March 2, 20251 yr I have an XRS4500 Max. Is it possible, and if so how, to connect my portable USB DVD drive to my device to watch DVD media through the media box? I've plugged the DVD drive into the media box's USB port thinking I might be able to access the disk's content through VLC or a file manager, but it appears as though the hardware isn't being recognized.
March 2, 20251 yr Author Hi @dishuser. I'm going to declare my ignorance here. I'm not sure what you mean. My guess in no as I have no idea how to.
March 3, 20251 yr Author Thank you for your support. Ah. No, it isn't recognized there. Just the internal device storage shows.
March 3, 20251 yr Author When I plug into the PC, it gets recognized. Type: CD Drive, File System UDF, Is this what you are referring to?
March 3, 20251 yr I just tested my external USB powered BluRay player and an old externally powered USB DVD writer on both the 4500 (Android 9) and the Classic (Android 11) and both do NOT recognize the device at all. It never shows up under storage, and I tried searching the file system, to see if it was just mounted in the back end, but not shown in storage, and nothing. Quite possible the optical drivers are simply NOT included, since most Android based devices do not have a CD/DVD rom drive. And nowadays, it is rare on anything 🙂
March 4, 20251 yr Author Thanks @Emporium for your analysis. I guess this isn't doable. 😞 I appreciate everyone's effort!
September 9, 20251 yr In my humble experience DVD is not recognized by this and a few other model android boxes, it might be recognized by chrome books and current model android phone but you can only see the files on it, it will not recognize the disc as a dvd and play as one.
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