How to record from a TV to a USB flash drive?

With the advent of Smart TV on the electronics market, a unique opportunity has appeared at any time without any difficulty to record the necessary video material broadcasted on TV. The recording procedure is pretty simple if you have a clear idea of ​​how to do it correctly and follow all the necessary instructions.

There are often situations when there is an interesting program or very important news on TV that you want to watch, but the busy schedule does not coincide with the TV broadcast. For such cases, Smart TV manufacturers came up with such an important option as transferring video from the screen to an external storage device.

Thanks to this useful feature Now you can easily record and transfer your favorite TV show, interesting movie or exciting video to your USB drive. Of course, with the advent of the Internet in our lives, the need to constantly monitor a new film or unusual video on TV has disappeared. Everything that was missed can always be found using a computer or telephone with Internet access.

Before you start recording the desired fragment of video from the TV screen, you must select the correct USB flash drive. This is quite easy to do, given the two main requirements that are imposed on it to carry out this action:

• formatting in the FAT32 system;
• the volume of the media must be no more than 4 GB.

If you do not take these two conditions into account, you will have to face unpleasant consequences:

• the TV simply will not be able to detect the flash drive;
• the recording will be carried out, but playback of the recorded will be impossible;
• if the recorded video will be broadcast, then it will be without sound or with a floating image.

Preparation for copying is to check if the selected flash drive is compatible with the TV. To do this, in the menu of the latter, you should find the Source button and click on it. Next, select the item "USB", and then - "Tools". In the same window, you can format the storage device using Smart HUB, if necessary. After all these manipulations, you can start recording video.

In order to record on a USB flash drive from the TV, you must perform the following sequence of actions:

• insert the flash drive into the corresponding slot on the TV case;
• using the remote control, press the button with the wheel;
• find the "Record" option and click on it;
• select the function "Stop recording" after its completion.

On Smart TVs, programs are recorded to the USB drive after the Time Machine utility is installed. With its help it becomes possible:

• configure recording according to a set schedule;
• to play back the copied video without the use of additional devices;
• show recorded content in reverse order in real time (this option is called Live Playback).

But Time Machine also has a number of features:

• receiving a signal from a satellite antenna, this option may not be available;
• also, recording will not be possible if the broadcast signal is encrypted by the provider.

Let's consider setting up flash recording on TV devices of LG and Samsung brands. LG:

• insert the storage device into the electrical connector on the TV panel (back) and initialize it;
• find the "Schedule Manager", after which - the required channel;
• set the duration of the recording, as well as the date, time when the program or film will be broadcast;
• choose one of two items: one-time or periodic recording;
• press "Record";
• after finishing in the menu select the item "Stop recording".

To view the fragment obtained during recording, you will need to go to the "Recorded Programs" tab.

Samsung:

• in the system settings of the TV we find "Multimedia" / "Photo, video, music" and click on this item;
• find the option "Recorded TV program";
• we connect the media to the TV connector;
• in the window that appears, we confirm the process of its formatting;
• select the parameters.

See below for how to record channels to USB.