Playing avi files on TV

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gumboot

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#195479 12-Feb-2009 10:50

I think one of the internet upgrades for the PS3 added the avi capability. So if you haven't connected to the internet since you bought it, this may be the problem.

http://nz.playstation.com/support/ps3/faqs/ps3_update_tscs.jhtml

I think there is an option for a remote download and install

The latest version 2.60 supports DivX

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#195484 12-Feb-2009 11:03

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#195493 12-Feb-2009 11:45

gumboot: I think one of the internet upgrades for the PS3 added the avi capability. So if you haven't connected to the internet since you bought it, this may be the problem.

http://nz.playstation.com/support/ps3/faqs/ps3_update_tscs.jhtml

I think there is an option for a remote download and install

The latest version 2.60 supports DivX

Cheers

THANK YOU SO MUCH, THAT'S AWESOME!
I hadn't noticed the new software and hopefully this deals to the problem. Thanks mate!

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#195494 12-Feb-2009 11:48

If you have your PS3 connected to the Internet it will notify of new firmware upgrades. One of the recent ones (divx is not that recent) is the ability to upscale content (and apply various noise reduction filters) on content played via the XMB rather than just DVD's

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#195497 12-Feb-2009 12:15

Yeah I had previously only got 2.56 I think it was, not sure. This DivX addition should hopefully address this.

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#195525 12-Feb-2009 13:42

I doubt it. Previous version was 2.53. DivX support was added back in 2.10, only DivX 3.11 support was added in 2.60. I don't download illegal TV shows, but if I did I would think that they would all work perfectly fine on my PS3, including the HD .mkv ones, after a simple remux.

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#195532 12-Feb-2009 13:58

bazzer:
I doubt it. Previous version was 2.53. DivX support was added back in 2.10, only DivX 3.11 support was added in 2.60.

would think that they would all work perfectly fine on my PS3, including the HD .mkv ones, after a simple remux.

Damn, had hoped this was a sure bet. will still upgrade, but will see how it goes.

Care to elaborate on the remux concept, and is this a quick process, or does it require the whole file to be re encoded?

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#195537 12-Feb-2009 14:01

With the scenes love for obsolete codecs and irrelevent file sizes it wouldnt suprise me if some of them were still in divx 3, particually with the unknown lineage of them

Also there is a wide variety of 4cc's used on encoded stuff - nero had an option to fix it when burning which I needed to use with some to get them to play on a divx capable dvd player - could be as simple as them being set to something that the ps3 doesnt.

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#195538 12-Feb-2009 14:02

Look for mkv2vob

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#195543 12-Feb-2009 14:25

Jaxson: Damn, had hoped this was a sure bet. will still upgrade, but will see how it goes.

Care to elaborate on the remux concept, and is this a quick process, or does it require the whole file to be re encoded?

Doesn't recode, just repackages in a new container. It really only applies to HD files though as PS3 supports DivX. I'm sure my friend has watched the latest Lost on his PS3 so it must be some problem with yours. What is the file name/type? Run it through Gspot or something similar and list the info given.

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#195549 12-Feb-2009 14:56

Cheers guys, love the resources on tap here on this site. Thanks!

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#195571 12-Feb-2009 16:54

Jaxson: Slight variation about avi files, anyone had any issues playing downloaded TV episodes on PS3? I got given 5 files last night: first greys, first lost, first 3 L word of latest series, so a good mix of files. All standard download .mpg or .avi, I can't remember which.

Played on computer no problems using win media player but PS3 either said they were corrupted or didn't even find/offer them when on a usb stick. found music on the usb stick, but no go with video, so in end none played via ps3. Will play on my philips hdd recorder when on blank cd/dvd.

How are others getting on with this?
Cheers.

I have the same issue with some media content (movies/ TV). Basically the.AVI file type is just a container for serveral formats (Xvid, Divx, mpeg-n...). Only some of these will play on my PS3, so you need to repackage them in a format this is playable on the PS3. Check out other threads on how this can be achieved and which softwares are available.

Cheers, Stevo

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