<![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> xvid doesnt work when burned to cd-r fact tested with xvid 1.1.0 beta 2 and ac3 audio..

dodyryda

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> fact is thesupport is patchy .. burn an xvid 1.1.0 beta 2 file to cd-r and the data type is unsupported.. no matter what you all say this should work in a there abouts £400 entertainment system ,,, sony for gods sake sort it out... and while your at the xvid support get firefox in there as a default browser instead of the pice of c--rap you've got there and a decent control ui for the movies .. trust the community they tell you no lies ... if you had included all this to start with you would have sold a hell of a lot more consoles than you have..!

dodyryda

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> I could not get WMP 11 to work for me. I checked around and Nero Media Home works great.

jspfunk

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> I thought the whole point of the update was to have the capability to play the files without having to use programs such as TVersity? I haven't tried it from an external drive, but that would be ridiculous to go out and buy another drive to "stream" video.

By the way, I have WHS, PS3 states the file is unsupported. Sony needs to get their shit straight, I don't want to install 3rd party apps just to stream video. Guess I'll just use my 360.

nok610

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> I love TVersity!

DJTripleRRR

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> For those who have macs and are able to stream with eyeconnect- I have had great difficulty getting PS3 to recognize server. Believe it may be due to my old (non-extreme) airport or some obscure setting I can't find. Anyone who has trouble shot getting the network to show pls post some hints. Much appreciated.

daloo

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Make sure that your titles are titles that can be read by the PS3. I have that same problem when I am looking at a directory with non playable content, such as windows DRV format.
Is WMP11 stable for you? I keep getting the dreaded "The PS3 has been disconnected from the media server" whenever I try to use WMP11. I do not get that error with Nero Home media or TVersity.


Masulsa

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> I also tried using WMP11 sharing through Vista and PS3 then says no titles found even though my WMP11 library is full of stuff from the server.

cigga24

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> I have problems with AVI, such as the quicktime AVI files. I do not have any problems playing the AVI using TVersity. It doesn't look great, but it works.

Masulsa

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> 6:01 PM

Masulsa

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Guys, none of my xvid .avi files work on PS3. I'm using windows home server (win server 2003) all files work fine on 360 and on vista mce streaming from server. Ps3 says all files are unsupported. when i choose one and press triangle it wont even let me copy the files. Can someone offer a little help?

cigga24

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Comment on commets.

Masulsa

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> ""Playback controls are gimpy. This isn't the fault of the new DivX support, but of the way the PS3 handles all video playback. It's usable, but it's not as polished as the Xbox's (which wasn't all that great to begin with.) UI isn't Sony's strong suit."

You've got to be kidding. PS3s UI is worlds ahead of 360s.
1) Animated thumbnails and album art (unavailable on 360)
2) Sorting and grouping options (unavailable on 360)
3) You can set the name of the album yourself (unavailable on 360)
4) You can use the buttons for seeking/next tracks/etc, a feature only added to 360 a week ago. PS3 and PSP had this since launch
5) PS3s on-screen menu while in-music/video is like 4 lines deep. 360's has only one line of options. PS3s supports every option on the remote. 360s is pretty bare boned
6) When you have a file selected and press X/A
On PS3: It plays the file.
On 360: It opens a menu with play as an option, as well as delete. (though MS added the ability to press start to play a movie last week)
7) If you press triangle you can copy/delete files en mass. This can't be done on 360 as it does not let you copy files to/from anything. 360 doesn't even let you rename stuff. PS3 can copy off of USB devices, flash cards, optical discs, and even UPnP servers (the same thing 360 supports, which also doesn't support SMB shares)
8) 360 forces you to rip music from audio CDs. And doesn't even let you chose the codec/bitrate like PS3 does.
9) PS3 downloads track listing, and lets you upload your own. 360 wastes space on the harddrive with a local database.
10)
[gizmodo.com]
[gizmodo.com]"

I know, like what the hell















techni

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Is anybody having problems playing DVR-MS files on the PS3?

Masulsa

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> I have had no problems playing XVID or DIVX from WMP11. Does anybody know if TVersity changes the file when it does its transcoding? Does it do anything to the quality of the file?

Is anybody else having problems using WMP11 and Vista to stream to the PS3? I do not have problems with my laptop and XP, only my desktop with Vista.

Does anybody else constantly get the message "The PS3 has been disconnected from the media server"?
I only have this problem with my WMP11 in Vista, using my D-Link Xtreme N Gigabit Router Model #: DLK DIR655 router.

I also had a problem with the PS3 finding my movies in my external hard drive. Only when I used the triangle to "show all" was I able to find all of my movies. I do have the proper directories created on my FAT32 external hard drive.


Masulsa

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> WMP 11 Streams Xvid and Divx just fine for me. Took about 5 minutes to set up.

Only Fails on items I had to find special codecs for.

shady02

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @scall: I don't know anything about the spec, but when i used to use transcode 360 (before airbus360 divx/xvid support) and it tried to encode anything NOT a multiple of 16, it would say "compression will suffer"

thefastest

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> I have a thecus N5200 NAS with DNLA I'll try that tonight

gatordent

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Streaming XVID with Windows Media Player 11 works fine for me. So far all files I've checked have worked perfectly, although they are all fairly new (mostly tv-episodes from the last 4-6 months or so).

Lorkster

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> I think the standard for Xvid/Divx/MP4 in general is multiples of 16.

When I transcode ATSC MPEG-2 to HRHD Xvid, I'm going from 1920x1088 to 960x544.

The transcoder fails if it's not divisible by 16. If your transcoder lets you do resolutions that are not divisible by 16 then I think it breaks the spec.

scall

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Im gonna chech if Nero media home works with Xvid without converting on the go later today

D_Zarster

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> After testing all methods for DLNA, I am surprised to find the the BEST way to get divx/xvid into the PS3 seems to be a little program called Mediatomb. I share most of my files from a linux box anyway, so it was a 10minute install, and added 2 extra lines to the config to map avi and divx files to the mimetype video/divx...PS3 has played every divx file I could throw at it so far and all of them are detected perfectly!!!

I highly recommend this method for those who run linux stuff. It has supprot for calling external links and off box items as well. Works like a charm... [www.mediatomb.cc]

helfrez

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Glad you guys at Giz got it to work at last. For once, you're the last one to find/figure out.LOL. That's Okay,Jason Chen, you're only human.UNLESS.....you're a robot trying to imitate human then SHAME ON YA;)

hmooby

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @helfrez: I use MediaTomb on Ubuntu, works great.

shazow

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> WMP11 on XP works for me (both Xvid/divx), but my Vista machine does not work. And yeah, TVersity works perfect for everything.

The codec playback seems to be exactly the same as my 360 (since neither support Divx 3.11), personally I prefer to use the ps3 for watching media since its dead quiet compared to my Airbus 360.

Scaramanga

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Be careful buying NAS devices guys, not all dlna NAS devices will work with the PS3, some ae just funked up like my HP MediaVault. I had to install twonkymedia on it to get the ps3 to work, which is now broken because the current version of twonky doesnt appear to work with the new firmware.....grrrr...

Sadly the most reliable streaming for me appears to come from WMP11, and being that i run linux 95% of the time, that's not a very good solution. Cant get any of the other progs like ushare to work either.

helfrez

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @heihachi.vs.kazuya: snap ... good point JC.

vgfanboy

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @thefastest: You basically set a master resolution on the PS3, and it will convert whatever it is accordingly (so you can play a PS1 game at 1080p if you have it set to that resolution). I haven't check on DIVX/XVID yet, but I don't really see why it would be any different.

smitty1123

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> This update unlocked the gates of paradise to my Buffalo Linkstation, but it broke my ability to play x264 movies in VOB format! I have VOBs stored on the internal PS3 hdd and the previews play fine in XMB. It takes 3-4 times trying to play the movie till it finally does, whereas in the previous firmware they fired up right away. Does anyone know why?? Thanks

fonkee1

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> The PS3 plays XviDs just fine! No need to copy anything!

No problems here at all! Streams fine over my wireless network!

stenk

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @Jason Chen: glad you figured that out .. you should have called this whole process "Liveblogging XVid test on PS3" foo.

vgfanboy

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @jiffy: thanks for the response, anyone else know anything about the xbox 360 doing the same, over HDMI or not?

thefastest

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> The PS3 displays all videos I play (bd, dvd, mpeg2, and now xvid) at 1080p.

This is since that big update a few months ago (except the xvid of course).

jiffy

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @smitty1123: That'd be the easiest i guess, i still prefer the small form factor of the xbox 360.

A question i have for everyone here using an HDTV and a ps3 with an HDMI cable. Does divx/xvid get upconverted to 720p or any other HD resolution on the ps3? Any xbox 360 users using the version BEFORE they offered HDMI output, does that do ANY upconverting whatsoever (dvds, original xbox games, divx/xvid)?

thefastest

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Quick note to people having problems with WMP sharing to ps3, does WMP play the files natively on your PC?

(be sure to install ffdshow if not)

jiffy

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> I don't think this has been mentioned, but the blu-ray remote is ideal for this stuff, I kept pushing the wrong button on the sixaxis and restarting the videos when I first started.

The remote is especially good for other people to use it (wife, family, etc).

Also, I don't understand why you would want to use TVersity if transcoding is unnecessary... The WMP11 library is a lot easier to use imho. Clearly if WMP isn't working for you for some reason then it does make sense to use whatever works.

jiffy

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> It's obvious that Gawker media has a pro-Microsoft, anti-Sony bias. When people have a bias, they tend not to think logically and hence you see it in their articles. Everyone is biased, so we're all guilty of it at one time or another.

Xvid works well for me. I prefer to watch movies on my PS3 anyways, as it's quieter and more reliable.

chef4hire

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Sorry guys my explanation is not the best but hopefully you guys understand what I'm talking about.

radikaled

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Ok guys here is more funky stuff. I just tried a multichannel audio xvid file. Good news is that I get the 5.1 output. Here is the strange part. I'm not sure if it's because of the update but I only get the 2 rear channels if I enable rear speaker surround.

I have a 7.1 capable receiver but I don't have the other 2 rear speakers to make it a 7. system. If on my receiver I enable the rear surround speakers (even though I don't have any), then the sound comes out of my surround speakers O_o. SOOo I have to enable 7.1 sound to get 5.1...... O_o

Fortunately, this strange behavior only happens with Xvid/Divx playback.

radikaled

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Works fine for me on my Mac using EyeConnect.

nevin

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> oh, silly me, I just read your comment about transcoding above.

MasterCKO

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Doesn't TVersity transcode? As far as I know, DivX and VxiD via TVersity has worked for a while now (It worked when I first got my PS3, but I didn't feel like keeping yet ANOTHER service running on my PC, so I uninstalled it).

I have problems with some but not all XviD files on my PS3 using WMP11. All DivX files work fine.

MasterCKO

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> To hell with the PS3 vs Xbox360 argument. Stick with XBMC.

BMErdin

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> So - Does the PS3 stream any format in surround sound yet? That seems to be the only really big piece of the puzzle that is missing...

larsoncc

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> anyway just incase this may or may not help -although this is quite obvious-.. if you're using vista, you need to enable the under network and sharing.

Playstation3

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> how come some peeps still need tversity?
mine runs divx n xvid directly from vista with no issue

Playstation3

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @Jason Chen: You do know that windows media player 11 is designed to work for the xbox360 as is their connect software and windows media center OS..?

The xbox360 and microsoft apps interface using a proprietary version of the upnp protocol and tversity and twonky only got it to work by reverse engineering it.

It doesn't kinda work, It works... Why you would base your review(?) on results gotten from using the competitions proprietary software baffles me.

I have both a ps3 and a 360 and In my opinion the playback on the ps3 is better. Picture Sound and UI (when tested using the same video). The ps3 does a much better job auto detecting the right aspect ratio. You don't have to manually set it to letter box etc each time you play a video like on the xbox360.

This is what you typed for the xbox360: Xbox 360 DivX/XviD Playback Tested (Verdict: It's Almost Perfect)
[gizmodo.com]

Seriously what's going on here...


Heihachi.vs.Kazuya

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @smitty1123: If I loved alone that would work perfect. Unfortunately, my wife or daughter will most likely be using the tv the my HTPC is hooked up so having a 360 or PS3 to stream programs or movies to makes it possible for me to watch recorded tv or movies in a different room.

JohnDeLuca

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> To those that can't seem to get this to work.. A few pointers from personal experience...

-Use Tversity
-Install FFDshow and DivX
-Make sure UPNP is enabled in your router. On my ancient Linksys router, it was one check box.

Share some files via TVersity and then reboot the PS3. It should auto search the network and find the media server.



Neight

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @Jason Chen: I just sent you an email Jason. I forgot to mention that I am running XP Pro SP2, not Vista like JohnDeLuca. Hope it helps!

radikaled

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @thefastest: Just making a joke. But really, the easiest way to do any of this is just get a wireless mouse/keyboard, a video card with TV out and a bunch of cable. Way easier and cheaper than buying an Xbox or PS3. Still, it's kinda neat that there are some other alternatives...

smitty1123

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @jiffy: You can turn off transcoding in TVersity as well, which leaves the rendering to the PS3. This seems to work fine.

Jason Chen

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> I agree with Neight, TVersity works better than anything else.

and the Ps3 works fine streaming from it. And it's faster than WMP11.

Once again, gizmodo fails.

Gothdom

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @Neight: TVersity transcodes the video, degrading the quality, and this is especially noticeable on an HDTV.

jiffy

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @bob4apples: Same here. I have had no problems streaming XVID with Windows Media Player 11.

eleazar

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @vgfanboy: You're right, that does work. I just tested that and added it to the post.

Jason Chen

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Yeah, I was about to talk of TVersity. it's the best thing to use out there. WMP11 is so slow compared to TVersity, it's not even funny.

Gizmodo fails hard with this.

Gothdom

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @Jason Chen: Sure. I can send that when I get home from work later on tonight. I do know that once I enabled the Media Server portion on the PS3, my Vista machine detected it and I had to allow it to share files between the PS3 and Vista. That was really the only setting I had to do. I will e-mail you the file names when I get home later though.

JohnDeLuca

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Seriously.. Everything streams real nice to the PS3 and plays great if you use TvVersity. It's a free media server and transcodes on the fly. Not sure what the big problem is. I've been using it with the PS3 for a long ass time now.

Neight

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @smitty1123: haha very good point.

i really hope you were joking though and not really thinking that i was attempting to somehow get the ps3 firmware onto the xbox...

thefastest

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Gizmodo is supposed to be on top of technology, yet they use WMP11 to stream their "TV" and "Movies" Yeah sure you use WMP11.

Tversity works perfectly fine. And it works for BOTH consoles. It is now bundled with FFDShow so that transcoding is done on the fly. However now with Full Divx/Xvid support. There is no longer a need to transcode.

Why do I feel like BRIAN/JASON are inept at their job? Seriously. How can you jump to the conclusion, and post ANOTHER erroneous story about the PS3? XVID works over the Network. Try using a non-microsoft product on its rival console next time? Its a slap in the face to all of your readers, saying that "OH IT DOESN'T STREAM! BUT YOU CAN COPY IT TO YOUR HDD."

It does stream.

Stop lying. The article needs to speak about Tversity/Nero/Winamp and other fan favorites.

WillJ

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @thefastest: The PS3 firmware doesn't work on the Xbox.

smitty1123

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> I was able to play "dirty.sexy.money.s01e10.hdtv.xvid-notv.avi" over the network, using wmp11 sharing on vista last night, with no issues.

It was the only thing I tried, if you have some recommendations about other files that are easy to obtain I would be happy to test those as well.

Not sure if it was 5.1 or not, I just had the file available and was able to test functionality.

jiffy

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> OMG gizmodo = fail

OniMirage

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @radikaled: @JohnDeLuca: Can you guys shoot me an email and let me know what your settings were and which files you were playing back?

Jason Chen

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> works fine using EyEConnect on Macs over DNLA.

vgfanboy

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Another advantage of the xbox is that they've listed what their video player is capable of on their site. An obvious disadvantage is how limited that list actually is. Yes, i love playing back divx/xvid on the xbox, but some of the limitations confuse me. For example (and i'm not double checking this, so feel free to prove me wrong with a link to the infamous FAQ), the xbox can play 5.1 channel sound in an xvid/divx file, but only two channel from h.264.

Also, all these media playback features only work from the xbox dashboard, not the media center extender interface.

thefastest

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @radikaled: I was able to stream files using WMP11 also. I do have a few files that are AC3 and plan on testing them when I get home from work tonight.

JohnDeLuca

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> The headline is misleading. Divx and Xvid work just fine streaming. I don't use Windows Media Player 11, but who would? lol

ahaxton

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> do not use WMP as the media server, use TVersity

PwnySlaystation

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> I call BS because I was just playing some Xvid files a minute ago using WMP11 over the network.

Although there are some WMV's that don't work at all, but do work on the XBox 360. Perhaps it's because they are not VC1?

Also, I tried playing back some Xvid/Divx movies with AC3 audio and I would only get 2 channel audio, but the PS3 display would have the dolby digital icon enabled with 2 channel next to it O_o

Does anyone know if with the new update the PS3 is capable of AC3 output w/ Xvid/Divx?

radikaled

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> When I said "doesn't require you to copy anything over the network," i meant it will stream without copying to the xbox hard drive first.

thefastest

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Strangely enough, no one mentioned the simplest workaround for divx/xvid playback. It solves the issue of the height/width not being an even multiple of 16, and doesn't require you to copy anything over the network.

Buy an xbox 360.

Not trying to start some massive argument, just stating the obvious.

thefastest

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @metalhaze: @DaveTyranham: @DaveTyranham:
I believe I may have found an all-around solution to this whole thing. There is this little network storage device made by Thermaltake which has BT download function built-in. I am going to get one to try it out. Imagine not having to leave a power hungry PC on all the time to download and share the files. Here is the link in case someone is interested: Muse X-Duo RAID [thermaltakeusa.com]

istyle1129

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @blazedshaggy: Hmmm, try copying it to your PS3's HD first?

Jason Chen

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> I've got an .avi movie file on an SD card and it will NOT play on my PS3. I told Jesus Diaz last nite that I'm having trouble getting a few files to play. I am not streaming any files over my network. What gives?? These files play on my PC with no problem. Any helpful info would be great!

blazedshaggy

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> They work fine over the network if you're using TVersity.

samdu

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> I was able to stream Xvid's to my PS3 last night from my Vista machine without copying anything local. I had to allow my PS3 access to share files on my Vista machine but once that was done, They showed up on the PS3. I had one file say "unsupported" but tried it again and it played fine. It does take a good 20 seconds for the files to start playing but once they do, they look great. It looks like the PS3 is upscaling them or something because I saw very little to no macro-blocking at all.

JohnDeLuca

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @MikeSWelch: Sadly, the line he is referencing i know because of the movie Under Siege 2: Dark Territories.

"Assumptions are the mother of all fuck-ups."

I've never heard it any other place... and yea, for some sad reason, that ...astounding... movie sticks with me........

*sigh*

WildWon

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> So in essence you were right, it doesn't work. Who wants to go through the hassle of moving drives or burning discs to watch something that should work just fine over the network.

robinandtami

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Both Xvid and Divx stream fine with my ps3 through windows media player

bob4apples

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @DaveTyranham: That's a pretty decent workaround. Good idea. Though, you can save yourself a couple bucks and just copy it over the network before you play.

Jason Chen

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Just to clarify, here's my workaround for no SMB sharing:

Buy external NAS drive with both network and USB connections.

Connect network to, well, the network.

Connect USB to PS3.

Save Divx / xvid content to external drive over the network.

DaveTyranham

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Check out this info I found in the Playstation Media Forum. Might be helpful for you guys figuring things out:

I just made a very important discovery in relation to XVID playback!
Here I have two IDENTICALLY encoded videos except for one thing...
Here are the FFMPEG outputs....
This one doesn't play...
Duration: 01:51:07.1, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 883 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 664x274, 23.98 fps(r)
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 112 kb/s
This one does...
Duration: 00:24:09.4, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 983 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 704x400, 23.98 fps(r)
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 32 kb/s
So.. what difference causes it not to play? (BTW these are both recent XVID videos)

VIDEOS THAT HAVE RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE NOT DIVISIBLE BY 16 DO NOT PLAY. the first video has a resolution that is not a multiple of 16, the second one is based on a multiple of 16, so it does play. XVID FTW.

So, for XVID (and probably DIVX too) their are as of now at least 2 requirements:
Resolution MUST be a multiple of 16
Must be encoded in a RECENT version of XVID or DIVX (probably DIVX 4/5 and up and the associated XVID version)
Other possible requirements: MP3 audio and AVI container (is the fourcc even recognized by the PS3?)

metalhaze

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Works great on my PS3 on everything but a couple of odd xvid files.

I'm off to the local electronics store to buy an external NAS drive with USB. I'm going to hook up both the network and the USB.

Then, I'll download content from uTorrent and save that on the external drive so that my PS3 has access to it. I won't have to re-encode or transfer ever again. I can't tell you how happy this makes me.

DaveTyranham

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> @GFX-187: wat?

MikeSWelch

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> correction: assumption

GFX-187

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> Interesting. I'll have to do some experiments when I get home...

smitty1123

]]> <![CDATA[PlayStation 3 XviD Playback Update: It Works, Kinda]]> LOL wat do they say about assuption being the mother of all .......

GFX-187

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