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Livebox 5 and ExFAT External Hard Drive

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brupala Posted messages 111140 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -
Hello everyone,

I just switched to Orange after years with Free.

I have a Livebox 5 on which I want to be able to read external hard drives of 2 TB formatted in exFAT. I use this formatting because I'm on Mac, and this format allows for large files (over 2 GB).

The problem is that the Livebox 5 doesn't like exFAT.

I did try connecting my hard drive to my Mac and then using Airplay on my TV, but I lose a lot of image quality.

Do you have any suggestions for me?

I wasn't originally keen on investing in a NAS server and internal hard drives, but if I have to resign myself to it...

Thanks everyone

Bob

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    brupala Posted messages 111140 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 441
     
    Hi,
    at the same time, a box isn't really a NAS, even if it's handy, each to their own.
    And exFAT was a proprietary Microsoft format, not that long ago.
    The day Windows supports ext3 (which is open source) will be pretty nice too.

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    and ... There you go!
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    1. Bob
       
      So what do I do?
      Should I invest in a NAS that has a Mac-compatible formatting and is also compatible with the Livebox or is there another trick?
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      1. brupala Posted messages 111140 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 441 > Bob
         
        well, try formatting it in NTFS ....
        it's not free either, but it's more widespread.
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