<div class="gmail_quote">On 27 September 2012 17:23, Gordon Taylor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gordon@clear.net.nz" target="_blank">gordon@clear.net.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Linux is very good at using many file systems. So I doubt this is the problem. Nevertheless unless Ms Windows needs to access the USB drive I would format it ext3. Others will no doubt disagree. Your choice.<br>
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Off the top of my head. Where is the USB drive mounted? The internal drive, as in the files you wish to play, will be be mounted under /storage or /myth, etc. I have forgotten where Mythbuntu puts them. The external drive will be mounted under /media/<something or other>. The TV is looking at the original directory for the file, so of course it can not be read.<br>
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If this is the case you need to mount the USB drive under the internal drives main file storage place. The TV will then see the external (USB) drive.<br>
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Find the UUID of the USB drive and edit /etc/fstab to suit, so it will mount at boot time<br></blockquote><div> </div><div>Hello Gordon,<br><br>Thanks very much for the reply.<br><br>I probably should have been a bit clearer.<br>
<br>The TV's 'file browser' can see the files on the USB drive. It just when I try to play them. It says 'Can't read file'.<br><br>And yet, if those recorded programs are on the IDE drive. They can be played.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br><br>Chris<br></div></div><br>