Preparing the SD Card - FreeYourStream/freedeck-wiki GitHub Wiki

Recommendation

For convenience, we recommend a max. 32GB SD Card as Windows won't format SD Cards bigger than 32GB as FAT32. If you still want to use a bigger one, use the workaround provided below. ADVANCED USERS ONLY

FAT32

You need to format your SD Card as FAT32. Nothing more is necessary. If you don't know how to do it on your OS, you should find a tutorial on YouTube.

Workaround for larger SD Cards

:warning: This is for advanced users only! Important data could be lost if not done right!

By removing any volumes on the SD Card and creating a small 1GB to 32GB volume it is possible to format it as FAT32. The config file will then be stored on that volume.

Here is how to do it on a Windows machine:

  1. Launch Disk Management by pressing Windows + R and typing diskmgmt.msc into the run box

  2. :warning: Data loss possible! Please be careful!: Find the plugged-in SD Card and delete the volume

  3. Create a new simple volume with a size between 1GB and 32GB. We recommend 4GB (4096 MB).

    • Click through the wizard until you can enter the size of the volume (4096 MB). If you want to use another size than 4GB just enter 1024 * GB into the field.
    • The drive letter does not matter
    • Select FAT32 as the file system and complete the wizard

You can now use the 4GB volume to save your config file!