External hard drive copying mp3 files to play on tv
ive looked all over the internet but i cant figure out why my tv doesnt recongise the mp3 files on my external hard drive.
i tested it with one album that was mp3 and it worked but, now that i have copied all my mp3 files to the hard drive and tried to look them up on the tv there is nothing in the folders of the albums?
im not sure if its because i had all my music in one folder and transfered it to my mobile phone. then delted the original foler.
i then took the folder back off my mobile and onto my mac then onto my hard drive. wouldnt that be the cause of the problem?
im using a mac and i have formatted my hard drive to ms-dos(fat32)
and my tv manual tell me it plays mp3 files.
any help would be very greatful.
ot to worry i figured it out!
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