Roku Device Features, Settings & Updates

[MamboKings]

My Roku Ultra does not acknowledge a connected Mac-created HFS+ drive. The Roku Ultra does recognize and display files on a USB thumb drive. That drive has the FAT32 file system on it.

[atc98092]

Per the Roku support page for playing local media, "Roku Media Player supports drives that are formatted with the FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, EXT2, EXT3, and HFS+ file systems."

That said, I've seem more than one Mac user have issues when using HFS+, while NTFS or FAT32 works fine. generally the simplest fix is to just use NTFS. There's apparently a low cost app for the Mac that can create and read/write NTFS, so that's the easiest way to resolve it.

One thing the Roku support page doesn't mention is disc size. Depending on the size of your HFS+ partition that might be an issue. Also, if the drive you're connecting doesn't have external power, that too might cause a problem.

[MamboKings]

atc98092, thanks for your response.

So some folks have had success with HFS+ drives but not all folks? I was also wondering whether there may be any naming restrictions in addition to drive/partition size or whether journaled vs not journaled might be a factor. I would like to stay with HFS+ if I can. My hard drive is 1TB in size. Any pointers to finding a answer is appreciated.

Thanks!

[atc98092]

I wouldn't expect a 1 TB drive to be an issue, but as I mentioned if it's a drive that doesn't have an external power supply that might be an issue. I know next to nothing about a Mac, so I really can't offer much more. Hopefully someone with experience with MacOS can chime in.