Phonetically Phamous (dice said:
What would I need to do to my drive to make it work? I have a few sitting around I dont mind wiping one if thats all it takes
The only way to make it work is to convert it to FAT32 which isn’t compatible with video files larger than 4GB. Almost all HD movies are 8+ GB, with bluray rips often reaching 15-20GB.
You basically can’t play HD movies from a USB drive, period.