Playing movies off usb

Hi there and thank you in advance.

I have movie files on a usb that is formated in FAT32. When I try to play the movie file on the computer and It won't play. Tried vlc and windows media player and nothing. I am running windows 7. I also copied and pasted a file to my desktop and nothing.

 

I'm helping my brother with this issue. I asked him to check what type of extension are the files in. I'll post back as soon as I here back from him. Thanks

 

Have they worked before on this PC? You may need a codec pack, what does it do exactly? Media Player launches and errors? only plays audio?

 

If the files are not playing from a USB stick or the PC, then the format isn't supported. And if VLC media player doesn't play them, you'll probably need a codec pack - like foogoo suggested.

Download MediaInfo, export the info and post it.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/mediainfo_lite.html

 

IFO file. When the media player is launched nothing happens

 

An IFO file is a DVD Information file.

Wikipedia.

IFO files don't contain any video. Look for VOB files.

 

Sorry how do I find out? Right click and view properties?

 

Look in the folder where the video files are. The VOB file contains the video. I play them with Media Player Classic - Black Edition.

 

Ok I'll let him take a look and I reply tomorrow, Thx

 

sorry..it's taking a while..he was having problems dl media info lite for some reason...I will walk him through it this afternoon so I can post for him. He said he doesn't see anything other ifo file.

 

He was able to play the movies with media player blk Ed. Still waiting for the media info lite file. He also asks.. Now that i can open it with that player , how do i play the stick in another device or edit movie maker?

 

To download MediaInfo Lite, just click on the first Download@MajorGeeks - just below DOWNLOAD LOCATIONS.
Here's the link again.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/mediainfo_lite.html

If he wants to play the file from a USB stick on any PC, he'll need a portable media player like VLC media player.
Here's the link to all the downloads.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
Select either 7zip package or Zip package. Extract the files to the USB stick where the video files are located.

As for editing the files, forget about Movie Maker - it only supports Windows formats. I doubt he'll find a professional portable video editor.
Here's a list on MajorGeeks.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/mg/sortlicense/video_editors.html

 

Attached is the medialite file

He is only able to open the movie file with media player classic blk ed. Vlc wont play it. I think he also wants to be able to play it from a dvd player through the usb port

 

Try the very similar portable Media Player Classic - Home Cinema. Both MPC-HC and MPC-BE are based on MPC.
http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/mpc-hc-portable

As for playing it from a DVD player through a USB port, forget it.
He'll have to connect the DVD player to a graphics card.

 

OK thanks, I'll let him know.. I think he has a few more questions. I will post tomorrow either way

 

Thanks again for your help.