USB on TV Query

firefox1956

My TV has a USB port.
I have downloaded a video clip from my computer onto a USB stick but when I put the USB stick in my TV nothing happens.
By that I mean the video does not play.
Any idea why not ??

wongataa

Is the video in a format the TV recognises? Do you have to go to a certain screen to play videos? On my TV you have to navigate to a video player to play videos on a USB stick. Consult the manual for your TV.

JJ_Egan

Key is as said what Format is the video .

firefox1956

Video is MP4 & it looks as though TV will only deal with MP3.
Will try & convert the video to MP3

forgotmyname

MP3 is Music / Audio ONLY. Not video.

glentoran99

can you record from the TV to the USB? that's what I had to do to figure out the format I needed

wongataa

TV manuals state video, audio, and image formats they accept.

Robisere

What make/model of TV? Is it a Smart TV?

Check this out:
https://videoconverter.iskysoft.com/play-video/play-mp4-on-tv.html

And this:
https://videoconverter.wondershare.com/convert-mp4/play-mp4-on-tv.html

glentoran99

wongataa wrote: »

TV manuals state video, audio, and image formats they accept.

in my case it said AVI. nothing else, there are several formats of AVI

agrinnall

I had to convert home videos to AVI to get them to play on my Panasonic TV.

lammy82

The video will not just start playing automatically. You need to go on the media browser/player on the TV and find the file. Once you get there it will tell you whether it can play it or not.