External HDD requirements

ailioiu

Hi!

Are there any special requirements for an external HDD to be used with GT1?
My unit seems not to see the one I have, which is a 320 GB, two NTFS partitions laptop HDD.

Also - is there a way to search this beelink forum?

ArijitB

I don't think any special requirements require though....I'm using USB powered 2.5 inch Seagate Free Agent Go Flex 500GB and WD Elements 2TB at the same time to watch Video files - But I connect them via AC  Powered USB Hub so the GT1 don't waste it's Processing Power.

rece

I cannot give you an exact answer but the GT1 seems to be a little demanding when it comes to file formats. it didn't see the USB drive formated on my LG TV, din't accept the exFat formated on a MAC .. I had to format the USB drive to ExFat on a friend's PC. Try a single partition exFAT

josefk

using many other tv boxes I learn to format the hard disk with alu blocks of 4096 bytes.
For Example, a 2Tb hard disk formatted NTFS with alu blocks of 512 bytes is not recognized by many tv boxes

xolera

my box can't play at all 1080p videos, from external hdd

szekelya

Also - is there a way to search this beelink forum?

I found that the mobile version does have search functionality which I also haven't found in the PC browser,

adamsky

szekelya replied at 2017-01-01 09:07
I found that the mobile version does have search functionality which I also haven't found in the PC ...

For search try "Google Search Within a Website", e.g. google this:
site:http://www.bee-link.com External HDD
replace "External HDD" with whatever you need.

ailioiu

Hi

I reformatted the hdd, leaving a single partition, NTFS, Windows default formatting options.
Now, the HDD is seen by the box, as expected.

Cheers!

Irvan

Does it work at full or at least reasonable speeds? Mine (wd my passport 2tb) gives around 4MB/s for writes and 10MB/s for reads at most. Tried .nomedia hint, disabling power-saver mode for external storage services, AC-powered USB hub etc - nothing helps :(