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Sicilian. on 12 March 2008

i have some episodes of a show i really like saved on my computer in avi format. could i just put them of a dvd data disc in avi format and expect them to work. Or do i have to convert them to another format?

Thanks



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bigusdickus on 12 March 2008

If they're not too big, you can just put them on a USB stick and play them straight off there. I fit two episodes of Heroes (AVI) on my 1G USB stick and watched them from there, no burning of DVDs required.



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CaptainPrefrences on 12 March 2008

yea i think teh ywill work. i copied some porn vids from bearshare to ym ps3 . just joking.

but yes it will work. ive tried it b4 from my psp.



Sicilian. on 12 March 2008

i mean i could do that. but can it be avi format?



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Lumbo on 12 March 2008

yes, as AVI is not a video format but a container format and the PS3 can read the avi containers. The movies have to be either DivX 4.xx+ or a recent XviD encode though.



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akuma587 on 12 March 2008

Yeah, if it is an AVI file, it should work. There are a few strange exceptions, but I have only encountered them once or twice.



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