USB-C pen drive - MXplayer and VLC can't see the videos - Asus ZenFone 3 Questions & Answers

Hello,
I have a Asus Zenfone 3 (ZE552KL) running stock firmware with version 8.0.0 (WW_15.0410.1807.72_0) and I have a pen drive USB-C from sandisk. When I connect the pendrive it is detected and I can use file explorer to see it's contents and even play the video one by one but when i run VLC or MXplayer that usually detects the folders with videos and can run all the videos successively they can't "see" the folders and videos. Is there anything that can be done to make them visible?
Thank you,
Vitor

vitorjcc said:
Hello,
I have a Asus Zenfone 3 (ZE552KL) running stock firmware with version 8.0.0 (WW_15.0410.1807.72_0) and I have a pen drive USB-C from sandisk. When I connect the pendrive it is detected and I can use file explorer to see it's contents and even play the video one by one but when i run VLC or MXplayer that usually detects the folders with videos and can run all the videos successively they can't "see" the folders and videos. Is there anything that can be done to make them visible?
Thank you,
Vitor
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Did you try reopening VLC app?
If the problem still persists, You have to report it on ZenTalk because ASUS Representatives will help you with that.

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I am rooted, and the drive is FAT32 (if that matters). However, a custom ROM/kernel is 100% necessary? In that case, what will I have to do to play videos? Will the players and file managers not have issues reading the drive and playing them?
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Dont need to be rooted. Use nexus media importer and then chose which program to play videos with. I use a nightly build of vlc.
May need to be NTFS think i read that somewhere.
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Nitemare3219 said:
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What I found was that I had to use ES File Explorer with Stick mount for the best results. Usually is use FX File Explorer, but I had to open the app THEN mount my drive for it to show anything on the drive.
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