Anything made since around 2012 will have a USB for videos. Anything older and they tended to just be for photos
Is there such a thing as a DVD player with a USB input where I can access the USB drive and skip the disk drive to watch movies on USB stick? Any good deals on them if they exist ?
Submitted 2 weeks ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Try your tv if you have one already. My flat screen tv has a USB port, the only issue is it only reads a few levels deep so if the folders or files are nested too deep, they might need to be moved so they are only 1-2 levels deep
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They do exist. As for deals, I cant help you there, maybe a second hand store
Toes@ani.social 2 weeks ago
Most of the newer players with USB can. Even some TVs as well.
The trick is you’ll need to convert the videos to a compatible format.
The manual will hopefully specify what format it’s expecting. But the mp4 container with h264 video and mp3 audio will likely work on nearly all of them. A tool like IFME can be used to achieve that. sourceforge.net/projects/ifme/
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, no problem. I have 3 of these Samsung BD-J5700 players. Found 2 of them at thrift stores, cheap. At one time, I had a hard drive I just left plugged into it with a bunch of shows and downloaded YouTube videos. It worked great. Now, I just have a PC plugged in and my players are just collecting dust. But if you can find one of these, they work great for playing off USB.
niemcycle@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Honestly, I think most DVD players have them these days. For that matter, many TVs also have a USB port on the back which supports playback, but that varies a lot more between models.