Thread: What ways are there to play videos with a PS3?

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It's as easy as installing it on your pc, selecting a directory, running the program and when you turn on your ps3 the files are there waiting to be watched. It's so ridiculously easy without needing extra hard drives, usb/flash drives, etc.

Originally Posted by bagel

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It's as easy as installing it on your pc, selecting a directory, running the program and when you turn on your ps3 the files are there waiting to be watched. It's so ridiculously easy without needing extra hard drives, usb/flash drives, etc.

Thanks for wanting to help : ). Yeah, I have it, but my router is always pretty overloaded and when I stream HD to my PS3 the video keeps freezing. That's why I was looking for other options ;).

I agree. I used to stream media from my laptop to my PS3 using TVersity and it would just freeze and freeze, and seeking through the media was just a hassle. If you have the money, go with an external hard drive, I guarantee you'll be happier in the long run.

I usually use WMP and stream it for regular dvd movies, and it works great.

For HD movies I use the copy option on the ps3 to copy it form my computer to ps3 and then watch it directly off the hard drive, it works great! It takes a bit of time to copy the movie over the wire but it works

Originally Posted by kongfranon

I usually use WMP and stream it for regular dvd movies, and it works great.

For HD movies I use the copy option on the ps3 to copy it form my computer to ps3 and then watch it directly off the hard drive, it works great! It takes a bit of time to copy the movie over the wire but it works

: O I've never seen that option? how do I use it?

Originally Posted by kokofan

: O I've never seen that option? how do I use it?

To copy the file, you need to go to videos and connect to your WMP player desktop.

Once there you will see a list of videos that are on your desktop ready to be streamed, for windows 7 which is what I use, it is in my public video folder.

Then on the controller instead of hitting X to play it, hit the button O if i recall and it should give you a lit of options one is to copy file from pc to ps3 hard drive


I hope that helps if you need more help let me know and I will gladly help out.