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[Audioboxer]

Guide being rewritten, for now install PS3MediaServer from here and ask questions in this topic.

Edited by SHoTTa35, 12 November 2011 - 18:55.

[Huleboeren]

Great guide - good work
I vote this get pinned

[PiracyX]

Dude......Nice guide!!! This will become very helpful for many.

Surely this has to be sticky?

[PinkShirtGuy]

Is there any good reason to rip your own movies and then play them back on your ps3 or hd-dvd/bd drive in your pc that you ripped them from? On the other hand downloading rips and watching them i can see. why can't people just admit what they're doing?

[Huleboeren]

PinkShirtGuy, on Jan 17 2008, 20:24, said:

Is there any good reason to rip your own movies and then play them back on your ps3 or hd-dvd/bd drive in your pc that you ripped them from? On the other hand downloading rips and watching them i can see. why can't people just admit what they're doing?

Some people prefere having their collection stashed in a huge library on their harddrive where theyre easy to access - which they are not when on the shelf..
Oh and. . . SHHHH

[Audioboxer]

PinkShirtGuy, on Jan 17 2008, 19:24, said:

Is there any good reason to rip your own movies and then play them back on your ps3 or hd-dvd/bd drive in your pc that you ripped them from? On the other hand downloading rips and watching them i can see. why can't people just admit what they're doing?

How about not needing to have 50 cases/discs to rotate between through viewing?

It is MUCH easier to have those 50 movies on your PS3. Actually possible as well.

Average 720p rip = 4GB

50 x 4 = 200.

PS3 can support up to a 350GB drive (only limited by current laptop drive size, it should be able to go higher as laptop drives increase).

[jerzdawg]

PinkShirtGuy, on Jan 17 2008, 14:24, said:

Is there any good reason to rip your own movies and then play them back on your ps3 or hd-dvd/bd drive in your pc that you ripped them from? On the other hand downloading rips and watching them i can see. why can't people just admit what they're doing?

Anyone who has the space to keep a digital copies has the luxury of just turning on his pc/ps3 and going through his movie selection.. no need to take any discs out.... not everyone is a pirate

[PinkShirtGuy]

you slide a case off the shelf, open it, pop in the disc. its pretty much the same amount of time if not faster than going through all types of folders and sub folders. not to mention all the hrs devoted to converting your files.

and don't get me wrong, h'm not badmouthing downloading, but lets be honest.

[Huleboeren]

PinkShirtGuy, on Jan 17 2008, 20:33, said:

you slide a case off the shelf, open it, pop in the disc. its pretty much the same amount of time if not faster than going through all types of folders and sub folders. not to mention all the hrs devoted to converting your files.

and don't get me wrong, h'm not badmouthing downloading, but lets be honest.

Being honest gets you killed(banned) in this world(neowin)
Why must you all discuss this?
Its off-topic..

Now lets move on..
Any way to get subtitles on the PS3 yet?
Both xvid and mkv-x264

[Audioboxer]

PinkShirtGuy, on Jan 17 2008, 19:33, said:

you slide a case off the shelf, open it, pop in the disc. its pretty much the same amount of time if not faster than going through all types of folders and sub folders. not to mention all the hrs devoted to converting your files.

and don't get me wrong, h'm not badmouthing downloading, but lets be honest.

Fair enough, but some find it less time consuming in the long run.

Can you imagine taking your PS3 away with you for a weekend/week/however long to somewhere outside of your Home?

Are you going to carry 5-10-15-20+ movies with you as well?

I see your point, but as long as no one condones piracy in here, benefit of the doubt?

Plus if you go down the streaming route, you can stream your movies to multiple locations in your house - You can't play a disc in multiple locations.

Also Home is going to allow playback of media files from your PS3 to your appartment.

Huleboeren, on Jan 17 2008, 19:37, said:

Now lets move on..
Any way to get subtitles on the PS3 yet?
Both xvid and mkv-x264

Sadly no, I don't believe so

Lots of people are ****ed cause they have tons of anime

[randomnut]

Thanks a lot Audioboxer! Very well written and useful guide, will come in very handy in the future

[Doli]

Taking your PS3 somewhere then a small cheap cd holder will do just fine to hold your movies and you get full quality in your HD movies.

[Audioboxer]

Doli, on Jan 17 2008, 19:42, said:

Taking your PS3 somewhere then a small cheap cd holder will do just fine to hold your movies and you get full quality in your HD movies.

Ok ok guys

Stop beating the horse to death.

It's a personal choice how you want to watch/store your movies.

The PS3 can support drives up to 350GB, so if you want to keep your movies on there, knock yourself out! If you want to carry/keep things to physical discs, knock yourself out again!

Ouch, 2 black eyes

[PinkShirtGuy]

Audioboxer, on Jan 17 2008, 13:37, said:

Fair enough, but some find it less time consuming in the long run.

Can you imagine taking your PS3 away with you for a weekend/week/however long to somewhere outside of your Home?

Are you going to carry 5-10-15-20+ movies with you as well?

I see your point, but as long as no one condones piracy in here, benefit of the doubt?

very good reason to do such a thing, i did not consider it. i just always get annoyed at "i don't condone piracy" and "rip your own material" being in the same sentence or paragraph. if you have the source, why rip it, but portability is a fair reason. sorry for jumping the gun.

[Coldgunner]

with mkv2vob I always get an unsupported codec error on A_AAC, any ideas?