NTFS VS FAT32 - Media Files

Hi all,

bought a media drive and got it an hour or so ago. When i first turn it on it's telling me it's gonna format the hard drive and i have to set a percentage of the disk space between FAT32 and NTFS.

They're 50%/50% at the moment by default. All i'll have on it is video and music. can anyone tell me which is best to use?


Thanks!

Sportsfan

NTFS Is best as it is not limited to the size file you can store on your H/D . FAT type format will only allow you store files to a max size of 4gb. Linux O/S use's the FAT format to install on a pc.

ianwalsh2

If you ever plan to hook the drive up to a PS3 it's required to be FAT. That's the only reason mine is in FAT, otherwise you're probably as well off with NTFS.

sink

ianwalsh2 wrote: »

If you ever plan to hook the drive up to a PS3 it's required to be FAT.

Same goes for Xbox 360 and a whole load of other devices. But if your only planning on using it with a PC then NTFS is a no brainer as it will allow you to store HD films, disk images etc, as a single file.

MunsterCycling

Provided its a Windoze box and not an ultra modern / cool *nix machine

Hey guys,


It's this here:

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Cyclone-1TB-HDMI-LAN-Hard-Drive-Media-Player-Recorder_W0QQitemZ310134705953QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_HardDrives_RL?hash=item310134705953&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1300|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1308


I plan to connect it to a PC (Vista), transfer files and then connect it to a TV for playback. No more, no less.



So from what i gather, NTFS all the way, yeah?



Also, perobably a stupid question, but no harm asking.. Is it possible to put emulators or anything like that on a media drive, and attach a joypad via usb? Personally, i don't think it's possible, but as i say, no harm in asking.

Voodu Child

The description says it supports FAT32 and NTFS. But i've searched around and it seems it will only record to a FAT32 filesystem. So if you plan on doing any recording, you should keep a fat32 partition of whatever size suits you. Depends how much recording you plan on doing.

Also, the network transfer function (copying a file over your network onto the device itself) only works with the FAT32 partition.

Fair enough.

Looks like i'll just stick with FAT32 to keep things simple. Can't imagine any files larger than 2GB going on it, so all shold be well.

Thanks to all

melekalikimaka

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Fair enough.

Looks like i'll just stick with FAT32 to keep things simple. Can't imagine any files larger than 2GB going on it, so all shold be well.

Thanks to all

unless you get some hi def movies that is...

and no emulators

suprisingly need a fair amount of processing power... that a media drive doesnt have.

Yeah i didn't think a media drive would be able to pull of emulation, but i felt it wouldnt hurt to ask. I coulda been in for a big surprise :pac:


Ah well.


And I don't have HD films. Can't justify downloading such big files and cant justify blu-ray's large price tags. I rarely ever watch TV. I just want something to bring my rasslin' stuff around on.

spartacus93

Set one of these up last week for a friend. Did it 90%/10% in favor of NTFS because he didn't need the recording function.

NTFS is a better system but if you're not concerned with Hi Def content FAT32 is probably better in this case so you're not loosing any of the other functionality on the drive. You can always format it again in the future (will be a pain in the ass, and you'll have to backup everything on the drive but it can be done)

Nice little player, found the menus to be a bit awkward and not very nice to look at, but you can't argue for that price!