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Question

Using the USB and thumb drive

Mar 19, 2017 6:23AM PDT

I had loaded 10 movies on a USB drive to take to a friend's house to watch. Only 5 of the 10 displayed. They were all mp4 files and my thumb is formatted to FAT32. Why wouldn't the other movies display? Any help appreciated. The TV is a Samsung but not a smart TV.

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Since some played
Mar 19, 2017 7:47AM PDT

It would indicate the mp4 format on the other 5 was not done properly, or some copy protection in the original files caused it when converting to the mp4 format. For those type of situations, you use a video capture program like RECORDMYDESKTOP or CamMedia to record it's output rather than using a conversion program.

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formatting issue
Mar 19, 2017 8:18AM PDT

Will RECORDMYDESKTOP work with Windows OS? When I googled I got a Linux download. thx

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I gave one for Linux, one for Windows
Mar 19, 2017 8:26AM PDT

The ones I consider the best or easiest to use in either system.

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take a look at these
Mar 19, 2017 8:31AM PDT
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USB movie file
Mar 20, 2017 3:40AM PDT

I have one additional question. When I look at the movie file in question properties under Protected it displays No.

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what's the question?
Mar 21, 2017 11:55AM PDT

NT

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Copy protection question
Mar 21, 2017 2:12PM PDT

I was just wondering if some of the copy protection would change the properties box to YES. I was wondering if there was a place in the movie file properties where I could see that it had downloaded with protection. Just wanted to learn about these files. thanks.

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protection
Mar 21, 2017 7:47PM PDT

the protection is always whatever your OS shows. . For instance, I use linux and it ignores windows file protection on files I move from windows to linux, so no protection on the file.