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Movies on a USB drive? Play them on your Android TV

Plug your USB flash drive or hard drive into your Android TV, open AppDesta and go to the USB Drive tab. Browse the folders with your remote and press play. It all works offline.

Desta’s family watches a movie from a USB drive on the sofa with popcorn

How it works

  1. Desta runs to the TV holding a USB drive
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    Bring your USB

    Put your movies or music on a USB flash drive or hard drive.
  2. A USB drive being plugged into the TV
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    Plug it into the TV

    Plug the drive into your Android TV and open AppDesta. If Android asks, allow AppDesta to open the drive.
  3. The AppDesta TV app showing the folders on a USB drive
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    Pick and play

    Open the USB Drive tab, browse the folders with your remote and press play.

Watch Desta show you

Short videos, light on data. They only load when you press play.

USB movie night (0.3 MB)

No internet needed

Videos play straight from the drive. Nothing is uploaded or copied, and the TV doesn’t need to be online.

Remote lost again?

Use your phone as the remote for the AppDesta TV app.

Questions

Which TVs work?
Android TV and Google TV with a USB port and AppDesta installed.
Which files play?
Common video and audio files such as MP4 and MP3. What plays can also depend on your TV.

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