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I'm trying to transfer my videos to an external hard drive and to drop box. My HD is a Western Digital 3 TB one I use as a cloud drive to stream on the go and to my smart TV. They keep changing format.

I need them to retain their video formats so devices like my phone, TV and others can still play them.

How can I stop them from changing? How can I transfer them properly to my HD and Dropbox?

I am not allowed to post pictures yet, so I can't show you what it looks like lol.

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  • What do you mean by "binary files"?
    – Pilot6
    May 31, 2015 at 11:31
  • It's what it says under properties.
    – Carbunkel
    May 31, 2015 at 11:32
  • And what is the problem? Can you watch these videos? Did you try to open them by some media player like VLC?
    – Pilot6
    May 31, 2015 at 11:34
  • They become un readable from their new locations. They're not even considered media files. VLC won't even try to open it. In its original location works perfectly fine though.
    – Carbunkel
    May 31, 2015 at 11:37
  • Type: Binary (application/octet-stream) that's what it says under properties instead of MP4 or AVI like they used to be.
    – Carbunkel
    May 31, 2015 at 11:38

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If the extension has changed, then change it back to what it was originally. See if it plays then.

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  • Thanks. Got it sorted. You were right and it was trying to use apple protocols for some godless reason.
    – Carbunkel
    May 31, 2015 at 15:35

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