USB Stick FAT32

JoeBoi · 29 Apr 2009 at 22:51

Ok so I plan on buying a decent sized USB stick to transfer some HD files too my PS3 since I cannot stream them at this moment in time, I've got a 8gb file but to my understanding Fat 32 doesn't support anything over 4gb now does this include a file that is already on there I.E if I was to have winrar split the files into chunks then unzip it on the USB stick will it work and have the 8gb file on there ready too transfer over?

Thanks JoeBoi

yashiro · 29 Apr 2009 at 22:57

That wont work.

JoeBoi · 29 Apr 2009 at 22:58

Ok thanks for the fast reply mate, back to the drawing board

geuben · 29 Apr 2009 at 22:59

How about formatting your usb stick to NTFS? or will the PS3 not read that?

JoeBoi · 30 Apr 2009 at 06:26

I've heard the PS3 cannot read NTFS file format so I'm bit stuck trying to get the file across.

Nick1881 · 30 Apr 2009 at 08:54

can the Ps3 do exFAT?

Jamesdavid3 · 30 Apr 2009 at 10:11

you can use USB sticks with the PS3 tho, my mate uses her for installing her updates

Liquidfox · 30 Apr 2009 at 10:29

EDIT: Stupid reading skills...

Guessing PS3 doesn't support Zip files then?

monkehhh · 30 Apr 2009 at 11:30

The PS3 (and 360) are pretty crippled when it comes to large files, external drives, video support, subtitles, etc.. can be a pain to work with.

JoeBoi, what format is the HD stuff, .mkv? If so you'll need to perform a conversion before the PS3 will play it - something like mkv2vob that can do this will also have an option to split the video into parts that'll be supported on FAT32 (ie. less than 4GB). You can transfer the parts onto your USB stick then, you'll just have a pause half way through watching anything over 4GB as you choose the next file.