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I built myself two media centers. Got myself the remotes, install and updated codecs etc and they're working like a charm pulling music, movies and pictures over the network from all the pc's in the house.
BiteMe
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i'm the tame geek
had to set up about 10 of them before christmas as it seemed everybody at my work suddenly went out and got one, and yes, fat32 is the filesystem it understands.
and yes, fat32, by design, is limited to 4gb per file.
p.s. half of them the default menu is in chinese, so you have to change it to english..but not a bad product at all.
humble, but perfectly functional, with the expected utterly rubbish remote so prevalent on chinese goods
had to set up about 10 of them before christmas as it seemed everybody at my work suddenly went out and got one, and yes, fat32 is the filesystem it understands.
and yes, fat32, by design, is limited to 4gb per file.
p.s. half of them the default menu is in chinese, so you have to change it to english..but not a bad product at all.
humble, but perfectly functional, with the expected utterly rubbish remote so prevalent on chinese goods
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that actually works well from what i read
since when would you run into trouble with XP and fat32? it take fat upto ntfs. sound like this write doesn't know much about hardware. The article doesn't which device was used, although i can think of at least 4 off hand.
BiteMe
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to antowan and the bloke above re: fat 32.
if you have a hard drive, bigger than 32gb and put it in a windows xp machine, you CANNOT format it as fat32, only ntfs.
that si the problem the writer is talking about.
so these little media players CANNOT read ntfs..
so you buy the media player, you buy a nice 80gb hard drive, and you sukkel to format it as fat32. that is where the tame geek comes into play.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=xp+fat32+format&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
if you have a hard drive, bigger than 32gb and put it in a windows xp machine, you CANNOT format it as fat32, only ntfs.
that si the problem the writer is talking about.
so these little media players CANNOT read ntfs..
so you buy the media player, you buy a nice 80gb hard drive, and you sukkel to format it as fat32. that is where the tame geek comes into play.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=xp+fat32+format&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
LabAnimal, do you have any ebooks in regards to media center building?
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Gay. Rather get a playtime or something similar...4GB is far to low. Also what video files are they talking about? Conversions from your original dvd's? Videos from your home camera? Strange how things like this are made for piracy yet no one bats an eyelid. Yet when someone mods his console everyone is up in arms 
Bunch of hypocrits!
Edit: Sabagamma beat me to it
Bunch of hypocrits!Edit: Sabagamma beat me to it
BiteMe
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how is 4gb far too low? or did you have trouble reading the article...
how many divx files do you have that exceed 4gb in size?
how many divx files do you have that exceed 4gb in size?
I bought a couple of Mediagate MG-35's off ebay for $110 each. Handles rips, iso's, vobs, but not X264 hidefs. Photo's and music of course. Has progressive component, Svideo, and composite outputs, as well as dig + analogue audio out.
Most importantly, has a network port, and doesn't have to use an internal drive. Easy as pie to set-up and use. All my tv points have a network point, so I use them as media servers, running off shared media on any of my pc's.
Only limitation is the inability to play ripped hidef's, as mentioned.
Cheers
Ian
Most importantly, has a network port, and doesn't have to use an internal drive. Easy as pie to set-up and use. All my tv points have a network point, so I use them as media servers, running off shared media on any of my pc's.
Only limitation is the inability to play ripped hidef's, as mentioned.
Cheers
Ian
Funny that the 200GB Fat32 formated drive I have plugged into my Xbox 360 might dissagree with you
BiteMe
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ffs.
why is it that people think they are "clever" just because they happen to have something that is different?
gregggggkoenigseggeggeggg, windows 2000, and windows XP, cannot categorically by themselves format a drive bigger than 32gb to the fat32 standard , the actual format utility is purposely crippled. it cannot be done, finish, klaar.
i dont care how or why your 200gb drive is mos so spesssiiial, or how you did it, or even doubt that it exists, because i have done the same thing myself at times.
but that doesnt change the fact that the FORMAT UTILITY IN WINDOWS 2000 AND WINDOWS XP CANNOT FORMAT A DRIVE BIGGER THAN 32GB AS FAT32.
now, go figure out yourself howcome you are special.
p.s. i am upset because i am trying to educate you and you refuse to listen. at some stage i will stop caring, you will know this because i will stop replying to this god-awful thread.
sheeessshhh, why do i bother.
why is it that people think they are "clever" just because they happen to have something that is different?
gregggggkoenigseggeggeggg, windows 2000, and windows XP, cannot categorically by themselves format a drive bigger than 32gb to the fat32 standard , the actual format utility is purposely crippled. it cannot be done, finish, klaar.
i dont care how or why your 200gb drive is mos so spesssiiial, or how you did it, or even doubt that it exists, because i have done the same thing myself at times.
but that doesnt change the fact that the FORMAT UTILITY IN WINDOWS 2000 AND WINDOWS XP CANNOT FORMAT A DRIVE BIGGER THAN 32GB AS FAT32.
now, go figure out yourself howcome you are special.
p.s. i am upset because i am trying to educate you and you refuse to listen. at some stage i will stop caring, you will know this because i will stop replying to this god-awful thread.
silly
stupid
idiotic.
waste of time
sheeessshhh, why do i bother.
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Did you format it via the windows command line format utility?
Under 2K/XP, you can only create a maximum of a 32gig FAT32 partition. However, 2K/XP will recognize any size FAT32 partition, it just won't create it.
If I want a larger FAT32 partition, I used Partition Magic to create it, but there is a small command line tool that does it... can't remember the name right know... but Fat32 is a nessacary evil if you want to connect the device(external HDD) to your Macbook, linux box or xbox360
"While the FAT32 file system can support drives up to a standard theoretical size of 2 terabytes"
If I want a larger FAT32 partition, I used Partition Magic to create it, but there is a small command line tool that does it... can't remember the name right know... but Fat32 is a nessacary evil if you want to connect the device(external HDD) to your Macbook, linux box or xbox360
"While the FAT32 file system can support drives up to a standard theoretical size of 2 terabytes"
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Called the windows command line?
