PS3 Media Capabilities

Sem · 28 Mar 2008 at 20:14

I am thinking of buying a PS3 tomorrow

i will use it to play some games but i am mainly buying it as BD player/divx player

from what i understand the latest PS3 firmware now allows divx/xvids

so will all i need to do is connect to my ps3 from my pc and drag and drop the files over then play it from the xmb?

or will i need to stream the media over like on the 360

also how does the ps3 interface with your pc can i just connect it via usb or ethernet then be able to see on the files/folders kind of like a PSP?

thanks just wanted to be 100% before i buy

tr6richp · 28 Mar 2008 at 20:50

You'll have to stream it. WMP11 in Vista will do it when you enable media sharing.

Fr0dders · 28 Mar 2008 at 20:58

Sem said:
so will all i need to do is connect to my ps3 from my pc and drag and drop the files over then play it from the xmb?

or will i need to stream the media over like on the 360

you could get an external USB hard drive and drag and drop to that, then connect the USB hard drive to the PS3. Providing the USB drive is formatted in FAT32 this will work flawlessly

or you can stream it as mentioned

but you cant drag and drop directly to the PS3.

Tombo · 28 Mar 2008 at 21:00

You can copy the files over to the PS3 if it's a format it supports.

CliffyBiro · 28 Mar 2008 at 21:01

Or an alternative for moving big files would be to remove the PS3 HDD and connect it directly to your PC, then replace it when files have been transferred.

nichorob · 28 Mar 2008 at 21:04

Isnt there a 4Gb file limit? For everything other than streaming of course.

Fr0dders · 28 Mar 2008 at 21:08

Frank Butcher said:
Isnt there a 4Gb file limit? For everything other than streaming of course.

i believe there was a 2 gig limit per file limit that was removed last update, didnt read anywhere it increased to 4gb though ?

nichorob · 28 Mar 2008 at 21:11

I thought I read that 4Gb was the file size limit for a FAT32 hard disk. I maybe wrong.

ic1male · 28 Mar 2008 at 21:15

4GB is the size limit for a file on a FAT32 disk. There was an artificial 2GB limit on WMV/DivX files which has now been removed.

Sem · 28 Mar 2008 at 21:15

Tombo said:
You can copy the files over to the PS3 if it's a format it supports.

when i connect the ps3 to my pc will it show up in explorer as a drive or some kind of media device

can you browse and does it have folders like video, audio, savegames etc

if yes im guessing that i can copy over a avi file from my pc and put it in the video folder and as long as its a format in this list

it should play ok?

Fr0dders · 28 Mar 2008 at 21:21

ic1male said:
4GB is the size limit for a file on a FAT32 disk. There was an artificial 2GB limit on WMV/DivX files which has now been removed.

thanks for clarifying that

none of the press releases said "the file limit has changed from 2 to 4" just said the 2gb limit had been removed. Should have researched Fat32 more thoroughly

Needles · 28 Mar 2008 at 22:44

Frank Butcher said:
I thought I read that 4Gb was the file size limit for a FAT32 hard disk. I maybe wrong.

PS3 internal HDD is not formatted in FAT32, so this problem does not effect it as you can copy files to the ps3 directly from your pc using the media streaming function.

Tombo · 28 Mar 2008 at 22:59

You'd need to put it on a Memory stick, DVD or copy it from a media server like tversity.