How To Download Google Play Movies To Sd Card

Rejoice, you can download Netflix movies and TV shows to watch offline. Unfortunately, it only downloads to your built-in storage by default, which can lead to some slow, cluttered phones. If you’d rather use the extra space on your SD card for all those Stranger Things episodes, here’s how.

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But there is no way to specify that downloads from Google Play TV/Movies save to my SD card. I also like to download movies onto SD cards for watching. I am going on a trip in the near future and I wanted some movies on my tablet. I downloaded several movies via Google Play onto my tablet and because I wanted to save space on my internal memory I managed to move the movie files onto the external sd card. The movies will not play now though. The first few seconds of the movies play and then. Open the Google Play Movies & TV app. Tap Menu Settings Manage downloads. Note: On certain devices, you can choose to download videos to internal storage or an SD card in the app's Settings menu by tapping Storage. Videos downloaded to an SD card can't be transferred to another device. On an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Jul 27, 2016 - I am trying to purchase shows/movies from Google Play and TV to watch. I open My Files to try and transfer them to the SD Card, but can't for. You could check your 'Google Play' to see where it is set to download things to. My newest problem is I can't play my videos from my SD card (that I recorded). Works fine on my XP machine. I get code C00D11B1. Cant play my videos from my SD card in media player C00D11B1. Plays fine on my xp machine and will play in movie maker on windows 7. Sorry its media player 12.

Method #1: Copy Everything to Your SD Card Manually

The safest way to copy Netflix videos to your SD card is also the most tedious. When Netflix downloads a movie, it’s stored in a nondescript folder on your phone’s built-in storage. You can copy these to your SD card temporarily to save space, but you’ll need to copy them back whenever you want to watch them. Still, it’s a handy way to store extra movies or shows for later, like a long flight or car trip when you’ll have nothing else to do.

When you download movies or TV shows to your phone, the files on your device won’t have descriptive names, so you’re not going to get BojackHorseman_S01_E01 or anything. Instead, you’ll see a folder with a long, seemingly-random number. If you want to keep a tidy, organized library, download one episode or movie at a time and follow these steps:

Open your preferred file manager (we recommend Solid Explorer.)
Turn on the option to show hidden files and folders, if you haven’t already. (To do this in Solid Explorer, tap the menu button while browsing, tap “Folder options” then check “Show hidden files.”)
Navigate to Device Storage > Android > data > com.netflix.mediaclient > files > Download > .of
Here you’ll see a folder named with a string of numbers. Long-press the folder and tap the scissors icon to cut it to the clipboard.
Slide out the left-hand panel in Solid Explorer and tap your SD card.
Navigate to the folder you want to store the files in. Tap the circular clipboard icon in the lower-right corner to paste the files.
Rename the numbered Netflix folder to add the name of the movie or TV show you just downloaded to the end, but do not delete the number. You’ll need this later.
When you want to watch your movie or TV show again, copy the folder back to its original location in step 3. Delete the label you added earlier so only the number remains.

If you rename or change any of the files in the .of folder, Netflix won’t recognize or play them. You can add labels while you store them on your SD card temporarily, but you’ll need to put every file and folder back where you found it with exactly the same names. Admittedly, this process is cumbersom—and Netflix might issue an update that blocks it entirely—but it does allow you to store a lot more downloads than you can fit on your internal storage.

If you have an OTG cable—like this one you can buy for less than $5—you can use this same process to store files on flash drives or even external hard drives. If you’re going to go this route, though, your drive will need to use the exFAT file system. If you’re not familiar with it, we explain what it is and how to use it here. This isn’t exactly a convenient way to store movies, but if you already have a properly formatted drive and you want to save some shows for a road trip, this is a handy workaround.

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Method #2: Set Up Your SD Card As Shared Storage

Technically, Netflix stores downloaded movies on what’s called your “primary shared storage.” By default, that means your phone’s built-in storage, but you can let your phone “adopt” an SD card to make that space even bigger.

There are a few downsides to this method. First, this will reformat your SD card. Before you proceed, you’ll need to back up anything that’s on your SD card. If you’ve already installed apps to your SD card, you should move them back to your phone’s storage for now and back up any data (like photos) in those apps that you can’t recover later. Ideally, you’d follow these steps with a fresh SD card.

Second, this can slow your whole phone down if you’re using a slow SD card. Internal storage is faster than some SD cards. When you force apps to install on the card, you can make them slower to launch or run because it takes longer to read that data. Make sure you’re using a fast SD card (like a Class 6 card) if you don’t want to take a performance hit.

Finally, once you adopt an SD card, you should never remove it. Android will treat your SD card like it’s part of your phone’s built-in storage space. That means important files will be stored on your card and you can break things if you remove it. If you go this route, be prepared to treat that SD card like it can’t be removed from your phone.

All that said, to turn your SD card into adopted storage, follow these steps:

Insert your SD card into your device. If it’s already inserted, remove it then reinsert it.
A notification will appear indicating a new drive is detected. Tap “Set Up” in this notification.
Tap “Use as internal storage.” This step will erase the SD card.
You’ll now be prompted to move extra data to your new storage. You can do this now, or do it later under Settings > Storage > SD Card > Migrate Data

You can choose to do step 4 later, but you’ll probably want to do it before downloading Netflix movies and TV shows. After you adopt the SD card into your built-in storage, Android will treat it like one big drive. All your apps will start using the space on your SD card seamlessly, including Netflix. You won’t even notice a difference as you download every single season of Orange Is the New Black.

Hi Riverfurm,

-What is the format of the video you’re trying to play?

-Does the error occur only when trying to play videos from Secure Digital (SD) card?

To answer your question, firstly, Windows 7 comes with Windows Media Player 12, by default.

Please refer the following Microsoft article and install the hotfix to fix the issue:

The video part of a media file cannot be played back when you use Windows Media Player 12 to play the media file in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

Important Note The hotfix 981880 is applicable only to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Install the hotfix only if the symptoms mentioned in the article match with that on your computer.

With respect to the printer issue, I’d recommend you to re-post your question in the Windows 7 Hardware and Drivers forum.

Gokul - Microsoft Support
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Its an ASF file, plays fine on my xp machine and will play in movie maker on windows 7. Sorry its media player 12. Downloaded Play it all software it plays fine. Why are all these fixes out there?

I have not used it to play any other video files. I have a video camera that records in HD I think MPEG4. I hope it works.

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