Calling all PS3 guru's , need some help please
 

I am tryin to figure out how to play a video file on my PS3. Is there a certain conversion program I need to use to make it playable from a USB stick? I already know that the stick has to be formatted to Fat32 & have done that already.

it doesnt play any of the HD formats that you download online. i think AVI and mpeg only

According to all the info I have found so far the video file has to be converted to a PS3 MP4 format. I have the files in both AVI. & MP4. But neither work.

Why not make a media server on your PC then you wouldn't have to put your files in your USB.

If I knew how to do that too I would, just a welder not a techie :lol: My PC does show up on the PS3 but the files that show up will not play.

goto ps3mediaserver.org. if your file isn't playing, could it be that you havent updated your ps3 yet?

My boy updated it a couple nights ago.

does the usb show up at all? does it show up empty? I had the same problem, but found that you need to press the triangle to "show all" and then I could play .avi and such... might work for you....

Steve

It does show up but when I hit the triangle it sits there forever & doesn't show anything. It should show up within a few minutes, right? When I back out of the USB it freezes up for a few minutes as well.

try to put the videos under a folder.

I GOT IT WHOOOOOOOHOOOOOO!! Now I am wiped out and going to bed, I will tell you what I did tomorrow or should I say latter today. :biggrin:

MaxWell you got me on the track to getting this figured out sorta :lol:

I took the file with all the .AVI & put them in to my Video folder in my documents, then found the folder in my PS3 video folder.

But I found out that it stream perfectly is both PS3 & PC are hard wired to my router.

glad I could help.

Yes & thanks! Now I can watch Sons of Anarchy season 4 :biggrin: