I just bought a seagate backup plus slim, and was hoping to use it as a movie storage. I want to plug it into my Bluray player or receiver through the USB port, and pull from there. However, as it stands, my bluray says that the device is not supported or something, and then when running through my receiver it says no connection/signal.
I am operating on an iMac, have a Sony bluray and a Marantz receiver.
I saw this on a "must have" guide to players:
8. USB and Memory Card Connections
Blu-ray players can have connection ports for extra external memory. Sometimes the extra memory is required to access BD-Live, but it also allows the system to play digital files such as photos, music, or videos that are stored on USB or memory cards. Some Blu-ray systems also have a slideshow feature to browse through photos.
This seems like it would indicate that this is a possibility. and my bluray player is a higher end one with all the chit (wifi, online, bd live, multiple USB ports) but it just says this media device is not supported. I have to think its a formatting issue or a limitation of the hard drive itself?
Any ideas? Is there an option for me to format it to what will work, or is this just not an option?
I am operating on an iMac, have a Sony bluray and a Marantz receiver.
I saw this on a "must have" guide to players:
8. USB and Memory Card Connections
Blu-ray players can have connection ports for extra external memory. Sometimes the extra memory is required to access BD-Live, but it also allows the system to play digital files such as photos, music, or videos that are stored on USB or memory cards. Some Blu-ray systems also have a slideshow feature to browse through photos.
This seems like it would indicate that this is a possibility. and my bluray player is a higher end one with all the chit (wifi, online, bd live, multiple USB ports) but it just says this media device is not supported. I have to think its a formatting issue or a limitation of the hard drive itself?
Any ideas? Is there an option for me to format it to what will work, or is this just not an option?