991]

You will have to use some sort of network server like Plex and mainly h.264 mkv and m2ts files will play.

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