How to play certain video files on a PS3?

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I've been trying to play video files on my ps3 off of a flashdrive. I looked around online and found several sites saying that the PS3 supports mp4 and H264, as well as AVC and AAC codecs. Now I really don't understand that very well, but when I try to play the file it says 'unsupported data', but the file itself (I think) says it is in .mp4 format, and when I look up the 'information' on the ps3 it says that the video codec is AVC and the audio codec is AAC. (Earlier i was able to play a file that the PS3 said was in mpeg4 video codec and mp3 audio codec, and the ending was .avi) Can anyone tell me how to get these files to play on the ps3, whether I'm misinformed, or if I'm just doing something completely wrong? If you need more information please tell me. Thank you in advance!

well it is not bad codecs at all it is just that ps3 is operated by FAT32 not NTFS so it is limited right now with the codecs that are available. But, they do keep adding more so soon it will be caught up with all codecs. So we hope



All you have to do is convert your video files on your home computer and then it will work fine. The best convert out right now is DIVX and it comes out ready to go. The only downfall is to convert a full movie it can take 2-3 hours.



good luck to you

I hate when it does that lol, I think it's bad encoding. When that happens I usually convert the videos over and it works just fine.



And in case you didn't know, the PS3 can also play .mpg and .wmv videos.

Avi = mpeg-4 so, I suggest you convert your movies with a divx converter. Much easier, takes up less space, great quality, and free. Downfall is that it takes long though.