external CD/DVD Drive

[nick789uk]

Hi everyone just like to say a big thanks for the help so far but I was woundering was it possible to connect an external CD/DVD drive via USB to my flytouch tablet.

 

[tbod]

Hi everyone just like to say a big thanks for the help so far but I was woundering was it possible to connect an external CD/DVD drive via USB to my flytouch tablet.

Tim's latest firmware has support for the iso filesystem so I would imagine the answer would be yes.

All we need is for some kind soul with a USB CD / DVD drive to plug it in and confirm or deny.

Any takers?

Regards
tbod

 

[dart16]

Tim's latest firmware has support for the iso filesystem so I would imagine the answer would be yes.

All we need is for some kind soul with a USB CD / DVD drive to plug it in and confirm or deny.

Any takers?

Regards
tbod

yes and no.... kind soul - yes, working cd/dvd - no

I have a lite-on DCD/CD Rewriteable external drive, model eZAU120..the tablet didn't even sniff at it when I plugged it in...not detecting the hardware being connected......nothing...

 

[poseidon1703]

Hello
I have tried to use a brand new CD/DVD drive with a USB power cable and USB data cable that works perfectly with windows 7 , on to a Superpad III , but nothing happened , no even a noise of detection , but the deck opened , then I put the cd and just make some noise like connect and stop for a while and stops , the same with DVD , so I am wondering if I will be able to find drivers for it to work on Android 2.2
for now my first try , I hope news or better if I find how to do it ....

 

[lfc4ever]

Flytouch/Superpad does not have inbuilt cd dvd rom drivers, so it cannot do the usb handshake necessary to communicate with each other to identify the hardware to the flytouch.

I doubt it will ever work with these models, we may have to wait for more advanced models or for the factories to release the source code - by which time the models will be seriously outdated anyway.

 

[vulcanize]

Even though this thread is over a year old thought my experience would probably a best fit in here.
I have an old external dvd writer (CompUsa) lying in storage that I hooked up to my Nexus 7 and the app Nexus Media importer recognizes it too.
But that is where it all stops and nothing else going forward since holding down the eject button for a while does nothing to this generic dvd-writer to make the necessary FAT32 transition.
File manager is also able to see it in dev/usb but since there is no way to convert the file systems am unsure as to how to proceed without a driver for android.
Knew it would not work and thought I will just put it up here if anyone can think of any work around.


The inspiration for this experiment was an article on the web (and the thread by bubbles money in xda)

Connect a portable DVD player to Android USB OTG device without rooting

 

[Trlinde]

Bought a cheap $5 DVD/CD reader/burner and yes, the Toshiba AT300 can see it, and that's about all.
So for now, no burning DVDs with your tablet.