Quick PS3 question

Andybtsn · 5 Sep 2009 at 18:18

Guys, I have a 40gb PS3.

If I have an AVI video file, can I stick on a USB hard drive, plug into PS3 and watch it?

Ascendancy · 5 Sep 2009 at 18:19

Yup.

Needs to be in a folder /VIDEO/ and the drive must be FAT32 I think.

Andybtsn · 5 Sep 2009 at 18:23

Thanks bud

ic1male · 5 Sep 2009 at 18:51

Well, only by trying it will you know.

AVI is a container for many different codecs. The PS3 might not like what's inside the AVI...

Wyrdo · 5 Sep 2009 at 19:01

Ascendancy said:
Yup.

Needs to be in a folder /VIDEO/ and the drive must be FAT32 I think.

You sure about the folder? I'm sure I just dumped them onto the top level and they worked fine.

Ascendancy · 5 Sep 2009 at 19:05

Wyrdo said:
You sure about the folder? I'm sure I just dumped them onto the top level and they worked fine.

I was just relaying what a quick Google search told me

It was dated back sometime in '08 though, so maybe recent firmware updates have removed the folder requirement.