External HDD detected BUT not showing files in 3rd party players (VLC, KODI...) on my Android tv 8.0

by RockstarAssassin

I connected my 32gb pendrive (FAT32) and 3tb external HDD (NTFS) to my android tv 8.0, videos on both are playable using the built-in player of tv but it's not a good player so i use VLC and for some reason I'm unable to see my NTFS format HDD files in it BUT FAT32 pendrive files have no problem to browse and play.

I have lots of movies and tv shows on my 3tb external HDD and i can't play them thru VLC or even Kodi which is very frustrating! Unable to format it to FAT32 either. So please someone help me find a solution guys!!

dbrez3107

In VLC have you tried "casting" to your tv? Under the "Playback" tab and in drop-down menu, "Renderer".

du5t1n55

I believe it doesnt support hdfs. The link below may help.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://techpp.com/2015/06/25/how-to-enable-ntfs-support-on-android-with-without-root/&ved=2ahUKEwje2uTAs5XnAhUNMawKHZ47A1MQFjACegQIDhAL&usg=AOvVaw3KnziKK1OqFejuREPKuHmn

Richy_T

It may not suit your use case but formatting to ext3 should work I think.