I would definitely use the media center feature of my PS3 more, but unless i re-encode all my stuff from WMV, AVI and divx/xvid into mpeg2...IT WILL NOT WORK. I know sony just release the 1.82 (i think) upgrade where it will handle h264 through the media center, but this does not work...period. I've seen quite a few PS3 forums where people have said the same, the ps3 is finicky at best. i've literally tried 15 different formats, and the only one i can get to work is mpeg 2. sorry to go off on a tangent...but it blows. and for those that aren't familiar w/ mpeg2, and why i hate it so much...i dont want to take a wmv video that i have which is 12 mb (not a porn clip) put it in mpeg2, and then suddenly have a 180 mb clip.
if anyone knows of any program that works well, where i can actually keep the original clip size w/out having to resize to a PSP sized resolution, please...pass it along. Better yet, sony release a full proof program to take the guess work out of it for all the ps3 owners and i'll even buy it (or download a hacked copy)
I play H.264 in my PS3 all the time. Anything I export using Quicktime works on the PS3 without any problems. I use eyeTV software to record MPEG2 transport streams from OTA HD on my Mac. Then, I reencode it to H.264. It plays fine on my PS3.
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I would definitely use the media center feature of my PS3 more, but unless i re-encode all my stuff from WMV, AVI and divx/xvid into mpeg2...IT WILL NOT WORK. I know sony just release the 1.82 (i think) upgrade where it will handle h264 through the media center, but this does not work...period. I've seen quite a few PS3 forums where people have said the same, the ps3 is finicky at best. i've literally tried 15 different formats, and the only one i can get to work is mpeg 2. sorry to go off on a tangent...but it blows. and for those that aren't familiar w/ mpeg2, and why i hate it so much...i dont want to take a wmv video that i have which is 12 mb (not a porn clip) put it in mpeg2, and then suddenly have a 180 mb clip.
if anyone knows of any program that works well, where i can actually keep the original clip size w/out having to resize to a PSP sized resolution, please...pass it along. Better yet, sony release a full proof program to take the guess work out of it for all the ps3 owners and i'll even buy it (or download a hacked copy)
just get Linux and VLC player to play your non HD files
I play H.264 in my PS3 all the time. Anything I export using Quicktime works on the PS3 without any problems. I use eyeTV software to record MPEG2 transport streams from OTA HD on my Mac. Then, I reencode it to H.264. It plays fine on my PS3.