External HDD

seekdestroy · 9 Sep 2008 at 17:34

Hey, i was wondering if you guys could help me, ive started getting a lot of HD films, 4-12gb in size, and ive been playing them on my PS3. I have a mkv splitter, and i have been splitting them into 2gb files so that they can fit on my memory stick. But its getting annoying waiting 5 minutes to write onto it, then 2 minutes to copy to ps3 then do that about 4 times per film. So i thought it would be a good idea buying an external hdd which i can plug into my computer (i have external sata ports on my pc) then plug into my ps3 so i can just read films off or copy them over (so will have to be usb). Do you guys have any ideas of which hdd's r the best? I've never had an external hdd so i dont know which one's r good or not, your advice will be appreciated

ThundyCat · 9 Sep 2008 at 17:53

Hi m8 I have just ordered this,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...Drive XXS 250GB USB 2.0 Portable Drive (31256)

Good value for money imo gonna use it to do the same as yourself.

fobose · 9 Sep 2008 at 18:26

Its only got one year warranty though? This seagate one is the same price and has a 5 year warranty:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...SB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive (ST902503FGD1E1-RK)

Depends if you like the look of it or not. You could always build your own with this 2.5" caddie:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...osure IB-290StUS-B 2.5" eSATA + USB 2.0 Combo

and add a hard drive of your choice. I have seen the Western Digital 250GB 2.5" going for £44 with free delivery :O

superfly · 10 Sep 2008 at 10:50

ive got myself a a icybox esata with a 750 samsung for that kind of thing

bobby_valentino · 10 Sep 2008 at 15:05

seekdestroy said:
Hey, i was wondering if you guys could help me, ive started getting a lot of HD films, 4-12gb in size, and ive been playing them on my PS3. I have a mkv splitter, and i have been splitting them into 2gb files so that they can fit on my memory stick. But its getting annoying waiting 5 minutes to write onto it, then 2 minutes to copy to ps3 then do that about 4 times per film. So i thought it would be a good idea buying an external hdd which i can plug into my computer (i have external sata ports on my pc) then plug into my ps3 so i can just read films off or copy them over (so will have to be usb). Do you guys have any ideas of which hdd's r the best? I've never had an external hdd so i dont know which one's r good or not, your advice will be appreciated

Hey, I use a program called mkv2vob to convert all the MKVs to .mpg which does not degrate the quality at all, and stream it to the PS3 via WMP 11. You will need the PS3 and the PC to be connected via ethernet if you want to play 25gb+ streams without any hiccups/jitters. This setup works perfect, and you wont need any external hard drives or memory cards.

seekdestroy · 10 Sep 2008 at 16:29

Yeah i use mkv2vob to make them playable on the ps3, i've tried streaming before, but when streaming HD films at 1mb/s it can be a pain in the ass, much better to write it to something and read it off

bobby_valentino · 10 Sep 2008 at 16:43

Or you can just copy the file to the PS3's hard drive and play it off that. Streaming its just a b***h with very large files. Cant wait until 802.11n is fully implented, but for now Ethernet all the way!

seekdestroy · 10 Sep 2008 at 16:59

when u say fully implented, u mean when the ps3 has 802.11n? they should have added wireless n when they first made it. are there any usb adapters that work?

bobby_valentino · 10 Sep 2008 at 17:17

What i mean is that when 802.11n is fully ratified by IEEE (officially anonouced and no beta version's etc...) and all the devices that come equipped after this has happend then this will allow greater bandwidth to be exchanged (typically around 70mbps).