mcored Posted August 25, 2014 Posted August 25, 2014 Yesterday, I connected my 2 TB external HDD formatted as exFAT to my 55" webOS TV to realise that it was not reading - turns out that the TV does not support exFAT. 1 Quote
quarkme Posted October 4, 2017 Posted October 4, 2017 Most devices support FAT32 and exFAT as the major OSes( Windows,Linux,MacOSX) support them almost as their native filesystem. Its strange to see LG TV support a proprietary and which is badly/not fully supported on all OSes: NTFS. This filesystem (NTFS) should be the last to support on any other device thats not a Windows machine. My problem: I use a macos and can not write on NTFS devices. If I wish to view a 4K movie (64GB) , I have to pay an additional 20-30$ for a software that allows my mac to write/format NTFS files to a usb stick. The free-open-source software ntfs-3g its not good enough because it takes about 3hours to write a 4k movie (64GB) on a USB3.0 (UltraFit). Great TV LG, but thanks a lot (sarcastically) for taking from me more money and time to write my wedding on a USB3.0 so that I can view it on the TV. Quote
voidnothings Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 +1 I hope LG can license exFAT from MS Quote
Alessio1989 Posted October 22, 2017 Posted October 22, 2017 +1 for exFat: better support then NTFS (which is not meant for external storage devices!) from Os-X and modern Linux based OS. Quote
Morten Vinding Svendsen Posted December 31, 2017 Posted December 31, 2017 I too came here because I wan't to access some large file on a USB drive from my LG WebOS TV, and I use Mac so I can't use NTFS. But I must clear up some misunderstandings: exFAT IS NOT STANDARD on most Linux distributions! Actually it dosen't even have a kernel module (only Fuse userland module) because exFAT is a licensed, close source and closed protocol. It's not difficult to find this information, just look at wikipedia: "exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) is a Microsoft file system introduced in 2006 optimized for flash memory such as USB flash drives and SD cards.[5] It is proprietary and Microsoft owns patents on several elements of its design" It was meant to replace FAT32 because of the filesize limitations. NTFS was doomed not feasible for small removable devices. But the biggest problem with NTFS is actually that it is closed source and support in other OS'es than windows is either made by: a. buying and signing an NDA with Microsoft or b. reversed engineered. Which is the solution Linux and Mac has chosen, and the reason Mac (and earlier Linux) defaulted to mount readonly. They didn't want to risk destroying anything. So while I do agree with Microsoft that we need a new filesystem. I don't think a proprietary filesystem is the solution, for storage that is meant to be used in a lot of different devices based on different OS'es. Could it be a solution to split the MKV's to multipart? I haven't tried but maybe WebOS will play them seamlessly. 2 Quote
Thana Yan Posted June 23, 2018 Posted June 23, 2018 I also have the Same problem here. LG should read all format FAT, ExFAT and NTFS. Quote
Vietxitin Posted July 20, 2018 Posted July 20, 2018 I have same problem. Please add exFat to support in webOS Quote
caign Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 If you can't format as FAT32 or NTFS on your computer, format using the TV. Quote
Vietxitin Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 On 1/24/2019 at 6:05 AM, caign said: If you can't format as FAT32 or NTFS on your computer, format using the TV. Thank for share, we use macOS and it doesn't support NTFS. Kind regards Quote
caign Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 27 minutes ago, Vietxitin said: Thank for share, we use macOS and it doesn't support NTFS. True, if you're wanting to write data to the NTFS volume using macOS, you need to install non-standard drivers. But if you're wanting to pause live TV or record using the TV, you can get the TV to format the volume. Your mac can then *read* the NTFS volume without special drivers, although not sure what format the TV writes. Good luck! 1 Quote
PeterV Posted February 23, 2019 Posted February 23, 2019 What I did was connect the external harddisk to the Mac and install Plex on the Mac. After installing the Plex player on the LG TV I can watch movies using the Plex server on the Mac. Works like a dream. 1 Quote
Mejriou Posted June 26, 2019 Posted June 26, 2019 On 2/23/2019 at 10:43 PM, PeterV said: What I did was connect the external harddisk to the Mac and install Plex on the Mac. After installing the Plex player on the LG TV I can watch movies using the Plex server on the Mac. Works like a dream. how fast is your internet speed? Do you connect through wifi or cable? What kind of movie files do you stream? Quote
PeterV Posted June 26, 2019 Posted June 26, 2019 11 minutes ago, Mejriou said: how fast is your internet speed? Do you connect through wifi or cable? What kind of movie files do you stream? My internet up/downloadspeed is 100Mbit but all the computer and the LG TV are connected by wired network (100 Mbit or 1Gbit (don't really know)). Normaly I stream 720p movies (because of the discspace) but it works without problems with a 1280p movie file. The filetypes you can stream can be found on the Plex website. Quote
mroweczka Posted December 1, 2019 Posted December 1, 2019 with new linux kernel 5.2 it should be possible to include exFat drivers into webOS. It would be great for us. Thanks! Quote
Sergio112 Posted December 4, 2019 Posted December 4, 2019 On 28 August 2019, Microsoft published the exFAT specification for the first time link hidden, please login to view, and new driver was included in version 5.4. LG please do something, it's now free. exFAT is better than NTFS, move on... Quote
LeftCoastBoomer Posted January 4, 2020 Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) 100% Mac household - I needed an NTFS format for my external file saves on my Evolve HDMI capture device. This software does everything I need. Microsoft NTS for Mac by Paragon costs just under $20 and will make it absolutely seamless to format NTFS or mount NTFS devices. link hidden, please login to view - the latest is Catalina ready. Edited January 4, 2020 by LeftCoastBoomer clarity Quote
Laurent Vaills Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 +1 for the support of exFAT on LG webOS . I was so deceived when I plugged my disk on my LG TV. exFAT is meant for removable devices. FAT32 is no use because of the file size limit, NTFS is such a pain to use when using macOS or Linux. Quote
Péter Fehér Posted March 27, 2020 Posted March 27, 2020 +1 for exFAT, hard to believe that its 2020 and interconnectivity is still an issue. UPDATE: After some searching, found a good workaround. DNLA server can be installed rather painlessly and available from the LG TV with one-click! The good thing it does not matter how your drive is formatted. (I can open my films from ext4 formatted disk on my TV). link hidden, please login to view Quote
AaronB Posted April 29, 2020 Posted April 29, 2020 On 3/27/2020 at 1:39 PM, Péter Fehér said: +1 for exFAT, hard to believe that its 2020 and interconnectivity is still an issue. UPDATE: After some searching, found a good workaround. DNLA server can be installed rather painlessly and available from the LG TV with one-click! The good thing it does not matter how your drive is formatted. (I can open my films from ext4 formatted disk on my TV). link hidden, please login to view DLNA server using minidnla on MacOS is great solution and works perfectly, thanks a lot Péter! I can now easily browse and stream movies with pause/ff/rw from my exFAT HD mounted to my Macbook Pro on my LG B9. After searching for hours on a way to do this I am surprised to have such a great and simple solution. Thanks again. Quote
slava Posted February 1, 2021 Posted February 1, 2021 exFAT is standard format de-facto for ssd drives (for many reasons, not important). SSD drives is not a future, it's current time technology, it's really time to start support it! 1 Quote
PONNUSWAMY Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 LG UHD TV is a waste one. It will not support ExFAT or NTFS. WASTE OF MONEY. BETTER BUY ANDROID TVS. NEVER BUY LG TVS. Quote
PONNUSWAMY Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 LG UHD TV IS A WASTE ONE. IT WILL NOT SUPPORT EX-FAT FORMAT AND NTFS FORMAT. BETTER BUY ANDROID TVS. NEVER BUY LG UHD TV. WASTE OF MONEY IN BUYING LG TVS. Quote
Guest Posted August 29, 2021 Posted August 29, 2021 Can't you make a seperate partition on your Hard Disk to FAT32 or NTFS? Quote
Belfegor Posted November 7, 2021 Posted November 7, 2021 Please, add support for exFAT, it's free now. Quote
PeterV Posted November 7, 2021 Posted November 7, 2021 3 hours ago, Belfegor said: Please, add support for exFAT, it's free now. No it is not: you have to buy a licence. See this Microsoft Site link hidden, please login to view Quote
afcarval Posted January 10, 2022 Posted January 10, 2022 I have the 49UF850V-ZB webOS 2.2.3-2150 (beehive-biscayne) I would like to have exFAT or should I consider another brand? Quote
orkois Posted December 10, 2022 Posted December 10, 2022 On 1/10/2022 at 3:26 PM, afcarval said: I have the 49UF850V-ZB webOS 2.2.3-2150 (beehive-biscayne) I would like to have exFAT or should I consider another brand? Finally, webOS 6 supports exFAT! I tested it on LG C1. I wonder why nobody says about it Quote
jchannon Posted June 30, 2023 Posted June 30, 2023 @orkois I have a OLED55CX5LB and I'm on 5.4.3-35 (ihericurl-jebil), is there a way to get it to upgrade to v6? Thanks Quote
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