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Rebelius · 26th March 2007, 11:11 PM

Ok, so I've got about a million XVid files that are .avi format and I want to watch them on my PS3 which supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (PS,TS), H.264/MEPG-4 AVC, MPEG-4 SP

Now I hardly know what any of this means because in the past I've always just installed the right codecs on the PC and hit play. I can't really do this on the PS3 (can't be bothered with jumping into linux on it yet as there's a good few issues).

So I need to know how to get these .avi files playable on the PS3 with as little quality loss as possible. and without spending a penny on software. If the best software for doing it only works in linux then that's not a problem. I don't have a Mac though.

FFDShow says the video codec is XVID(libavcodec mpeg4) so I guess this is a different type of mpeg4 from what the PS3 can play... it's all a bit confusing and google/wikipedia are confusing me even more.

26th March 2007, 11:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rebelius Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 7,166	XVid AVI files to PS3? Ok, so I've got about a million XVid files that are .avi format and I want to watch them on my PS3 which supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (PS,TS), H.264/MEPG-4 AVC, MPEG-4 SP Now I hardly know what any of this means because in the past I've always just installed the right codecs on the PC and hit play. I can't really do this on the PS3 (can't be bothered with jumping into linux on it yet as there's a good few issues). So I need to know how to get these .avi files playable on the PS3 with as little quality loss as possible. and without spending a penny on software. If the best software for doing it only works in linux then that's not a problem. I don't have a Mac though. FFDShow says the video codec is XVID(libavcodec mpeg4) so I guess this is a different type of mpeg4 from what the PS3 can play... it's all a bit confusing and google/wikipedia are confusing me even more.