Help on PS3

doggie750
doggie750 Posts: 1,160
edited March 2010 in The Clubhouse
How to play music/ movies from my passport drive. It aint reading it and I hate to buy medial players such as the WD and ASUS. Please advice. I believe there's a way to make PS3 recognize the external drive. :confused::confused::confused:
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited March 2010
    must be formatted in fat i believe and stored in appropriate folder structure.



    The directories should look like:

    /MUSIC
    /PICTURE
    /VIDEO
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  • doggie750
    doggie750 Posts: 1,160
    edited March 2010
    I heard that FAT would be limited and NTFS would be the right route for this. Still surfing the net for answers .........:confused:
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited March 2010
    PS3 as far as I know will ONLY recognize FAT32. Bruss' answer was exactly the way I understand it as well.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited March 2010
    doggie750 wrote: »
    I heard that FAT would be limited and NTFS would be the right route for this. Still surfing the net for answers .........:confused:

    I really don't think Fat32 would be in any way limited. Most USB flash drives are formatted in Fat321 and I"ve never noticed any limitation with them. Just hook it up to your computer an do a fat32 format and then plug it in and see what happens. You got nothing to lose:)
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  • doggie750
    doggie750 Posts: 1,160
    edited March 2010
    ok so far I found this site and it's pretty helpful to those who are inline with meh. CHEERS.

    http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Play-MKV-Files-On-Playstation-3
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited March 2010
    Lorthos wrote: »
    I really don't think Fat32 would be in any way limited. Most USB flash drives are formatted in Fat321 and I"ve never noticed any limitation with them. Just hook it up to your computer an do a fat32 format and then plug it in and see what happens. You got nothing to lose:)

    I think once you get a file over 4GB you start having issues.


    It is far easier to run ps3MediaServer on a workstation and stream it to the ps3. You can even leave your external plugged in to the workstation with a NTFS formated partition. Not really wireless friendly though.. YMMV
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited March 2010
    bruss wrote: »
    I think once you get a file over 4GB you start having issues.


    It is far easier to run ps3MediaServer on a workstation and stream it to the ps3. You can even leave your external plugged in to the workstation with a NTFS formated partition. Not really wireless friendly though.. YMMV

    Okay, would work okay for music files was what I was thinking. The op will have to elaborate a little on the movies hes trying to access....
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited March 2010
    Lorthos wrote: »
    Okay, would work okay for music files was what I was thinking. The op will have to elaborate a little on the movies hes trying to access....


    Yeah as far as the formatting and file structure ive never seen it read a external hanging off it any other way.
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  • grimmace19
    grimmace19 Posts: 1,429
    edited March 2010
    I think you might be over thinking things. When I plug mine in (for music) go to the music option and find your hard drive... then hit TRIANGLE and select display all... the files should pop up. Same goes with video. Dont just hit X....

    Hope this helps.
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  • doggie750
    doggie750 Posts: 1,160
    edited March 2010
    grimmace19 wrote: »
    I think you might be over thinking things. When I plug mine in (for music) go to the music option and find your hard drive... then hit TRIANGLE and select display all... the files should pop up. Same goes with video. Dont just hit X....

    Hope this helps.


    @ Grimmace19: what video file format do you have? AVI?
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  • doggie750
    doggie750 Posts: 1,160
    edited March 2010
    bruss wrote: »
    I think once you get a file over 4GB you start having issues.


    It is far easier to run ps3MediaServer on a workstation and stream it to the ps3. You can even leave your external plugged in to the workstation with a NTFS formated partition. Not really wireless friendly though.. YMMV

    Will try it once I get home......THANKs BRUSS

    is this the correct link...?
    http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/
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    Wsrn:Hitachi ultra vision LCD60, 32XBR400
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited March 2010
    doggie750 wrote: »
    Will try it once I get home......THANKs BRUSS

    is this the correct link...?
    http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/

    I don't remember the correct link...this player is FREE from GOOGLE....so you can go to Google and find it! I use this as well and it works fine...no trouble with movies over 4 gig stored as ISO files on your hard drive. The important thing for film and video is that your wireless or internet access is FAST enough or else things will stutter!

    I've got myself one terabyte waiting for me on my return from the Far East!


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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited March 2010
    doggie750 wrote: »
    Will try it once I get home......THANKs BRUSS

    is this the correct link...?
    http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/


    This is the correct link..

    http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/
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