The process is pretty straight forward on Mac and Windows. So once you know the USB format you should use, now is the time to format your USB drive. You can check the file system formats that your TV Supports from the manufacturer’s website or support forums online. Hisense: NTFS, FAT32, and FAT are supported.Sony: FAT, FAT32, and exFAT are supported.
For LG Smart TVs: FAT32 and NTFS are supported.Roku TVs such as TCLs and Hisense support USB drives that are formatted with the FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, EXT2, EXT3, and HFS+ file systems.For instance Samsung QLED and SUHD TVs support FAT, exFAT, and NTFS file systems while their Full HD TVs support NTFS, FAT16 and FAT32.Failure to do so means your TV won’t be able to read media off your flash disk or portable hard drive.
So you need to make sure that your flash disk is formatted with the file system that your TV supports. ***Had to correct the information in this thread due to it being on the first page of Google.Īnd the REAL best answer goes to.Various TVs support different File system formats for USB drives. Pro: Read/Writes are faster, great for larger filesĬon: Small files take up more disk space than expected, losing much when dealing with many small files. Pro: Files will fit more snugly with smaller allocation, thus maximizing total space. Any remainder left over in the final "block" that the file occupies will be unusable. A files will take up as many of these little "blocks" as it requires. : Allocation size is the size of each little "block" that makes up the entire partition. If you don't know quite yet, leave it at default.įor many small files, allocate as small as possible.įor many large files, allocate as large as possible.įor a few large files, allocate as large as possible.įor a few small files, allocate as large as possible. It is not faster, and kills your drive faster.Īllocation size should be adjusted with respect to what the drives intended use is. It makes many many extra disk writes almost constantly, and will degrade the life of the flash drive.
NTFS is not very friendly to flash media, at least to my knowledge. This will more than maximize the lifespan of the drive, and will speed up transfers substantially. It will make very few extra, unnecessary writes, and store files randomly throughout the storage medium. In which case you would use FAT32ĮxFAT can detect flash media, and reacts respectably. The only exception is if you plan to use the drive to transfer files to Mac OS X or Linux operating systems without exFAT support. For USB Flash drives you should choose exFAT.
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