playstation 3 as a blu ray player - any good?

[chosen1]

yay thanks for the help so far!

looks like it is a good blu ray player after all - @ kurandoinu: do you know what your bf doesn't like about it..? is it something reasonable?

how about the controls? is it ok to control the player with the game pads?
also how about burned dvds..? can they be played?
oh and can i plug in my external hard drive to play films over the ps?

thanks *tired*

Probably has already been answered, but it can handle a lot of video types. I'm not sure about .mkv though. I'll check and comeback and tell you though when I can =)

As far as I know  it can't handle MKVs. I know my boyfriend has to convert his mkv files for his ps3.

Sorry, but I edited it when I checked =(
Beat me to it though =)

[Spanks]

yay thanks for the help so far!

looks like it is a good blu ray player after all - @ kurandoinu: do you know what your bf doesn't like about it..? is it something reasonable?

how about the controls? is it ok to control the player with the game pads?
also how about burned dvds..? can they be played?
oh and can i plug in my external hard drive to play films over the ps?

thanks *tired*

Probably has already been answered, but it can handle a lot of video types. I'm not sure about .mkv though. I'll check and comeback and tell you though when I can =)

As far as I know  it can't handle MKVs. I know my boyfriend has to convert his mkv files for his ps3.

Yes currently the only peeve I have with PS3 atm, I would be SOOOOO happy if they add support for it. Wouldn't care to much if I knew how to convert an MKV to mpeg4 or vob without having to use MKV2VOB which transcodes the video even though mpeg4 video is supported and it transcodes the AC3 which I'm sure is supported as well.

[vuzedome]

Its because there are subs present, it hard codes the subs into the video, PS3 doesn't support ASS or srt or txt or vobsub or whatever.
Unless you export the subs into those dvd or avchd image subs and re-construct the IFO, and use Sony's BD author or DIY the AVCHD structure yourself and done!!

Its not that complicated, just needs some practice snd getting used to, soon you'll be authoring home dvds sooner than you've ever thought of.

Go to Doom9, they've got some amazingly detailed guides ready for you.

[Tatsujin]

Its because there are subs present, it hard codes the subs into the video, PS3 doesn't support ASS or srt or txt or vobsub or whatever.
Unless you export the subs into those dvd or avchd image subs and re-construct the IFO, and use Sony's BD author or DIY the AVCHD structure yourself and done!!

Its not that complicated, just needs some practice snd getting used to, soon you'll be authoring home dvds sooner than you've ever thought of.

Go to Doom9, they've got some amazingly detailed guides ready for you.

Or save yourself some trouble and extend a DVI to HDMI connector from your computer to your HDTV and ... bam, it plays anime. I watch all my stuff on my 37" HDTV. I want a 50" Plasma TV now with 1.3v >_<

[Sebur]

I think I may have mentioned it before, but if you don't mind streaming your video files to your ps3 through your network you should download the ps3 media server.

It will stream just about any file inluding MKV, ISO and so on with the subtitles of your choice(You can choose them in the ps3).

Link: http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/

[Tatsujin]

I think I may have mentioned it before, but if you don't mind streaming your video files to your ps3 through your network you should download the ps3 media server.

It will stream just about any file inluding MKV, ISO and so on with the subtitles of your choice(You can choose them in the ps3).

Link: http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/

So your PS3 has to be connected to the Internet? And you can just stream it from your computer, to the internet, to the PS3? Is that how it works? What's the benefit anyways? I'm just using a quick wire from my computer to HDTV and it's working.

[Sebur]

I think I may have mentioned it before, but if you don't mind streaming your video files to your ps3 through your network you should download the ps3 media server.

It will stream just about any file inluding MKV, ISO and so on with the subtitles of your choice(You can choose them in the ps3).

Link: http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/

So your PS3 has to be connected to the Internet? And you can just stream it from your computer, to the internet, to the PS3? Is that how it works? What's the benefit anyways? I'm just using a quick wire from my computer to HDTV and it's working.

No it just streams it through your LAN, kind of like if you have 2 computers at home and you send a file to the other through your network.
If you already have your computer connected to your tv that works just as well though.

[vuzedome]

I USED to like PS3MS, but then it got boring and the best is still like what tatsujin mentioned, HOOK IT ALL UP!!

[Sebur]

I USED to like PS3MS, but then it got boring and the best is still like what tatsujin mentioned, HOOK IT ALL UP!!

Well I guess it depends on the situation as well. If say you want to watch a movie in the living room with your friends or family and have your ps3 hooked up there, it's a bit easier to stream it to the ps3 then move your computer.

[Spanks]

Hooking my computer to my 50' tv would require moving my computer back and forth between spots. (and my PC seems to be skipping audio for some reason, mite need to reinstall the codecs)

I use PS3 media server atm but that requires me having a Ethernet cable laying across the rooms, and PS3 drenches the entire bandwidth and sometimes the cable cant handle the data stream when streaming 1080p.

Been trying to make AVCHD and ISOs, Ill have a look at the doom9 tuts(haven't looked at a tut yet)

I wouldn't need to do any of this if my my media player could handle the mpeg4 video of the 1080p anime I have. For some reason it distorts the video.

[muesli]

i think the media server thing sounds good. thank you for pointing that out.

hmm is it possible to connect the ps3 via wlan??

Brilliant DVD to have tried.

thats right what i can do is burn the dvd to pal...

[Spanks]

i think the media server thing sounds good. thank you for pointing that out.

hmm is it possible to connect the ps3 via wlan??

Brilliant DVD to have tried.

thats right what i can do is burn the dvd to pal...

Yes you can connect vie wireless lan, and its easy. Then it will connect to any media server you have running on your network.

[sdedalus83]

Google multiavchd.