🔴AMAZING ACCESS NTFS DRIVES ON FIRESTICK (GAME CHANGER)

[@TechDoctorUK]

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[@CuckingFunted]

Hi Bro, I think I know you from 25 years ago 🤣. Did you used to work for COLT?

[@d-19jyotishchandrak70]

Didn't work for me on full hd firestick...

[@Shubham-mo8gc]

Will it work on 4k max

[@stevenotice2918]

You have the best technical knowledge about firestick, and you present it well. So, in my mind, your recommendations count much more than other “streaming gurus.” And you have the good manners not to shill for the vpn companies.

[@avifleischer]

For those of you that are having issues with the USB Drive, where it does NOT show up in ES Explorer, make sure to turn OFF "USB Debugging". If "USB Debugging" is enabled the Fire TV device will NOT detect USB accessories. I have accessed a USB Flash drive formatted with NTFS through ES File Explorer on a Fire TV 2nd Generation and I was able to play video files larger than 4GB in Kodi, so this method is not necessarily limited to the Fire TV Stick 4K or the Fire TV Stick Max like other commenters have suggested.

[@raghunath4280]

How can i turn off USB debugging. I have turned on long while ago but dont know how to turn it off

[@avifleischer]

@@raghunath4280 Using the remote, navigate to the Settings option, highlight My Fire TV, then press OK. Choose Developer options, then press OK. Select the ADB debugging setting and turn it On (or Off) by pressing OK.

[@kumiorammi4759]

Life saver with this tip. I thought all my data was wiped!😅

[@bladerc8362]

Can i plug in a external HDD on this stick?

[@malayjoshi1098]

@@bladerc8362 no bro it will hang...128 gb is the highest storage for it

[@haydar_kir]

Summary: Use ES file explorer to access your NTFS drive. Great video. Thanks.

[@mhsunny2317]

Not all versions are working

[@dvdarshan]

@@mhsunny2317 Is his version working?

[@mhsunny2317]

@@dvdarshan yes

[@dvdarshan]

@@mhsunny2317 Should we use KODI only? Or this method will work with any other player?

[@INFIN1TY-]

Can you watch movies / content via that way with subs? In like VLC.. or Kodi.

[@sunnynavnit4151]

Hi, wonder if you help. I did all the steps, even enable debugging but the external NTFS drive does not show. Does it always have to be a new hard disk or existing one with existing files can still be read?

[@cemilmustafa]

Hi, Thank you for video. Unfortunately my fire stick 4k didn't work either. fire stick software Fire OS 6. may i have used the wrong es file app?

[@tuananhngo-d9j]

..Did not work on my fire tv stick 4k max 2023, es explorer can see the ntfs usb flash, but it was froze when click on..

[@felixp6258]

Installed Kodi 19.4 and ES file explorer. ES file explorer sees the USB drive, but shows that the foilder is empty. Unmounted, remounted, tried different OTG cables and 3 diffferent USB flash drives - same problem. All drives show empty. Am I missing anything? Is there a specific version of Kodi or ES file explorer? Also tried it on Frestick Lite and Firestick 4K and 4K max, samem problem.

[@777nmeu]

Same here tried everything. Doesn't work.

[@Sean-tn5nv]

Nice video. I especially love how you have gone the effort of creating a "Sample" file for your previously purchased movies hahahahaah

[@KaraokeByTEMARTZ]

Your descriptions or shall i say, your video is about accessing videos on an NTFS USB drive with the help of FIle Explorer. My question is...will you be able to record a TV Shows or movies (for those who has IPTV streaming on their firestick) that will go over 4gb? I'm not sure if firestick itself can access the USB drive if it's on NTFS .....

[@realmedialies1313]

Is there anyway to get Kodi to read the library from ES File explorer though

[@cristoforoippolito3002]

Hi! At the final, if you open Kodi, have you open the video film with the library poster?? Thanks

[@sandesh78937]

I can access and play NTFS files using ES Explorer but problem is when I watch a movie, its getting stopped halfway through. Any solution for this? I played those movie using VLC player from ES explorer.

[@kalfriesen5670]

Does this work for other modern HDD formats other than ntfs? (For example, exfat?)

[@mmortal03]

Nope, exfat isn't supported.

[@jegobagsik1124]

Update. Got it to work. Reformat usb drive using Rufus with mbr partition.

[@damiandcosta509]

it works on 2021 model also thanks

[@sethharrison5347]

Thanks sir.

[@ThePrapanch123]

Someone give this guy a medal

[@Shubham-mo8gc]

Please help me I'm not able to use my nvme hdd ntfs in my fire stick 4k max.

[@Marc-h5m]

Thank you! Works 😄

[@garyhowe7087]

Like a lot of people my NTFS USB just doesn't show up under Local. No idea why it works for some and not for others

[@RobertAmyan]

Is it possible to open videofiles with MX player or VLC? Why should I use KODI? Thanks

[@ade531001gmail]

VLC is great for opening video files

[@gentlesun]

So can I directly access all the files on my newly mounted NTFS ext HDD from Kodi movie library? Does it work this way? thanks

[@ThePrapanch123]

Nah, firestick wont recognise it to display it there

[@itzamateama]

Did it work?

[@Elliot-hd2rl]

Is it necessary to use KODI as the Player. Could I instead use MXPlayer or VLC Player? Also, could I use Total Commander or X-Plore rather than ES File Explorer? Thank You!

[@ade531001gmail]

ES File Explorer handles it two ways. The way TechDoctorUK showed provides the max options. If you click directly on a MKV file it offers internal ES Player amongst other internal apk’s and MX Player. I played my video that way. I plan to compare the others. I have X-Plore and Total Commander as well. I don’t believe they offer this method of mounting a drive, because they don’t have access.

[@ade531001gmail]

After mounting an NTFS drive from ES Explorer l found the drive number might change session by session. Eventually, it gets analyzed on the home page showing used/capacity MB. I power my NTFS harddrive down when it’s idle. ES Explorer launches when I plug it back in. Using the hamburger menu focused on one video file >Play As >Video >Kodi launches the Kodi player and it is capable of sophisticated control of the file content. Highlighting the sequential collection of video files comprising the DVD movie does not provide the Play as option. I haven’t mapped the drive in Kodi, so it hasn’t added the collection of movies to the library. A DVD MKV movie doesn’t play as a sequential collection like my WD TV. Anybody know how?

[@michaelharris8346]

I have a toshiba 1tb external hd formatted to NTFS and es file explorer will not read it on my toshiba fire tv nor my mibox any tips on fixing that?

[@PG-uz2vm]

Problem stars when you have subtitles in separate file then Kodi or any other player won't see this subtitle file because you only pulling video file. This is the issue I have.

[@narensoundar7931]

hey does vlc media player supports ntfs drives

[@seansandals4698]

Hello again,so is it now possible to use this as extra storage for the 4k firestick on NTSC instead of fat 32??.cheers

[@ade531001gmail]

NTFS

[@seansandals4698]

@@ade531001gmail wow your so clever

[@ade531001gmail]

sean sandals 😇

[@metalfyregaming2468]

@TechDoctorUK: Ok, you got the video working. But is the sound also in DTS or DD 5.1? I read some stories that people had trouble with that on an NTFS formatted drive, but not on a FAT32 drive (also using Kodi). I got my Firestick hooked up to my surround sound A/V receiver, so I just wondered if the sound is indeed in 5.1

[@miguelmalob5974]

I tried with a 128gb flash drive, with a 6.5gb movie. At 58 minutes the movie cuts, I tried several players and it always cuts at the same moment. On PC the movie looks perfect.

[@mmortal03]

Yep, I've even got a movie that cuts off at around 18 minutes, and the movie plays all the way through on a PC or even a SMB share, so I know there's nothing wrong with the file. Plus, seeking is incredibly slow with this method, even when using an external SSD.

[@miguelmalob5974]

@@mmortal03 In the end I was able to play files larger than 4GB using 2 applications, exFAT/NTFS for USB by Paragon Software and Total Commander. So far it has worked fine for me on my FireStick and on my tablet.

[@mmortal03]

@@miguelmalob5974 Very interesting. I will check out that app.

[@R1ACE]

@@miguelmalob5974 This worked for me, thanks so much! 4K/68gb/3 hour movie successfully watched with no issues whatsoever

[@deerhannah00]

@@R1ACE hi what player do you use? i have those 2 programs and my ssd is now detected but movies still lag in vlc

[@dragonarizona]

as someone mention before, the issue was with usb itself. I format usb in Rufus with MBR option. I used explorer provided by author of this movie. The newest version doesn't work in my case.

[@woodrow6918]

Awesome. Have been always wondering if there was a way around the 4gig limit. Thank you. Does this also work for downloading from the same app?

[@brnsnsc3497]

Hi, This method does not work on my fire stick 4k, what could be the reason? I followed all the steps. The UsbStorage folder, which should be seen last, does not appear.

[@sivasakthisaravanan4850]

Sorry, ES Explorer is NOT showing my NTFS flash drive. It only shows FAT32 flash drives. What to do?

[@Everything_Comes_And_Goes]

I wouldn't bother with this method. I have not tried it myself, but seeing as people report issues with playback stopping, I am willing to bet that ES File Explorer is the 'man in the middle' that sends data to the target application like Kodi or VLC, so it's not native functionality and I wouldn't trust it (it's probably what's causing delays and issues with playback). The OS and apps can't see the drive natively so in apps like Kodi, the media cannot be browsed, defeating the point of using Kodi. You have to always use this ES File Explorer to open a file - sounds like a pain! Also, this file explorer has been in the news for containing malware! Aside from the reported playback issues, you may want to use this method on a one-off basis if you're desperate to play a file over 4GB, but for long-term use it's hardly pretty is it? I only started looking into this, and have explored getting a cheap NAS made from Raspberry Pi (ready-made ones selling on Amazon). In the meantime, there is a site that shows how you can use WinRAR to simply split the file into 4095MB chunks (use the 'Store' method). Then copy the .rar files onto FAT32 normally. Kodi apparently is able to read those as if they were normal media files (I haven't got this far yet, you may need to download an addon if it doesn't do it out of the box; I haven't got that far yet to see if this works). Google "How to play files larger than 4GB off the Fire TV's FAT32" for the article. BTW, I used EaseUS Partition Manager to format a large drive as FAT32 since Windows won't do it (shocking). Overall, a little clumsy solution, which takes time to split large files and relies on Kodi to play rar files, but I intend to only use Kodi and this HDD will be only for the Fire stick. BTW, this is a cheap 500GB HDD I bought for peanuts on Amazon and put into a cheap enclosure. It's not SSD and appears to work (some said something about needing SSD or low power drive, but perhaps they were messing about with this ES method or something else didn't work for them, but an HDD appears to work fine for me). Hope this helps.

[@general11]

Can this work one non 4k fire sticks?

[@scotty2167]

Great video as always 👍👍 🗣️ Go TDUK 😎

[@sladjanavukasinovic385]

Awesome, thanks td 👍👌😊

[@harshaparvatam196]

Hi techdoctor uk , thanks for detailed video and compatible apks. Is firestick limited to usb 2.0 ? Ntfs formated usb 2.0 works but not usb 3.0 .please advise

[@harshaparvatam196]

Please respond and clear the doubt. Thnks in advance

[@mmortal03]

The Fire TV Stick's port is USB 2.0, but the problem isn't USB 3.0. It's just that some drives work while some don't. I've tested two different USB 3.0 drives, and one USB 3.0 card reader. The card reader and one of the USB 3.0 drives worked, while the other didn't.

[@karenmcnutt]

Love it all videos 👍🏻

[@mrj2875]

Great. Can you name/link that utg cable and the USB stick please? (uk link is fine)

[@TechDoctorUK]

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[@jackbd717]

Thanks mate, keep up the good work.

[@IanUnslaved]

Is there any way to get tivimate on firestick to record live TV files larger than 4gb to USB drive?

[@teastyles818]

I have movies already on my hard drive would it work still

[@kalfriesen5670]

Techdoctor! Will this work on an 8TB external hard drive. I tried with it formatted in exfat, which was the format it came in, ES File explorer didn't recognize it. Is it worth moving around my files and format it in NTFS, or is it possible it's the size of the HDD that's the issue?

[@kalfriesen5670]

I gave up on this plan to use my 8TB external drive since it doesn't seem to recognize the hdd despite the format.

[@kevinj8258]

@@kalfriesen5670 had to put my drive on a NAS configuration with my laptop, to get anything consistent working with large hard drives. This ES File kludge with NTFS does not work consistent.

[@kalfriesen5670]

@@kevinj8258 Thanks

[@sinanengin5756]

@@kevinj8258 any advice on how we can do that plz?

[@Everything_Comes_And_Goes]

I wouldn't bother with this method. I have not tried it myself, but seeing as people report issues with playback stopping, I am willing to bet that ES File Explorer is the 'man in the middle' that sends data to the target application like Kodi or VLC, so it's not native functionality and I wouldn't trust it (it's probably what's causing delays and issues with playback). The OS and apps can't see the drive natively so in apps like Kodi, the media cannot be browsed, defeating the point of using Kodi. You have to always use this ES File Explorer to open a file - sounds like a pain! Also, this file explorer has been in the news for containing malware! Aside from the reported playback issues, you may want to use this method on a one-off basis if you're desperate to play a file over 4GB, but for long-term use it's hardly pretty is it? I only started looking into this, and have explored getting a cheap NAS made from Raspberry Pi (ready-made ones selling on Amazon). In the meantime, there is a site that shows how you can use WinRAR to simply split the file into 4095MB chunks (use the 'Store' method). Then copy the .rar files onto FAT32 normally. Kodi apparently is able to read those as if they were normal media files (I haven't got this far yet, you may need to download an addon if it doesn't do it out of the box; I haven't got that far yet to see if this works). Google "How to play files larger than 4GB off the Fire TV's FAT32" for the article. BTW, I used EaseUS Partition Manager to format a large drive as FAT32 since Windows won't do it (shocking). Overall, a little clumsy solution, which takes time to split large files and relies on Kodi to play rar files, but I intend to only use Kodi and this HDD will be only for the Fire stick. BTW, this is a cheap 500GB HDD I bought for peanuts on Amazon and put into a cheap enclosure. It's not SSD and appears to work (some said something about needing SSD or low power drive, but perhaps they were messing about with this ES method or something else didn't work for them, but an HDD appears to work fine for me). Hope this helps.

[@damiandcosta509]

hi will this work on 2019 fire stick also which is not 4k

[@georgiejr69]

Great video sir. Will I be able to move my installed apps on the internal storage to this NTFS formatted USB drive and run these apps from the USB drive? Will firestick recognize a usb hub. I plan to use a 64GB flash drive as FAT32 for firestick apps and use a 1TB usb drive with NTFS loaded with files (movies) that is more than 4GB. Plug them into the USB hub. will apps on external storage be able to run and also use a video player (what do you suggest) to play movies. Asking for your advise. Thank you

[@woodrow6918]

Hi techdoc. I don't have a computer or laptop. Formatted flash at a friend's to ntfs. Downloaded movie greater than 4gigs to internal. Could not move to flash. Anyway to do any of this without a laptop or cpu?

[@BB-uz4tc]

Doc u are da man. Thanks 4 all u do for us. Stay handsome

[@grahamkerr3919]

Another winner TDUK. Much appreciated.

[@davetech356]

Great video as always keep it up love this channel.

[@optionsbull]

Dear Video file is 1080p. Does this support 4k video file ??

[@pocketchange1951]

👍👌🇨🇦❤, many thanks TDUK, brilliant piece of knowledge, thank you for sharing, all the best

[@natelyons1983]

Awesome work 👍

[@gdsf9839]

Lots of questions regarding media stopping playing part way through but no reply from TDUK, same for other questions regarding issues with this method. As much as I greatly appreciate the effort of people like TDUK in helping those who don't know how to get their devices to do what they want, it all becomes pointless if answers aren't provided when genuine issues are raised.

[@TechDoctorUK]

Sorry, with over 500 daily comments, it's hard to reply to everyone, but I try my best. For media playback issues, I would check the speed/quality of the drive

[@gdsf9839]

@@TechDoctorUK TY for the reply & advice regarding drive performance, gives folk something else to look into if having playback issues, even on powered drives. It seems the Fire OS is one fussy frigger when it comes to hdd's, just a pity they still refuse to sort out the native NTFS support🖒

[@adam__s_w]

With the same SSD drive formated as NTFS I'm getting issues with pausing the video and when I'm trying to forward then it's stopping. It's not usable. The same drive with FAT32 works without any issue so the drive speed is not and issue here.

[@sandesh78937]

Yes Iam facing same issue. Movie is stopping after sometime

[@celticlofts]

Can I open the file in Nova media player?

[@MrSkippyhippy]

Bang on Doc works a treat top man👍

[@dharmeshmakwrn9406]

very good work

[@justlife2129]

It didn't work for me. I installed ES and Kodi but I can see my 128 NTFS formatted SD card in ES but can't see it in Kodi....

[@rksmruti8693]

Hi, I'm facing some issue, when I'm connecting my HDD my Amazon 4k fire tv stick getting restart. then inside esfile , in local it showing and hiding USB Continuesly within 1 second. Not constantly showing

[@michaelfalsetti6740]

Doesn't work anymore

[@SmashPhysical]

Very informative, thank you.

[@darricktopofthehitlist8592]

Wow great video as usual.Got a question does the Amazon Ethernet adapter allow you to use Ethernet cable and usb at the same time.Or is it just Ethernet adapter only.

[@ade531001gmail]

Darrick Top of the Hit List The microUSB socket is power not data. Daisy chain an OTG female microUSB on the microUSB plug to enable ethernet & external storage (tested with FAT32).

[@darricktopofthehitlist8592]

@@ade531001gmail I don't understand.I have 2 otg cables.They both have a male and female end plus power.I'm using the Amazon Ethernet adapter the one that comes with the Fire TV cube

[@ade531001gmail]

Darrick Top of the Hit List Ethernet into fat end of Amazon adaptor. Male microUSB of Amazon adaptor into female microUSB of OTG. Male microUSB of OTG into Cube microUSB socket. Attach the USB drive in the OTG USB socket. Power into Cube power socket.

[@darricktopofthehitlist8592]

@@ade531001gmail I'm using Firestick 4k.Maybe that's why it's not working.I don't have a Cube, but do understand how you say to hook it up,but it's seems it's either or on Firestick 4k meaning Ethernet connection or USB storage.

[@ade531001gmail]

Darrick Top of the Hit List Sorry I was thrown off to the Cube when you mentioned the adaptor. I have both a Cube and a FireTVstick 4K. The Cube ran well on this hookup. (When I discovered the ethernet throttling I replaced the low speed Amazon ethernet adaptor for a UGreen combined gigabit ethernet plus triple USB socket adaptor which outputs ethernet & USB 2 way data to a USB plug; I used a USB socket x microUSB plug adaptor into the Cube) I haven’t tested ethernet adaptor + OTG with a Firestick 4K yet. However, it should work with a similar adaptor to the UGreen: see kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaKypZaMjNeBjZI

[@ericdoering5027]

i think its no more working with the update of the firestick,since i install the last update december 17 ,it s no more working !! i try everything help me please thx a lot ....

[@1979Dallas]

Awesome, thanks td

[@TechDoctorUK]

Cheers Nick!

[@locksout920]

Excuse me, but is it free forever or do I have to pay es file explorer montlhy?

[@jegobagsik1124]

Not working on my 4k firestick. Es file explorer shows only an empty folder. Using sandisk 3.0 64gb drive

[@mmortal03]

Yeah, my SanDisk 32 GB USB 3.0 drive also shows an empty folder. But other USB 3.0 drives work for me, so it must be some kind of incompatibility.

[@ntstudio28]

Genius! Thanks Doc!!!

[@ninadganore]

Thank you so much

[@Vachon-kb9qm]

Is there a way to make the FOLDERS visible? all my movies are in separate folders (actions, drama) etc and ES file explorer cant see them! plz help!

[@massimilianonicolosi9168]

Hi, I followed all your directions but when I open my ntfs formatted 3tb Segate hard drive I see the folder but it won't open. What power supply should I buy?

[@khushivaghela1756]

Hard disk should not b more than 2tb

[@bunakkaptan]

Great video thanks ...But WHY I have to use KODI to play the video ? Why not VLC ???

[@Everything_Comes_And_Goes]

I wouldn't bother with this method. I have not tried it myself, but seeing as people report issues with playback stopping, I am willing to bet that ES File Explorer is the 'man in the middle' that sends data to the target application like Kodi or VLC, so it's not native functionality and I wouldn't trust it (it's probably what's causing delays and issues with playback). The OS and apps can't see the drive natively so in apps like Kodi, the media cannot be browsed, defeating the point of using Kodi. You have to always use this ES File Explorer to open a file - sounds like a pain! Also, this file explorer has been in the news for containing malware! Aside from the reported playback issues, you may want to use this method on a one-off basis if you're desperate to play a file over 4GB, but for long-term use it's hardly pretty is it? I only started looking into this, and have explored getting a cheap NAS made from Raspberry Pi (ready-made ones selling on Amazon). In the meantime, there is a site that shows how you can use WinRAR to simply split the file into 4095MB chunks (use the 'Store' method). Then copy the .rar files onto FAT32 normally. Kodi apparently is able to read those as if they were normal media files (I haven't got this far yet, you may need to download an addon if it doesn't do it out of the box; I haven't got that far yet to see if this works). Google "How to play files larger than 4GB off the Fire TV's FAT32" for the article. BTW, I used EaseUS Partition Manager to format a large drive as FAT32 since Windows won't do it (shocking). Overall, a little clumsy solution, which takes time to split large files and relies on Kodi to play rar files, but I intend to only use Kodi and this HDD will be only for the Fire stick. BTW, this is a cheap 500GB HDD I bought for peanuts on Amazon and put into a cheap enclosure. It's not SSD and appears to work (some said something about needing SSD or low power drive, but perhaps they were messing about with this ES method or something else didn't work for them, but an HDD appears to work fine for me). Hope this helps.

[@chkid]

I'm using CCGTV. I can check files in USB memory with ES File Explorer, but I cannot play more than 2GB of video files to an external player (MX player, VLC, etc.). Is there a solution to this? Most external players have a warning that the path cannot be found.

[@briancarr4843]

I'm having the same issue

[@officialcanard7037]

Same here the video stops

[@chozhanyazhan5126]

Hi Doc...Es explorer works with USB drives ...but the movie stops after about 20 to 30 minutes of playtime ..eventhough u use different players like vlc,mx,kodi or the es explorer player... how do u fix this ,pls help...

[@enriquealbert5007]

Same problem, any new? I have tried everything. The only worked for me was cutting the movies and paste to a FAT32 hard drive :(

[@thomashans726]

same problem here

[@paulchenier6390]

When I try this it says it does not except OTG devices and will not open USB drive even though it shows up in ES file explorer

[@jackrussellville]

I go all the way through and when I tell it which app to open with then the app opens but that's all it does it just opens doesn't play any video

[@sinanengin5756]

Nice, but can Kodi access this as well in it's own menu?

[@itzamateama]

Did you find out?

[@sinanengin5756]

@@itzamateama I couldn't see it appearing in kodi unfortunately..

[@dpirate]

TechDoctor AKA Firestick James Bond 😅

[@ManojMaurya1981]

For me, from ES file explorer, open with VLC worked, not Kodi. Thanks a lot. Super.

[@canavar45]

Same problem here.. I can only open video file with VLC player and I can not mount the subtitle which is a second file. I wish I can open the video file in Kodi.. It starts loading in kodi main screen, it blinks in 1 second and it stays in main screen like nothing happens. Any solution?

[@An.Individual]

The FAT32 limitation is the main drawback of the Firestick for me.

[@ThePrapanch123]

Is there any known issue that the movie may stop playing after 15 mins, is there any limit or something?

[@aaronsuek]

Seems like a common issue with no solution that I could find. It really makes the whole approach pointless.

[@gg80108]

what is the context key on the remote?

[@TechDoctorUK]

the one with the 3 lines

[@NBeev1]

Is there a limit to what size drives it can read? I have a 4TB drive, but it wont work.

[@TechDoctorUK]

Does it need external power ?

[@catmom9755]

Files were recognized and would start to play on VLC, but stopped playing part of the way through. :(

[@chkid]

Only the playback loading screen came out for a while and it was interrupted. Open the file in ES File Explorer, select Video Player, and they are all the same symptoms. Is there a solution?

[@shivanshdubey2720]

@@chkid find any solution yet ???

[@chkid]

@@shivanshdubey2720 No. I haven't found a good way yet. If I find out, I'll share a way.

[@Ozz3605]

i have the same problem it stops at a certain point and doesnt read more

[@catmom9755]

@@shivanshdubey2720 We ended up running a Plex server instead. 1st from an old Intel NUC and then from a Raspberry Pi when the old NUC started acting up.

[@alejandronunez3544]

Good method but the 4k media stops suddenly around 20' from the start using VLC, MX mediaplayer and two pendrives...any solution? Thanks

[@roleo9664]

I'm still looking for a fix myself did you find anything?

[@alejandronunez3544]

no, still looking...@@roleo9664

[@Ammit1385]

Would this work on fire tv stick 2nd gen. I tried with my 1TB external hdd, neither firetv stick read it , i.e i didn't received the format hdd pop up, nor led on hdd blinked.

[@Ammit1385]

What is the max capacity of a pendrive/hdd that fire tv stick 2nd gen, can read? Would its ( usb 2.0 or 3.0) make any difference?

[@nishant_nc07]

have you tried it with another high power charger

[@Ammit1385]

@@nishant_nc07 No. Haven't tried with high power charger, was skeptical about not to harm the hdd. It has my personal data, which isn't backed up on other drive.

[@Ammit1385]

Just tried with 5v 1A powered usb hub.

[@larkinsmithtube]

This doesn’t work and every movie I have tried to watch using this method stops playing about an hour into the running time. I gave up and just run larger files from a laptop connected to my tv or projector. I’d rather do that than ruin the experience of a film crashing mid watch

[@dvdarshan]

Bro! Does that happen even now? Are you using the Fire TV Stick 4K?

[@larkinsmithtube]

@@dvdarshan I binned my firetv and bought a Vero 4k box. Best purchase I have made for a long time and finally got a device that plays any file type of any size.

[@ghosttunes4626]

Bro help me I want to play a movie in vlc using a ntfs drive in firestick

[@SuperAnshulsaini]

Hi, i tried as mentioned but it didn't work. Can you please recheck that is supported on new version of fire tv os. My es file explorer says loading. And it says doesn't support your otg device format. I check many ntfs drive none worked.

[@SuperAnshulsaini]

@TechDoctorUK Please check and tell us?

[@Ozz3605]

it does work but stops at the same time stamps alsways and doesnt wanna read the entire video,do you need to be subcribe to the premium version ?

[@enriquealbert5007]

It does not work on my firestick lite, when I go halfway through the movie it stops and I can't finish watching it when my USB / hard drive is NTFS. But if it's FAT32, I can finish the movie :( The only way for me is cut my movies, to be able to copy in my FAT32 hard drive.

[@bugmanmd1576]

right, me also - this does not work - I'm using a REGULAR FIRESTICK (NOT 4K). I think you have to have a firestick 4K for this to work.

[@timwindsor03]

Amazing video brother TDUK. That's awesome. Didn't know that. Keep the amazing content coming. Hope you have an awesome weekend

[@gopichandirans2323]

Bro my TV usb is not working Can any chance plug usb in hdmi port

[@raviranjan4613]

Not working in my case..... Not showing the otg drive in es file explorer which was downloaded from yours site

[@paulhill1379]

Great info.👍👍👍

[@SloppyGoat]

FX File Explorer will do the same thing, and it's a bit more Firestick friendly, IMO. I even have an NTFS network drive, shared with FTP, and it works for that too. So, I can plug my 1TB USB HD into my router, and access it via the shortcut I made when I entered the login info, easily. I also use ES File Explorer, but for other things. Each has their own strengths and weaknesses. For most tasks, I find FX to work best. Of course, I also have direct network access to my laptop drives, even my external drive. Once you map them, you can access almost any drive. You can launch any file from any drive mapped with ES or FX File Explorer. And you can play any video with MX Player, or whichever default video app you prefer.

[@kevinj8258]

The FX File pro version is only $3 more (one time) so its way better than ES File Explorer price of $10 a month on amazon subscription.

[@johnthouin5145]

It keeps restarting when I go to format the drive

[@aarongreene2525]

Not working... freezing up. Wants fat 32. Hard drive 3tb tried mounting. Any body can help

[@pioter1988master]

goood job bro

[@dakula74]

Disc drive must be NTFS-MBR!!

[@alejandrosegovia4587]

Thank you for clarifying! GPT was not working

[@koushik00321]

@dakula74 does it detect drive that formatted in Ntfs Mbr

[@dakula74]

@@koushik00321yup.

[@koushik00321]

​@@dakula74 wil mbr formated directly shows in local player or I have to open es file explorer to detect?

[@dakula74]

@@koushik00321only ES

[@egbmimport]

It did not work for me with PNY USB 64gb memory :(

[@kevinj8258]

just FYI and major note that this WILL NOT WORK unless you have a low power and fast SSD drive, and that the ES File Explorer app on amazon is $10 a month subscription. Definitely use the ES File version that TDUK has on his links to get this running; as that specific version does not cost anything. You can also try FX FILE EXPLORER as another alternative (on Google Play for side loading) that claims it works, but as with anything do lots of tests. --- Noticing that this WILL NOT WORK with an HDD as those require significant power and they go to sleep on USB connections. You might need to use a SSD (solid state drive) or a just a big fast low power USB memory stick. Kind of disappointed that TDUK did not do more testing of this with various HDD USB solutions, as it must be a specific drive that works with NTFS, because the three drives and USBs I tested did not work; while only a fast small USB memory did work. --//// THIS DID NOT WORK ////-- Format a usb stick to FAT32 reads no problem. Format to NTFS and will not read with ES FILE EXPLORER. DEFINITIVE test failure.

[@adam__s_w]

The same for me, I tested it with SSD drive and it doesn't work, the video is opening but later is stopping or after forwarding it's stopping as well.

[@bugmanmd1576]

Yes same with me. Video would play for a few minutes and then cut out. You couldn't really fast forward with it. Really not useable. Went back to FAT32 format Just cut your long movies into two separate pieces. Way better than having choppy playback and unreliable performance with ntfs.

[@Everything_Comes_And_Goes]

I wouldn't bother with this method. I have not tried it myself, but seeing as people report issues with playback stopping, I am willing to bet that ES File Explorer is the 'man in the middle' that sends data to the target application like Kodi or VLC, so it's not native functionality and I wouldn't trust it (it's probably what's causing delays and issues with playback). The OS and apps can't see the drive natively so in apps like Kodi, the media cannot be browsed, defeating the point of using Kodi. You have to always use this ES File Explorer to open a file - sounds like a pain! Also, this file explorer has been in the news for containing malware! Aside from the reported playback issues, you may want to use this method on a one-off basis if you're desperate to play a file over 4GB, but for long-term use it's hardly pretty is it? I only started looking into this, and have explored getting a cheap NAS made from Raspberry Pi (ready-made ones selling on Amazon). In the meantime, there is a site that shows how you can use WinRAR to simply split the file into 4095MB chunks (use the 'Store' method). Then copy the .rar files onto FAT32 normally. Kodi apparently is able to read those as if they were normal media files (I haven't got this far yet, you may need to download an addon if it doesn't do it out of the box; I haven't got that far yet to see if this works). Google "How to play files larger than 4GB off the Fire TV's FAT32" for the article. BTW, I used EaseUS Partition Manager to format a large drive as FAT32 since Windows won't do it (shocking). Overall, a little clumsy solution, which takes time to split large files and relies on Kodi to play rar files, but I intend to only use Kodi and this HDD will be only for the Fire stick. BTW, this is a cheap 500GB HDD I bought for peanuts on Amazon and put into a cheap enclosure. It's not SSD and appears to work (some said something about needing SSD or low power drive, but perhaps they were messing about with this ES method or something else didn't work for them, but an HDD appears to work fine for me). Hope this helps.

[@sourabhthorwat]

While installing ES File explorer from your given url gives message: "The package appears to be currupt."

[@lokeshbalaji6837]

When I click on my hdd folder it's not opening can you answer it's happening

[@gizmo9564]

Don't have to use kodi as player. ES pro lets me choose from mx player and vlc also. Those are my two main players.