• niemcycle@lemmy.ca
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    2 days 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.

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    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

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    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. https://sourceforge.net/projects/ifme/

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    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.