It's playing thru the TV. How do I update the codecs inside the TV player without taking apart the TV since Samsung doesn't offer them in upgrades?
AV Help PLEASE! My 85" TV isn't playing the sound from the movies on my Hard drive
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What are you playing the vids from?
And how does it play or cast to the TV.
The TV has apps you can get if you want, some you have to buy.
Depending on what you're trying to do, I'm sure there's stuff out there to do it, others who've run into the same issues.
I personally don't save movies any more, haven't in years. I used to have my desktop running a shared drive for movies and ran Kodi on an AppleTV device in my theater room. But now just use my cell and play the latest movies to the TV over Wi-Fi. Delete them after the fam watches. Anything else old wife usually asks for I find it on torrents and delete it after we watch it if it's not on apps we have or Netflix.
And how does it play or cast to the TV.
The TV has apps you can get if you want, some you have to buy.
Depending on what you're trying to do, I'm sure there's stuff out there to do it, others who've run into the same issues.
I personally don't save movies any more, haven't in years. I used to have my desktop running a shared drive for movies and ran Kodi on an AppleTV device in my theater room. But now just use my cell and play the latest movies to the TV over Wi-Fi. Delete them after the fam watches. Anything else old wife usually asks for I find it on torrents and delete it after we watch it if it's not on apps we have or Netflix.
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You can also stream from your PC
I play those bad boys connecting My 12 terabyte hard drive to my TV or in 20 minutes to my NVIDIA
Remember these? Mine would play anything.
You can't. It's part of the software package that the vendor provides. Most companies don't provide DTS/DTSHD codecs due to the cost of the license. Since most streaming uses AC3 or MP4 audio codecs, that's the cheapest routes that tv manufacturers use. Sometimes you have to use MKV tools to demux the files into seperate audio/video files, then convert the DTS/DTSHD file to ac3 with eac3to and then mux the new audio file with the video into a new MKV.. I do it on occasion when I want to watch a video on my cheap Walmart Roku Tv through its usb port.
Oh so the hard drive is directly connected to it. Then maybe you can find an app that will play them on the TV. I'm sure there is.
I wonder if the Firestick could do it or have an app on there. Must be
Edit: someone else said Plex, I'm looking at it on my TV, looks like it can do it with your media directly attached.
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I just got the NVIDIA. I'll be home in about 30 minutes. Is it relatively plug and play? Just plug the Nvidia up, plug the hard drive into the Nvidia and HDMI to HDMI to the TV and BOOM?
The Nvidia shield runs a version of Android, so just like your phone you'll have to log in with your Google account, then go to the play store and download a video player app which will then be able to see your drive.
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It plays vids, just the codecs only allow H.264 or H.265 with AAC or AC3 encoding.Kinda weird...i haven't seen a name brand tv [in the past 10yrs] that can't play video files directly from usb drives..
So vids usually that are DDP or encoded with Dolby have errors playing.
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There are some. On an Onn tv, I watched Black Panther 2 from a micro SD card plugged into a USB reader connected directly to the TV. I was amazed myself. I still prefer a PC connected via HDMI for total control.Kinda weird...i haven't seen a name brand tv [in the past 10yrs] that can't play video files directly from usb drives..
Codec issue. You shouldn't be using your TV for playing films anyway. Nvidia shield (if you want something with a hard drive that you also attach hard drives to - there's also google TV on various streaming systems.
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Samsung, slick. Trust me. Samsung has BEEN doing this. LG & Vizio only allow you to play music and pictures from hard drives.Kinda weird...i haven't seen a name brand tv [in the past 10yrs] that can't play video files directly from usb drives..
When I bought my 55" in 2010, 30 inches ago, it had the same feature.
Yeah, I know. I was just going to use it until either I couldn't anymore or I got sick of the issues I was facing, and I got sick of the issues.
You got the Shield hooked up yet? How's it working for you so far?Yeah, I know. I was just going to use it until either I couldn't anymore or I got sick of the issues I was facing, and I got sick of the issues.
Yep, this was my go-to device back in the day. It was a beast and would play ANYTHING you threw at it.Remember these? Mine would play anything.
I even had movie posters and screen wallpapers created to work with it.
I damn near cried when they stopped supporting it.
I'm heading to Kalamazoo today. I tried hooking it up last night but the TV only has two HDMI ports and I accidentally connected it to the ARC HDMI, so when I realized my mistake it was already too late so I got to do all that again when I get back
The NVIDIA remote control doesn't need batteries? I couldn't see a way to put batteries in it and it already came working.
I'll come back to this thread when I come back from out of town. Again thank you all for the help.
There was a part where I was a bit scared or confused. It asked me to set up the hard drive and I was scared that it was going to erase everything on there so I didn't hit the button.
That hard drive is everything I have because I haven't backed it up yet, I know, I know
Make a backup. Take it from someone that had to learn the hard way, even more than once.
I'll do it as soon as I get backMake a backup. Take it from someone that had to learn the hard way, even more than once.
I learned when my 4TB TV show hard drive died. To this day the only WD hard drive that ever died on me
I had the complete series of so many TV shows, even some that only lasted 1 or 2 seasons like Daybreak, Terra Nova and stuff like that
I stopped using it because it doesn't do 4K, when actually very little of my content has that high a resolution. But I had to switch up a couple times, so I just unplugged it, put it in the basement now I can't find it.
I have the Shield Pro as well playa......bruh, I love it. Got a 5gb HDD connected, downloaded VLC and my streaming apps.........
No issues.
Also ARC or EARC will allow the TV remote to control the Shield......
Sn: I've got lil kids and the remote locator function on the shield app is used constantly.
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