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    Re: My PS3 can't play AVI files...please help!!!

    Isn't is easier to stream the media using PMS or Serviio? I never tried to play media directly from USB drive and not sure I want to... Way too limited to what the device can play natively.

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    Re: My PS3 can't play AVI files...please help!!!

    Mattitude,

    now we are getting somehwere. to answer your question Yes there are more than one Fat32 partition on my hard drive.

    but how come only MP3 files can be seen even if i go to MUSIC, PHOTO OR VIDEO sections?

    still baffles me....

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    Re: My PS3 can't play AVI files...please help!!!

    As I said, it could be that the PS3 is only able to detect one partition on a hard drive at a time, and that as a result, the only partition that it recognises is the music one.

    What the PS3 expects is to look on the hard drive and see folders with those names to then be able to act accordingly, not multiple partitions with those names.

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    Re: My PS3 can't play AVI files...please help!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by gino_76ph View Post
    around 370GB. and that is the "VIDEO" partition which my PS3 can't see for some reason.

    you see.. that is the problem


    I'll say it again though, in bigger letters


    MAX formatted size is about 32 gig.


    your external drive is formatted too large.

    by over 10 times. it is too large.

    I understand you not wanting to kill your current external hard drive..so why not just get a cheaper one.. or just to TEST this whole thing, format a USB pen drive ... to FAT 32... max size 32gig.. and see.

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    Re: My PS3 can't play AVI files...please help!!!

    So, my only choice(s) would be to re-partition my hard drive to 32GB only and stick a few movies there?

    or

    like you said buy a pendrive or a portable hard drive and partition it to the "limit" of what the PS3 can see?

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    Re: My PS3 can't play AVI files...please help!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by gino_76ph View Post
    So, my only choice(s) would be to re-partition my hard drive to 32GB only and stick a few movies there?

    or

    like you said buy a pendrive or a portable hard drive and partition it to the "limit" of what the PS3 can see?

    Yes - Zak speaks the truth!!

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    Re: My PS3 can't play AVI files...please help!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by gino_76ph View Post
    So, my only choice(s) would be to re-partition my hard drive to 32GB only and stick a few movies there?

    or

    like you said buy a pendrive or a portable hard drive and partition it to the "limit" of what the PS3 can see?
    Or stream over the network like some others have suggested before.

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    Re: My PS3 can't play AVI files...please help!!!

    But my MUSIC folder on my portable hard drive is over 40GB. then why is that the PS3 can detect it and why only it "at the same time"?

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    Re: My PS3 can't play AVI files...please help!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by gino_76ph View Post
    But my MUSIC folder on my portable hard drive is over 40GB. then why is that the PS3 can detect it
    Only formatting via built-in Windows tools limits it to 32GB (according to the FAQ mentioned below), but that there are freeware tools to format drives larger than that to FAT32 (obviously this is at your own risk, and would mean a loss of data on the affected drive).

    Quote Originally Posted by gino_76ph View Post
    and why only it "at the same time"?
    According to this PS3 HDD FAQ, it can only detect a single partition on a single drive, so I would assume that it the software simply isn't written to look for more than one at a time.

    Disclaimer: As mentioned above, any actions you choose to take are at your own risk, and I am not responsible if anything goes wrong.

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    Re: My PS3 can't play AVI files...please help!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Output View Post
    Does the drive at least show up as plugged in? If so, try pressing triangle with the drive highlighted and telling it to show all files.
    Thank you... Solved my problem perfectly... Need more clear posters like you!

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    Re: My PS3 can't play AVI files...please help!!!

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    Re: My PS3 can't play AVI files...please help!!!

    1) Register Your Device "PS3" To A Divx Account By Clicking VOD
    2) Click On PS3 Button On Divx Player
    3) Choose Any .AVI File You Want To Play
    4) Make Sure You Have A USB FlashDrive
    5) Click Start To Convert The File While Saving It To The Usb FlashDrive
    6) Take That File And Then Copy On To Your Windows Media Player And It Should Play
    Note: Make Sure Your Device Is In UPNP Or Media Sharings...

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    Re: My PS3 can't play AVI files...please help!!!

    maybe vlc player can play

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    Re: My PS3 can't play AVI files...please help!!!

    PS3 can play AVI files with Motion JPEG (Linear PCM) or Motion JPEG (u-law). If your files cannot meet these two conditions, PS3 cannot play your AVI files.

    I used Bigasoft Total Video Converter and it works magically.

    This Converter can convert AVI files to PS3 supported MPEG-2, MPEG-1, MP4, DivX, WMV, Xvid.

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