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Author Topic: How do you get video files onto the PS3 Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-19-2009 11:59 AM                     I have the 80gb PS3, and can't figure out how to get video files onto it. I plugged in my external HD via the USB connector, but it didn't detect it.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 08-19-2009 01:03 PM                     From "Gamespot" Tip 1. You can do either one of two things here. With the files on your EXT HD, as it is, you can just go to the icon under video, hit triangle, select "display all," and they'll pop up, or... 2. When putting the files onto the drive in the first place, make a file in the root directory called "VIDEO" (all caps w/o the quotation marks) and they'll all just pop up when you plug it into the PS3. sounds easy enough - Monte  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 08-19-2009 03:49 PM                        Yeah, if you have a VIDEO folder on your 8+GB memory card (MUST be in the root directory) and put your files in there and then connect it, they will show up and play directly from the card. Press the triangle button to copy it to the PS3 hard drive if you must. Or you can just stream it from your computer over the ethernet.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-19-2009 05:08 PM                     quote: Joe Redifer Or you can just stream it from your computer over the ethernet. Ethernets.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-19-2009 05:43 PM                     More troubleshooting advice: In order for the PS3 to read data from external media, be it portable hard disc drives, USB-based flash memory sticks or flash memory cards (certain PS3 models have flash card slots), that storage media must be formatted in FAT32. The PS3 will not read NTFS formatted discs. I'm only pointing out this tidbit of info because some external hard discs and other data storage devices are pre-formatted in NTFS. The PS3 is designed to "see" multimedia files stored under "VIDEO," "PICTURE" and "MUSIC" folders. However, the green triangle button can bring up the "display all information" button which will then show all the folders on the attached media.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-19-2009 09:23 PM                     Oh that's probably it Bobby... I have my external formatted in something for the Mac... Mac Journal extended something or other. I'll try doing that over the weekend.  |  IP: Logged

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