camar0rs Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Is there anything to be aware of trying to play video from USB? currently I have USB2 for android phone cable, USB1 has female adapter. Only views music, other files get greyed out... playback only available from USB2 ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drenyce311 Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 you should be using android device on USB2. thats the designated port for your device. USB1 are for apple products. i have my iphone on usb 1 and a 32gb flash drive on usb2 and my video files work fine. what file format are the movies?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
camar0rs Posted May 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 looks like it appears it just cannot read video files from my PNY 128GB USB Drive... it says FAT32.... I put same videos on a Sandisk 4GB usb drive and played fine... bah! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
camar0rs Posted May 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 ok I figured it out..... it appears the headunit will NOT let you have MUSIC and VIDEO files on same USB to switch between.... once you add music files, video files get inaccessible.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
camar0rs Posted May 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 hmmm.... now it appears this drive likes to crash the nex8000... very odd.... basically what it does now is tries to read then shortly after the unit reboots.... then says LOADING........... and gets stuck.... no way to get out of it until USB remove and power cycle.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drenyce311 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 ok I figured it out..... it appears the headunit will NOT let you have MUSIC and VIDEO files on same USB to switch between.... once you add music files, video files get inaccessible.... That's not true. There's a button on the music timer on the left. A folder icon and you will see three options. MUSIC>VIDEO>PHOTOS. The HU automatically defaults to music the first time you put the SD card in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tickerguy Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 ok I figured it out..... it appears the headunit will NOT let you have MUSIC and VIDEO files on same USB to switch between.... once you add music files, video files get inaccessible.... No, it definitely is fine with multiple types of files on one device, and USB1 and 2 are interchangeable. I have a 120GB NTFS-formatted SSD on USB1. Works fine. Note that the NEX units are fairly restricted on what video formats they will play. Specifically, WMV/H.264 and DivX are listed as "compatible", as is MKV/FLV (!) Although not explicitly listed at least some some AVI files also work. Specifically, AVI files encoded for XviD video with MPEG-1 audio appear to work; I've played those. High-def MP4 video files will not play despite MP4 being listed as a valid format for audio and the subtype being listed (MPEG-4) by Pioneer as a valid decoding option. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tekki Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 No, it definitely is fine with multiple types of files on one device, and USB1 and 2 are interchangeable. I have a 120GB NTFS-formatted SSD on USB1. Works fine. Note that the NEX units are fairly restricted on what video formats they will play. Specifically, WMV/H.264 and DivX are listed as "compatible", as is MKV/FLV (!) Although not explicitly listed at least some some AVI files also work. Specifically, AVI files encoded for XviD video with MPEG-1 audio appear to work; I've played those. High-def MP4 video files will not play despite MP4 being listed as a valid format for audio and the subtype being listed (MPEG-4) by Pioneer as a valid decoding option. I have MPEG 4 movies on my sd card and they have no problem playing, they look fantastic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigchief Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Playable file types (USB\SD) MP3, WMA, AAC, WAVE, FLAC, H.264, MPEG4, WMV, FLV, MKV The manual also says that Divx files won't play via USB\SD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tickerguy Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 I have MPEG 4 movies on my sd card and they have no problem playing, they look fantastic. May be a bitrate problem then. They're VERY high bitrate in the cases I've tried, and they don't work. They're also more than 2G in size. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tekki Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 May be a bitrate problem then. They're VERY high bitrate in the cases I've tried, and they don't work. They're also more than 2G in size. Are yours on and sd card or a USB drive? That could be the difference mine are all on sd card and just about 1.8 gig Quote Link to post Share on other sites
camar0rs Posted May 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 I haven't had any issues with sd card playback, just USB drive so far Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tickerguy Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Are yours on and sd card or a USB drive? That could be the difference mine are all on sd card and just about 1.8 gig I checked format compatibility with an SD card. I've not seen any difference between the two; if it will play on the SD card it will also on the USB-attached SSD in my experience. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joemamma1954 Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 If the mpeg4 files were purchased in itunes store, they are protected. I got a program that removes the protection and now they all play on sd card and usb thumbnail, and ssd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tickerguy Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 No, they're not protected. I'll do some more digging around on this, as I have a video production system here and can set up virtually any bit rate and encoding options that I want. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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