Backing up an external drive to Time Capsule

I have an external 1 TB Toshiba drive filled with my iTunes library.  I'd like to have it back up to my Time Capsule like my previous, smaller external drive. Every time I go to Time Machine Preferences and remove it from the "Exclude these items from backups" list it seems like it will back up like I want it to. Then, when the backup gets going, I notice it isn't being included. When I go back to the "Exclude these items from backups" list again the external drive has reappeared like I never removed it. The drive didn't come formatted for Mac. Would that have something to do with it? It works fine with the iTunes library. Thank you.

The drive didn't come formatted for Mac. Would that have something to do with it? It works fine with the iTunes library.
That likely has everything to do with it. Time Machine insists on a drive that is formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Your Mac will work with other drive formats. Time Machine will not.
Temporarily, connect the drive directly to the USB port on your Mac.
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility
Click on the drive in the left panel to highlight it
Look at the information in the bottom of the window to see the drive format
What is it?

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