Transferring from PC to PS3

Jagi · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:03

I very nearly bought a PS3, but being the tight git that I am I thought i'd read up about it first and I'm glad I did.

Could any PS3 owner or someone who's clued up on this sort of thing verify that there is actually no way to transfer data from your PC hard drive to your PS3 hard-drive? If that's the case Sony has pretty much kissed goodbye to their wad of cash from me, because that's such a basic requirement for me.

james.miller · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:05

for what purpose would you want to do that? if its for music and the like, then get an external drive. job done.

Jagi · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:09

Thanks but you didn't really answer my question.

I watch many series and with my old Xbox I was able to transfer them across the network to the console and watch them on my big TV.

Why should I buy an external hard drive when they're asking £400 for something that's lacking basic functionality?

KNiVES · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:10

Because it's a games console.

If you want music, pictures and videos, you can stream from the PC onto the PS3.

Jagi · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:10

For that price I expected more. The xbox is 'a games' console and it does it just fine.

KNiVES · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:11

The Xbox must be modded in order to play movies and such.

james.miller · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:11

Jagi said:
Thanks but you didn't really answer my question.

I watch many series and with my old Xbox I was able to transfer them across the network to the console and watch them on my big TV.

Why should I buy an external hard drive when they're asking £400 for something that's lacking basic functionality?

ok then.....no. if you want to do that get an external drive.

i bet you upgraded the original hard drive in your xbox, didnt you?

Jagi · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:11

KNiVES said:
If you want music, pictures and videos, you can stream from the PC onto the PS3.

I read that you can't stream stuff from your hard drive to the ps3, that's what i'm asking.

james.miller · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:12

Jagi said:
I read that you can't stream stuff from your hard drive to the ps3, that's what i'm asking.

well thats not what you asked!

yes you can stream

Jagi · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:12

james.miller said:
i bet you upgraded the original hard drive in your xbox, didnt you?

No. Assumption is the mother of all f..ups sir.

Shamikebab · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:13

you can stream, you cant transfer.

KNiVES · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:13

You can. The photos, music and pictures options on the PS3's cross media bar has a 'search for media servers' option. You click this, the PS3 will search the network its on, and if it finds your PC, it can happily access and stream files from the PC that it can play. There are certain movie formats and such that the PS3 will not touch, such as WMV and AVI so make sure you take a look at the playback capabilities as well as what you want to play before buying first

Joebob · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:14

Jagi said:
I read that you can't stream stuff from your hard drive to the ps3, that's what i'm asking.

You can stream stuff though. Was added in a recent firmware update - I have never done it myself but have a mate who has and said it was failry easy to do.

Jagi · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:14

Shamikebab said:
you can stream, you cant transfer.

Thanks for a proper answer, and that completely blows.

james.miller · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:14

Jagi said:
No. Assumption is the mother of all f..ups sir.

the bad assumption was your fault. you mentioned transferring data to the hard drive, not me. lol

Jagi · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:15

Yeah it was my fault you made an assumption, jeeez. You seriously think that a £400 console in this day and age shouldn't be able to transfer files to the hard drive? My modded original xbox could do that. :|

james.miller · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:18

well...yeah. you werent very clear lol

Jagi said:
Could any PS3 owner or someone who's clued up on this sort of thing verify that there is actually no way to transfer data from your PC hard drive to your PS3 hard-drive?.......

...........I watch many series and with my old Xbox I was able to transfer them across the network to the console and watch them on my big TV.

You seriously think that a £400 console in this day and age shouldn't be able to transfer files to the hard drive? My modded original xbox could do that. :|

no, i dont. its a bit unnecessary when you can stream, dont you think?

Jagi · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:22

james.miller said:
i bet you upgraded the original hard drive in your xbox, didnt you?

What are you yammering on about? _THIS_ is the assumption you made and it was completely unrelated to anything that I have said, stop trying to take a dig at my intelligence when you edit every post multiple times, I've got my answer so I'll no longer reply.

james.miller · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:24

what did i edit? my last post? i only changed it from " its not necessary when you can stream, dont you think?" to " its a bit unnecessary....". do you have a problem with me re wording posts to read better?

that last post was the only edit by the way. im not going to take a dig at your intelligence for that one.

Deleted member 651465 · 31 Jul 2007 at 16:30

Get a NAS and stream from there

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