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EnTerr's avatar
EnTerr
Roku Guru
9 years ago

fw7.5 "live TV pause" => i can haz Write access to USB drive now?

My impression in the past was that USB storage gets mounted only real-only on Roku. This however must have changed for the new rOS 7.5, since the "Live TV Pause" feature will be writing to said external storage.

Which brings my question - can 3rd party devs now do the same?
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  • RokuKC's avatar
    RokuKC
    Roku Employee
    9 years ago
    "EnTerr" wrote:
    My impression in the past was that USB storage gets mounted only real-only on Roku. This however must have changed for the new rOS 7.5, since the "Live TV Pause" feature will be writing to said external storage.

    Which brings my question - can 3rd party devs now do the same?

    User-formatted drives are still read-only.  Live TV Pause requires a dedicated USB drive which is re-formatted by the Roku for feature-specific use.  That USB drive can't be used for any other purpose (unless/until it is removed and re-formatted by the user externally).
    • jalig92's avatar
      jalig92
      Newbie
      6 years ago

      Is there anyway to view the video saved on the USB drive if removed from the TV?