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PS3 won't play videos from FAT32 external hard drive
- Sep 22, 2010 9:16 pm GMT
I have a 250GB portable Seagate hard drive. I formatted it to FAT32, and made one folder PS3, with VIDEO, GAME, MUSIC and PHOTO folders inside. I put a .avi file in the VIDEO folder, but when I plug the hard drive into the USB port on the front of the PS3, it recognizes that a USB device is attached, but says there are no videos inside. I am lost, I thought I had it perfect but can't find anything else out there to try.
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- Sep 22, 2010 9:22 pm GMT
PSN: Afrocass
PS3: DMC - Ni No Kuni
PC: X
Vita: P4 Golden - Disgaea 3 - Sly Cooper
3DS: Fire Emblem Awakening-
OLD GEN: Secret of Mana SNES.avi file.. don't think PS3 will read most of those, try MP4/ Mpeg2/DivX- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Sep 22, 2010 9:22 pm GMTwhat happens when you press triangle > show all files
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- Sep 22, 2010 9:25 pm GMT
xsynth, you are the man.
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- Sep 22, 2010 9:26 pm GMTI own all consoles and a gaming PC so I am not against any platform I speak the truth.[QUOTE="yakk_3"]
xsynth, you are the man.
[/QUOTE]I was going to say the same thing because many people have had this same issue.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Sep 22, 2010 9:31 pm GMTI didn't even think of it,, i forgot most people didn't know that.. Pretty much all of my avi. files won't even playwooooode wrote:I was going to say the same thing because many people have had this same issue.yakk_3 wrote:
xsynth, you are the man.
PSN: Afrocass
PS3: DMC - Ni No Kuni
PC: X
Vita: P4 Golden - Disgaea 3 - Sly Cooper
3DS: Fire Emblem Awakening-
OLD GEN: Secret of Mana SNES[QUOTE="wooooode"][QUOTE="yakk_3"]xsynth, you are the man.
[/QUOTE]I was going to say the same thing because many people have had this same issue.[/QUOTE] I didn't even think of it,, i forgot most people didn't know that.. Pretty much all of my avi. files won't even play :(- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Sep 22, 2010 9:37 pm GMT[QUOTE="yakk_3"]
xsynth, you are the man.
[/QUOTE] thx :p I've had to do this many, many times haha- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Sep 23, 2010 5:15 am GMTPoisoN_Facecam0 wrote:I didn't even think of it,, i forgot most people didn't know that.. Pretty much all of my avi. files won't even playwooooode wrote:I was going to say the same thing because many people have had this same issue.yakk_3 wrote:
xsynth, you are the man.
Really? I've ALMOST never had a problem with AVI-files.
[QUOTE="PoisoN_Facecam0"][QUOTE="wooooode"][QUOTE="yakk_3"]
xsynth, you are the man.
[/QUOTE]I was going to say the same thing because many people have had this same issue.[/QUOTE] I didn't even think of it,, i forgot most people didn't know that.. Pretty much all of my avi. files won't even play :([/QUOTE]
Really? I've ALMOST never had a problem with AVI-files.
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- Sep 23, 2010 7:53 am GMTaijou_ wrote:PoisoN_Facecam0 wrote:I didn't even think of it,, i forgot most people didn't know that.. Pretty much all of my avi. files won't even playwooooode wrote:I was going to say the same thing because many people have had this same issue.
Really? I've ALMOST never had a problem with AVI-files.
Same. Every single .avi file has always worked.[QUOTE="aijou_"][QUOTE="PoisoN_Facecam0"][QUOTE="wooooode"]I was going to say the same thing because many people have had this same issue.[/QUOTE] I didn't even think of it,, i forgot most people didn't know that.. Pretty much all of my avi. files won't even play :([/QUOTE]
Really? I've ALMOST never had a problem with AVI-files.
[/QUOTE] Same. Every single .avi file has always worked.- Please wait. Quick reply will be available shortly.
- Jan 27, 2012 5:13 pm GMTMy external is FAT32, the ps picks it up and I see my videos ect. but when I go to play them the screen changes as if your gonna watch the movie but won't play it shoots me back to the xmb menu. Any Idea?
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- Aug 3, 2012 8:46 pm GMT
Im having a similar problem but i did convert and when slecting display all it shows my files but wont play anything. does anyone noe whats wrong??
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- Aug 4, 2012 1:34 am GMT
Core i7 2600K 3.40GHZ, ASUS Maximus IV XtremV3, 16GB GSkill F3 17000CL9, Corsair 120GB GT SSD HDD, 2TB HDD RAID, 2 x Crossfire Sapphire HD 6970 2GB Video Cards, Corsair 1000Watt PSU, ANTEC nine hundred two tower, Pioneer BDR Recorder 12x, Logitech Z5500 speakers
PS3, WII, XBOX360, PSPGO, PSVita
u could try and convert them to MP4 with thishttp://www.leawo.com/video-converter/pspconverter-pro.htmlits free to use and works good
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- Aug 4, 2012 2:24 am GMT
here is my experience with the external hard drive with the ps3.
1- you need to make the hard drive size as 32 gb max as I remember so the ps3 can read it
2-the file size of the file must be less than 4gb if its more its not going to be played
3-if u have a problem with playing some videos on the ps3 there is that good program that called ts muxer which u can download it from here (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/tsMuxeR),this program convert the video file as it is a blue ray movie which can be played on the ps3.
I hope any of these 3 points helps u
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