📺: Haier 4K UHD Smart Android TV ( LE43K6600UGA )--As we all know, most Android TVs supports only USB with FAT32 format. But we cannot write a file more than 4 GB into this USB. I bought a 4K TV with a thought in mind of downloading 4K movies on my Mac and watch them in my TV.If splitting is the only solution, please give some tips on these.
Doesn’t android have full exFat support? I have no issues playing video files from the USB plugged into my Shield.
I used mibox s and it supports NTFS file system, looks like it really depends on a particular vendor, so you TV apparently doesn't.
DLNA server is the way, played 4K movies on several Android TV devices (and any other devices that I had, including tablets, laptops, unknown smart tv's, etc.) in the past and it worked flawlessly + no need to bother with wires, external storage and file system support.
Use exfat, ext4 or ntfs file format. Try use pendrive format it to ext4, exfat or ntfs to see the system compatibility.
You say your TV is only Full HD, so why worrying about 4K?
Alternatively you say you have a mac, why not stream from that??
If you can get Plex on your TV, then put Plex server on your Mac and stream all the 4K you like from there.
If you use Kodi, it can handle split RAR files seamlessly, as if it's just a regular video.
Not necessarily helpful but if you want serious local playback capability get a device built for it like the Nvidia Shield. Otherwise having networked playback capability is an advantage OS you don't have to connect a drive to the TV.
What i find strange is that the model of TV he listed is not even a 4K TV.
Haier Full HD LED Smart Android TV (LE43K6600GA)
Its a 1080p with HDR. 4K & HDR are two different things, I suggest you look into it.