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USB stick no longer recognized

So this has happened to 2 USB sticks I own. I have a Sony XBR-65X900F tv which takes a USB stick. I loaded some videos onto the stick from my Windows 10 computer. I then stuck the stick into the TV ...
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TV cannot see USB drive since Windows 7 ran repair tool

I store media from Windows 7 to a portable NTFS USB drive and watch on my LG TV (circa 2015 model). One night I booted Win 7 with the drive already connected. Windows detected something wrong with the ...
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How to set up a RPi to act as a USB slave device?

I want to connect my Pi (or any other inexpensive device, really) to my TV via USB. This connection should have the TV as a master and the Pi as a slave. Network is not an option, as the TV supports ...
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Can I watch avi/mp4 files from a Mac on a TV set with an USB plug

Note : this older question(Watching DVDs from a PC on a TV) is an almost-duplicate of my question here, except that it's for a Windows computer instead of a Macintosh, and all the answers given there ...
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Share data from PC to TV - no lan port (usb only)

I have moved into the new unit and there is a TV with 2HDMI ports and 1USB only. I used to stream movies from my server (Ubuntu) to my old PC via miniDLNA but since this new one is a crappy one and ...
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How to connect an Android TV Stick to a pc

I have a Coowell Android TV stick: http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_484213.html I'd like to upload an APK file to it. There are these inputs/outputs on the stick: Big USB marked "USB 2.0" ...
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USB thinks it a dvd/cd rom

I have a USB with movies on it. It worked perfectly before. Now if I plug it in to my TV it says there is a problem with the USB so I plugged it in into my computer. It doesn't have the icon it ...
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Will a bootable USB drive work on a TV?

I have a USB flash drive with 32-bit Ubuntu Linux and an External Hard Drive with Windows 10 32-bit. What would happen if I were to plug 1 of these into a TV? Will it boot from the USB? Or will I only ...
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Is there a way to connect non-smart TV to PC via USB?

I have a non-smart TV with USB features, I can plug a USB drive with media like video, music, etc. But it's kind of hassle to remove and replug everytime I want to fill new data into the USB drive ...
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Windows OS does not recognise USB disk formatted by Samsung smart TV

I have an USB storage device that is formatted by my Samsung Smart TV. I've recorded some TV shows on it. I want to transfer these video files to my PC that has Windows. The PC doesn't open the USB ...
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USB TV Tuner Not Working

I'm trying to get a USB TV Tuner to work but I'm having troubles. It's a Hauppauge WinTV 950Q and when I connect it to my Windows 7 (x64) laptop it shows that it's detected and the lights on it will ...
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Can an USB TV receiver by Pace Micro Technology work in Linux?

A friend got hold of a USB device that seems to be a Sky TV receiver. It has a USB cable on one side and an antenna F connector on the other. The model number is S-IM25-700 and it shows up in lsusb as:...
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USB From PC to TV [duplicate]

I was wondering if any have an idea of how to use you pc as an external HDD for the tv, so that you get full access to the HDD from the tv, only using USB browsering. I know that this is a crazy idea,...
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Share external USB HDD between PC and TV

I bought an external hard drive which I would like to use for media storage. I managed to connect the HDD to the USB port of my wireless router and to use it as a network drive. So I can save movies ...
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Can I connect my laptop to my non HD TV via a USB to A/V cable to watch movies and YouTube?

I have an older non HD TV with A/V jacks and want to use it as a monitor with sound. I want to use a USB to A/V cable to do this. Will that work?
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