best format for USB delivery

Tom Van den Berghe · May 11th, 2019, 11:01 AM

update: made a new usb stick with the same files made by handbrake.
Went to the client and it worked!

At home I tried that bad usb stick. And yes, only chapter 1 played on my tv and on my pc.

When I inserted the stick in pc it detected a problem. after I did a scan, removed all the files and copied 1 chapter and this time it worked.

Maybe there was a problem in the beginning and I ignored it, don't remember it.

Tom Van den Berghe · June 14th, 2025, 05:45 AM

I see my last reply was about 6 years ago. I still deliver to usb 2.0 but tis time I have glitches in the video files when playing it.

I saw to speed was dropping from 6 MB/S to sometimes zero. Maybe a bad flash drive.

But the question is: do you still deliver in fat32 these days. I read that NTFS is "much" faster then FAT32 on a flash drive.

Tony Neal · June 16th, 2025, 12:49 PM

Sounds like a bad drive. I have been delivering MP4 on NTFS formatted USB drives for a couple of years now and not had any problems from any of my customers. I've been using Kingston 64GB drives which I can buy from a local supplier for around £3-£4 each. They are cheap but fast enough to play back 4K at around 30mb/s. I produce recordings of stage shows, and 64GB allows me to deliver an edited version of the show and also a 4K wide view of the show for anyone with a large 4K TV. It also gives me scope to experiment with HDR in h.265 in the future.

May 11th, 2019, 11:01 AM	#46
Tom Van den Berghe Major Player Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: BELGIUM Posts: 407	Re: best format for USB delivery update: made a new usb stick with the same files made by handbrake. Went to the client and it worked! At home I tried that bad usb stick. And yes, only chapter 1 played on my tv and on my pc. When I inserted the stick in pc it detected a problem. after I did a scan, removed all the files and copied 1 chapter and this time it worked. Maybe there was a problem in the beginning and I ignored it, don't remember it.

June 14th, 2025, 05:45 AM	#47
Tom Van den Berghe Major Player Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: BELGIUM Posts: 407	Re: best format for USB delivery I see my last reply was about 6 years ago. I still deliver to usb 2.0 but tis time I have glitches in the video files when playing it. I saw to speed was dropping from 6 MB/S to sometimes zero. Maybe a bad flash drive. But the question is: do you still deliver in fat32 these days. I read that NTFS is "much" faster then FAT32 on a flash drive.

June 16th, 2025, 12:49 PM	#48
Tony Neal Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fareham, UK Posts: 161	Re: best format for USB delivery Sounds like a bad drive. I have been delivering MP4 on NTFS formatted USB drives for a couple of years now and not had any problems from any of my customers. I've been using Kingston 64GB drives which I can buy from a local supplier for around £3-£4 each. They are cheap but fast enough to play back 4K at around 30mb/s. I produce recordings of stage shows, and 64GB allows me to deliver an edited version of the show and also a 4K wide view of the show for anyone with a large 4K TV. It also gives me scope to experiment with HDR in h.265 in the future.